Elm is an interesting wood with nice colour and grain. I was listening to an audio book and played around in the shop. I decided to make my wife a pendant. I had cleaning to do and a bunch of little bits of nice wood accumulated, so I carved out a pendant ( 1 1/2 inch across). It was a pleasant diversion, with knives, rasps and sand paper.
I think I will make some more to attach to Christmas gifts. I will have to write on the To:, the From will be obvious.
NEXT
A silly project:
My soap kept falling off this shower rack and finally I got around to fixing the problem. I actually had to wait until I bought copper wire before I could make this.
The top shelf needed something to keep the bars of soap and little things from falling off. A world famous blogger would not post this, their projects are so much more epic. Probably. I am retired; at this point I avoid epic, but also.....most of life is not epic.
I ripped the wood on the band saw, drilled, sanded and assembled with copper wire a solution to a problem. To me, that is one reason for having tools and a shop. It is nice to solve a problem in house. The typical solution is to go to a store and buy something made and shipped from the other side of the world. I only call on international industrial might when I have to. Maybe that is an attitude to cultivate?
cheers,ianw
just an idea,
if you've got the materials at hand.
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