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By Dave, April 30, 2012 4:15 am

More new pieces http://t.co/UWxrdLup

Put the beads in place & anchored the wires in the side holes. Was a lot of work but I rather like it. 😉 http://t.co/XEoigwE7

Filed down a small brass rod to make the rivets, cut them off & peened them into place, holding the nose on and the eye bead wire in place.

Drilled the holes to attach the wires to hold the eye beads. Decided to add a nose of brass. Cut it out and drilled the rivet holes.

It’s the same tool that I used to make the lines on the other pieces. Cleaned all the edges up with a file.

The outline of the owl was cut with a pair of tin snips. I used a chisel, made from a broken 1/8 inch drill bit, to cut out the eyes.

Cleaned the edges up with a file and finished off with steel wool after rubbing a bit of green paint into the indentions and lines.

Beat this one out with a bigger hammer. Cut the outline, then textured the areas inside the lines with a punch made from an old dental tool.

And on to the brass peace sign. Another old video game token. http://t.co/THH8WfeA

Finished it off with 0000 steel wool.

Hammered the surface with my smallest ball peen hammer to give it the texture. Used a file to clean up the cut edges.

Drilled 5 small holes and then inserted the jewellers saw blade into the ones in the areas to be cut out and did the deed. 4 times.

Peace sign cut from a piece of 3/8 copper pipe. Same general process as with the brass other than the cut outs. http://t.co/vncRK1MR

A bit of red paint rubbed into the chiselled lines, then the entire piece was cleaned off and shined with 0000 steel wool.

Heated to red, quenched in water, pickled in battery acid, cut to shaped hammered to texture, lines chiselled into the brass.

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By Dave, April 29, 2012 12:02 am

Gonna have to build a different unit to hold the leather lacing(s) and necklace cord(s). Assortment has grown so that it needs a custom box.

Got the truck unloaded and most stuff put in somewhat correct places till next event. My jewelry and leather workstation is back up.

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By Dave, April 28, 2012 11:28 pm

Today I ended up with more necklaces than when we got there. Will get some pictures of the new pieces after unpacking and sorting.

I’ll keep doing it that way though because I end up with 10 or so new pieces by the end of the day.

I demonstrated making various types of jewelry and copper arrowheads for necklaces but there was no real interest.

An event needs to have demonstrations and a theme and/or other events to get the people into the area to ALSO shop with the vendors.

Wish there had been a larger turnout. Crowd was WAY off this year. Problem was that except the bands there’s no draw except the vendors.

Twas a day. Have had better, and worse. Actually have travelled much farther and made much less so don’t see I can complain about it.

Hitting the sack for an early one in the morning. Gonna try to be at the Square in Jacksonville by 6:30 to start setting up. Till later…

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By Dave, April 26, 2012 2:27 pm

Got to do it today as we’re gonna have to work at Valley tomorrow. Then setup at the early on Saturday at The Living Museum on the Square.

Trying to figure out how to get all the display stuff we had in the 10×20 in a 10×10 popup. Have to cut some stuff, just gotta decide what.

Gonna try doing some wood (bamboo) burning of patterns on some of them as soon as I have time to slow down from producing and play a bit.

Been making bamboo beads tonight. Got 20+ finished and another 15 or so to do. Heating over open flame and wiping hot surface takes longest.

And yes, it WAS a slow day.

Made 6 necklaces and one pair of ear rings while working at Valley Antiques today.

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By Dave, April 24, 2012 12:48 am

New Pieces http://t.co/CfJs3ZkT

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By Dave, April 22, 2012 4:58 am

6 new necklaces created. And way to late for me to be up. Will get pix tomorrow. Night all…

For now gonna take a few to unwind and look at some of our goodies.

Got painting to get done and jewelry to make for the Living Museum on the Square in Jacksonville a week from today.

Fixed and ate supper and took a sitdown at the computer. Still got to unpack the stuff we got. Looks to be a busy next few days.

Left out from there after 7 and made another stop at Food Land in Alexandria for supper fixings. Then on home.

Next stop was at Hobby Lobby in Gadsden, where we got beads, leather, and ran into a friend with whom we talked for a bit.

Clothes still smell like burning sage. Wandered around till a bit after 5 and headed home. Made a stop at a Wally world for needed things.

Decided to go forth to the powwow in Guntersville, which we also did. Met many new folks, and got much good stuff for more jewelry.

120 miles later we’re back home. With goodies. Went to get paint in Glencoe, which we did. Along with tint for many gallons more.

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By Dave, April 20, 2012 2:23 am

Top of table and both walls of the camper )vardo) have now got 2 coats of paint. The walls look MUCH better than the table top.

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By Dave, April 19, 2012 3:11 am

More booth pictures from Janney Furnace http://t.co/RMkUibHZ

I think they are going to end up with the old post office poster and notice board too. Need to do some repairs to it first though.

Got the display case delivered to the Janney Furnace museum. With the other 2 cases I took out there it helps fill the new display room.

Wish I had some in exterior green. May have to break down and buy some.

Will not be buying any more. Got an old can of Sherwin Williams interior and painted the inside of the Vardo and it covers SO much better!

Got the bottom side of one of the knockdown display tables painted. 2 coats and it’s still streaky. The Krylon green we got sucketh greatly.

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By Dave, April 18, 2012 4:13 pm

Display case is de lighted and new doors made. Now to shower, drape the frame, unmount the camper shell, load the case, and deliver it.

Back view. http://t.co/rFFyfNP2

Just finished another arrowhead necklace piece. This one is about an inch long and 5/8 of an inch wide. http://t.co/PLDNO3UW

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By Dave, April 17, 2012 10:25 pm

Next bit we are signed up to do is the Living Museum on the Square in Jacksonville, April 28, so I’m trying to get everything ready by then.

Started painting the breakdown display tables. Bits and pieces getting done slowly. Trying to get the all the show ducks in a row.

Finished digging the drainage ditch around the 10×20 just in time for the rain. Got a pile of wire wound up on a stick of bamboo.

The body of the arrowhead is about 1 1/8″ tall and 3/4″ wide. Haven’t decided on what type of cord or thong to put it on yet.

Back view. http://t.co/AC6dMv74

New copper arrowhead front view. http://t.co/AdWgE5rQ

Got one more copper arrowhead made. Used the alcohol torch to anneal the copper prior to hammering the pattern into it. Worked quite well.

And I’m not sure I’ll be up to it today/this week. Will see.

Trying to get up the energy to rearrange this room to consolidate the working surfaces. Tis gonna get to be a REAL mess prior to being done.

Got most of the ditch done at the back & uphill side of the 10×20’s permanent location. Still more to do but should keep the floor dry now.

Janney Furnace Booth Pictures http://t.co/v4OWmEoX

Many thanks to the unnamed for the donated hardware! Stuff has really made getting the weights and hangers/adjusters fabricated easy.

Which will also work with the 8 legs on the 10×20 Shelter Logic canopy when we need to use it in places that stakes can’t be used.

With cables, clamps, hooks, & turnbuckles they’ll add 105+ lbs to the First-up 10×10 canopy. As we have 2 of the 10×10’s will do 8 weights.

Set lags in a couple of cement block to test them for canopy weights. Dry 4x8x16 solid blocks weight 26 lbs as measured on postal scales.

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By Dave, April 15, 2012 11:11 pm

New display setup is GREAT! Now to get the camper (Vardo) finished so we can cut out the travel and just stay at the site when doing a show.

Just made it back from the Civil War Reenactment. Got it all broken down and loaded in pretty much record time of just over an hour!

Back from the Reenactment. Didn’t have the best day but made enough that it was worth setting up. Hoping tomorrow is as good or better.

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By Dave, April 14, 2012 1:35 am

Still took longer than I would have liked to get the 10×20 shelter up and stock put in place. More bits that need redesigning and modifying.

Long day nearly done. Finished setting up at Janney Furnace for the reenactment tomorrow and Sunday. Much better booth location this year.

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By Dave, April 11, 2012 3:52 am

Another 7 upright supports to build and 7 more bracelet/necklace/hatband cross pieces to finish and I think the display bits will be done.

Got the 10×20 cleaned out. Guy ropes repositioned in the front. Bamboo supports moved around to change the traffic flow. Getting closer.

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By Dave, April 9, 2012 12:55 am

Figure I’ll spend the summer cutting and peeling logs for the framework. Should be an interesting project.

Was chicken house roofing and quite rusty so will have to clean and paint it. Looks to be sound enough to last many years if kept painted.

Got the metal roofing the other day. Moved part of it while ago. Ran out of steam after 10 sheets. Suckers are 3′ x 23′ and are heavy!

Looking at adding another 2140 sq ft of roof to the compound. Part of it will be 2 floors which will add about 3180 sq ft of floor space.

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By Dave, April 2, 2012 10:40 pm

Gonna try to make a run to Pell City to the Treasure Chest tomorrow to take some more stuff to the booth and see how we did last month.

There’s still some walking room in the storage trailer but not much. Will take weeks if not months to get the stuff sorted out.

Piedmont move is DONE!!! Made the last load (which required removing the camper shell) about 3:30 today. Which was the 3rd load today.