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A woman I work with inherited an antique ship captains spy scope from her father. She's not sure how he ended up with it but she wanted to display it. After polishing the brass, cleaning the handblown lens' and resewing the original leather sheath I made this display case. The image is from a picture of the HMS Bounty; no relation to the scope but she liked the image and it "fit". Wood is African Mahogany, finish is nothing special - Minwax Poly and a coat of wax. |
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"Chris Damico" wrote in message . .. (Sorry, One of those pictures was HUGE!) A woman I work with inherited an antique ship captains spy scope from her father. She's not sure how he ended up with it but she wanted to display it. After polishing the brass, cleaning the handblown lens' and resewing the original leather sheath I made this display case. The image is from a picture of the HMS Bounty; no relation to the scope but she liked the image and it "fit". Wood is African Mahogany, finish is nothing special - Minwax Poly and a coat of wax. Very nice. The carving just makes the whole piece. How well does this old spy scope work? |
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"Chris Damico" wrote in message A woman I work with inherited an antique ship captains spy scope from her father. She's not sure how he ended up with it but she wanted to display it. After polishing the brass, cleaning the handblown lens' and resewing the original leather sheath I made this display case. The image is from a picture of the HMS Bounty; no relation to the scope but she liked the image and it "fit". Wood is African Mahogany, finish is nothing special - Minwax Poly and a coat of wax. Well done! ... but strange EQ setting on that Marantz! -- www.e-woodshop.net Last update: 8/8/07 KarlC@ (the obvious) |
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On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:00:49 -0500, Chris Damico wrote:
(Sorry, One of those pictures was HUGE!) A woman I work with inherited an antique ship captains spy scope from her father. She's not sure how he ended up with it but she wanted to display it. After polishing the brass, cleaning the handblown lens' and resewing the original leather sheath I made this display case. The image is from a picture of the HMS Bounty; no relation to the scope but she liked the image and it "fit". Wood is African Mahogany, finish is nothing special - Minwax Poly and a coat of wax. Very nice work and design... the carving really makes the piece, though.. Want another Powercrap RAS to keep yours company? mac Please remove splinters before emailing |
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Chris,
Thanks for the idea. Now I know what to do with my great grandfather's scope. Charley "Chris Damico" wrote in message . .. (Sorry, One of those pictures was HUGE!) A woman I work with inherited an antique ship captains spy scope from her father. She's not sure how he ended up with it but she wanted to display it. After polishing the brass, cleaning the handblown lens' and resewing the original leather sheath I made this display case. The image is from a picture of the HMS Bounty; no relation to the scope but she liked the image and it "fit". Wood is African Mahogany, finish is nothing special - Minwax Poly and a coat of wax. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- |
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On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:00:49 -0500, Chris Damico
wrote: (Sorry, One of those pictures was HUGE!) A woman I work with inherited an antique ship captains spy scope from her father. She's not sure how he ended up with it but she wanted to display it. After polishing the brass, cleaning the handblown lens' and resewing the original leather sheath I made this display case. The image is from a picture of the HMS Bounty; no relation to the scope but she liked the image and it "fit". Wood is African Mahogany, finish is nothing special - Minwax Poly and a coat of wax. Wow, The carving is great. Where did you get the picture for the carving? How did you transfer it to the wood? Did you use hand carving tools or a mototool or both. I used to tool leather a verry long time agoe when in high school but never attempted any wood carving. I dont think I would have the artistic touch to do something like that or develope a process for wood carving. Thanks for the pics. Francis |
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"ghost" wrote in message I used to tool leather a verry long time agoe when in high school but never attempted any wood carving. I dont think I would have the artistic touch to do something like that or develope a process for wood carving. I tool leather too on a semi frequent basis and I can't see the process being all that different, not for a picture type of carving like this. Think about it. Where leather would take an impact type of punch for particular type of impression, a burr in a dremel would create the same type of impression in a wood panel. I may be deluding myself, but I believe the creative urge is far more important than the lack of specific experience. I'd post a few pictures, but this is woodworking not leather carving. |
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Lee Michaels wrote:
"Chris Damico" wrote in message . .. (Sorry, One of those pictures was HUGE!) A woman I work with inherited an antique ship captains spy scope from her father. She's not sure how he ended up with it but she wanted to display it. After polishing the brass, cleaning the handblown lens' and resewing the original leather sheath I made this display case. The image is from a picture of the HMS Bounty; no relation to the scope but she liked the image and it "fit". Wood is African Mahogany, finish is nothing special - Minwax Poly and a coat of wax. Very nice. The carving just makes the whole piece. How well does this old spy scope work? Thanks. The spyscope works pretty well as far as I can tell but I've only tested it off of the back deck. I had to extend it out almost all the way (that makes it about 4 feet long) to see anything clearly. I suppose if I was looking farther I might not have to have done that. But it came in crystal clear. |
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mac davis wrote:
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:00:49 -0500, Chris Damico wrote: (Sorry, One of those pictures was HUGE!) A woman I work with inherited an antique ship captains spy scope from her father. She's not sure how he ended up with it but she wanted to display it. After polishing the brass, cleaning the handblown lens' and resewing the original leather sheath I made this display case. The image is from a picture of the HMS Bounty; no relation to the scope but she liked the image and it "fit". Wood is African Mahogany, finish is nothing special - Minwax Poly and a coat of wax. Very nice work and design... the carving really makes the piece, though.. Want another Powercrap RAS to keep yours company? mac Please remove splinters before emailing No thanks. One in any shop is almost too many! |
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Charley wrote:
Chris, Thanks for the idea. Now I know what to do with my great grandfather's scope. Charley "Chris Damico" wrote in message . .. (Sorry, One of those pictures was HUGE!) A woman I work with inherited an antique ship captains spy scope from her father. She's not sure how he ended up with it but she wanted to display it. After polishing the brass, cleaning the handblown lens' and resewing the original leather sheath I made this display case. The image is from a picture of the HMS Bounty; no relation to the scope but she liked the image and it "fit". Wood is African Mahogany, finish is nothing special - Minwax Poly and a coat of wax. No problem at all. Just remember to post it! |
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ghost wrote:
On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:00:49 -0500, Chris Damico wrote: (Sorry, One of those pictures was HUGE!) A woman I work with inherited an antique ship captains spy scope from her father. She's not sure how he ended up with it but she wanted to display it. After polishing the brass, cleaning the handblown lens' and resewing the original leather sheath I made this display case. The image is from a picture of the HMS Bounty; no relation to the scope but she liked the image and it "fit". Wood is African Mahogany, finish is nothing special - Minwax Poly and a coat of wax. Wow, The carving is great. Where did you get the picture for the carving? How did you transfer it to the wood? Did you use hand carving tools or a mototool or both. I used to tool leather a verry long time agoe when in high school but never attempted any wood carving. I dont think I would have the artistic touch to do something like that or develope a process for wood carving. Thanks for the pics. Francis I found the picture for the carving in Google Images. It's (what is labeled) the HMS Bounty. I just printed it out and used old fashioned carbon paper to transfer it to the wood. Then out came the hand tools and I went to town. I try not to use any motorized tools when I carve unless it's just to remove bulk. Not that I'm a purist, I just like the look of hand work when carving. It doesn't really require a process. I just take away everything that isn't the image down to the required depth then look at what is behind something else and carve it down. It's not rocket science and actually kind of fun. The leather I didn't really touch. It was very brittle when I started so I put a couple of coats of mink oil on it and it softened enough to allow me to put a needle through the original holes (or most of them) to pull the edges together. The outside of the leather isn't tooled; it's just beat up. |
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Swingman wrote:
"Chris Damico" wrote in message A woman I work with inherited an antique ship captains spy scope from her father. She's not sure how he ended up with it but she wanted to display it. After polishing the brass, cleaning the handblown lens' and resewing the original leather sheath I made this display case. The image is from a picture of the HMS Bounty; no relation to the scope but she liked the image and it "fit". Wood is African Mahogany, finish is nothing special - Minwax Poly and a coat of wax. Well done! ... but strange EQ setting on that Marantz! Thanks. And that's what happens when your Equalizer is too close to the bench top. They get moved all the time! |
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Chris Damico wrote:
(Sorry, One of those pictures was HUGE!) A woman I work with inherited an antique ship captains spy scope from her father. She's not sure how he ended up with it but she wanted to display it. After polishing the brass, cleaning the handblown lens' and resewing the original leather sheath I made this display case. The image is from a picture of the HMS Bounty; no relation to the scope but she liked the image and it "fit". Wood is African Mahogany, finish is nothing special - Minwax Poly and a coat of wax. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful! -- Gerald Ross Cochran, GA The most expensive component is the one that breaks. |
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On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:58:44 -0500, Chris Damico wrote:
mac davis wrote: Very nice work and design... the carving really makes the piece, though.. Want another Powercrap RAS to keep yours company? No thanks. One in any shop is almost too many! I hear you... Mine was nice to have before I got the table saw... now it takes up more space than I want to give up.. mac Please remove splinters before emailing |
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Hi Chris,
I think it's very nice. I am quite impressed with your carving. I hope that I won't offend you but when I looked at it I thought two things: 1) I would have made it just a wee bit wider so that the ends of the scope could be seen easily. Maybe add two or three inches on each side. 2) I would have used a mix of dark mahogany and black and rubbed it into the ship and the crevices of the unit to give it an antiqued look. It would really give the ship some punch and would age the unit so it didn't look so new. One other thing, usually when a person cleans an item like this, it really diminishes the value of the piece. If left in it's original condition it's somehow more desirable and therefore more valuable. -- Kate ______ /l ,[____], l-L -OlllllllO- ()_)-()_)--)_) The shortest distance between two points, can be a lot more fun in a Jeep! "Chris Damico" wrote in message . .. (Sorry, One of those pictures was HUGE!) A woman I work with inherited an antique ship captains spy scope from her father. She's not sure how he ended up with it but she wanted to display it. After polishing the brass, cleaning the handblown lens' and resewing the original leather sheath I made this display case. The image is from a picture of the HMS Bounty; no relation to the scope but she liked the image and it "fit". Wood is African Mahogany, finish is nothing special - Minwax Poly and a coat of wax. |
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Kate wrote:
Hi Chris, I think it's very nice. I am quite impressed with your carving. I hope that I won't offend you but when I looked at it I thought two things: 1) I would have made it just a wee bit wider so that the ends of the scope could be seen easily. Maybe add two or three inches on each side. 2) I would have used a mix of dark mahogany and black and rubbed it into the ship and the crevices of the unit to give it an antiqued look. It would really give the ship some punch and would age the unit so it didn't look so new. One other thing, usually when a person cleans an item like this, it really diminishes the value of the piece. If left in it's original condition it's somehow more desirable and therefore more valuable. No offence taken. I appreciate the creative criticism; that's how we learn. In answer, the scope is actually about 4 inches shorter when fully compressed. I pulled it out a bit (after the design) to expose some engraving on the inner tube. Now that you mention it, using some dark or black "filler" on the pores would have added a lot to it. Thanks for the suggestion; I hadn't thought of that. I don't use mahogany a lot and now I remember that Norm always seems to add it. However, in most of my pieces I try to work with the grain to expose and highlight it. After putting a coat of BLO on the piece and seeing the grain shimmer, I'm not sure if I could have darkened it with filler anyway. But, something to keep in mind. On cleaning, I specifically asked the owner about that. I didn't want to do anything to it to "de-value" the piece. But she actually said she wanted it cleaned. Now, I didn't remove any 'finish', I just polished the brass and sewed the leather sheath back together so I'm not sure I did enough to actually take away from it's value. I'm sure in a few years it'll look the exactly same way! Thanks again for the suggestions. |
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On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:03:24 -0700, ghost wrote: Wow, The carving is great. Where did you get the picture for the carving? How did you transfer it to the wood? Did you use hand carving tools or a mototool or both. The easiest way to transfer to the wood is to print a reverse or mirror image, on a laser jet or inkjet printer, and then iron it onto the wood with a dry iron set to cotton. If you get the t-shirt transfer sheets for your printer you can do some interesting things with colored images onto light colored woods such as maple. I used to tool leather a verry long time agoe when in high school but never attempted any wood carving. I dont think I would have the artistic touch to do something like that or develope a process for wood carving. Francis, the carving isn't any harder per se than the leather tooling, just a different process. Get a book or one of the magazines dedicated to carving, and give it a go. Check around there are woodcarving clubs in some areas, and Woodcraft or other stores offer classes for beginners with loaner tools. That would give you an idea if you like doing it or not, with our a lot of investment. Also, the leather working stamps can be used on wood to produce texture and shadow lines, in carved areas to a very good effect. |
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"Chris Damico" wrote in message ... Kate wrote: Hi Chris, I think it's very nice. I am quite impressed with your carving. I hope that I won't offend you but when I looked at it I thought two things: 1) I would have made it just a wee bit wider so that the ends of the scope could be seen easily. Maybe add two or three inches on each side. 2) I would have used a mix of dark mahogany and black and rubbed it into the ship and the crevices of the unit to give it an antiqued look. It would really give the ship some punch and would age the unit so it didn't look so new. One other thing, usually when a person cleans an item like this, it really diminishes the value of the piece. If left in it's original condition it's somehow more desirable and therefore more valuable. No offence taken. I appreciate the creative criticism; that's how we learn. In answer, the scope is actually about 4 inches shorter when fully compressed. I pulled it out a bit (after the design) to expose some engraving on the inner tube. Now that you mention it, using some dark or black "filler" on the pores would have added a lot to it. Thanks for the suggestion; I hadn't thought of that. I don't use mahogany a lot and now I remember that Norm always seems to add it. However, in most of my pieces I try to work with the grain to expose and highlight it. After putting a coat of BLO on the piece and seeing the grain shimmer, I'm not sure if I could have darkened it with filler anyway. But, something to keep in mind. On cleaning, I specifically asked the owner about that. I didn't want to do anything to it to "de-value" the piece. But she actually said she wanted it cleaned. Now, I didn't remove any 'finish', I just polished the brass and sewed the leather sheath back together so I'm not sure I did enough to actually take away from it's value. I'm sure in a few years it'll look the exactly same way! Thanks again for the suggestions. Hi Again, Actually... (I actually hate people who actually over use the word actually, especially on the DIY shows, but there's not actually a thing I can do about it) With the rubbing, I meant more of a shading than a grain enhancer. Something that would make it look as if it had been an old ship with an oil lamp burning and the smoke from the lamp had gradually seeped onto the piece and then been wiped but only as well as an old ship's captain would have done. Leaving the dark in the crevices but the wood would be brighter in the higher places. Like shadows. I think it's great that you tried to preserve as much of the original finish as you could. -- Kate ______ /l ,[____], l-L -OlllllllO- ()_)-()_)--)_) The shortest distance between two points, can be a lot more fun in a Jeep! |
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I KNOW my photo-shopping abilities leave allot to be desired, but it's dark
thirty in the morning. Anyway, this is more like what I was thinking... "Chris Damico" wrote Now that you mention it, using some dark or black "filler" on the pores would have added a lot to it. Thanks for the suggestion; I hadn't thought of that. I don't use mahogany a lot and now I remember that Norm always seems to add it. However, in most of my pieces I try to work with the grain to expose and highlight it. After putting a coat of BLO on the piece and seeing the grain shimmer, I'm not sure if I could have darkened it with filler anyway. But, something to keep in mind. On cleaning, I specifically asked the owner about that. I didn't want to do anything to it to "de-value" the piece. But she actually said she wanted it cleaned. Now, I didn't remove any 'finish', I just polished the brass and sewed the leather sheath back together so I'm not sure I did enough to actually take away from it's value. I'm sure in a few years it'll look the exactly same way! Thanks again for the suggestions. |
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Kate wrote:
I KNOW my photo-shopping abilities leave allot to be desired, but it's dark thirty in the morning. Anyway, this is more like what I was thinking... I see what you mean. I wonder if I could do something like that with a propane torch; just heat up the background enough to darken it. I'm not sure I could do the same with a liquid. Hmmm. I may have to give that a try. |
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On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 07:56:20 -0500, Chris Damico
wrote: A wood burner is the "appropriate tool, a soldering iron does a good job. Or, heating metal and applying it works. Leather stamps do a good job of leaving a patterned burn. They can also be used directly as stamps to establish pattern, texture and shadow line. snip I see what you mean. I wonder if I could do something like that with a propane torch; just heat up the background enough to darken it. I'm not sure I could do the same with a liquid. Hmmm. I may have to give that a try. |
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Thanks for the tips on wood carving and image transfer. I'm gonna have to do some research on the net and build a woodcarving resource file starting with the tips ppl. have offered in this group. In high school, a looooong time ago, I carved a bowl out of mahogany. It really didn't require any artistic talent, just a lot of hand sanding once I got it roughed out with wood chisels. Thanks again all. Francis On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:23:53 GMT, Jigs wrote: On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:03:24 -0700, ghost wrote: Wow, The carving is great. Where did you get the picture for the carving? How did you transfer it to the wood? Did you use hand carving tools or a mototool or both. The easiest way to transfer to the wood is to print a reverse or mirror image, on a laser jet or inkjet printer, and then iron it onto the wood with a dry iron set to cotton. If you get the t-shirt transfer sheets for your printer you can do some interesting things with colored images onto light colored woods such as maple. I used to tool leather a verry long time agoe when in high school but never attempted any wood carving. I dont think I would have the artistic touch to do something like that or develope a process for wood carving. Francis, the carving isn't any harder per se than the leather tooling, just a different process. Get a book or one of the magazines dedicated to carving, and give it a go. Check around there are woodcarving clubs in some areas, and Woodcraft or other stores offer classes for beginners with loaner tools. That would give you an idea if you like doing it or not, with our a lot of investment. Also, the leather working stamps can be used on wood to produce texture and shadow lines, in carved areas to a very good effect. |
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ghost wrote:
Thanks for the tips on wood carving and image transfer. I'm gonna have to do some research on the net and build a woodcarving resource file starting with the tips ppl. have offered in this group. In high school, a looooong time ago, I carved a bowl out of mahogany. It really didn't require any artistic talent, just a lot of hand sanding once I got it roughed out with wood chisels. Thanks again all. Francis On Sat, 18 Aug 2007 18:23:53 GMT, Jigs wrote: On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:03:24 -0700, ghost wrote: Wow, The carving is great. Where did you get the picture for the carving? How did you transfer it to the wood? Did you use hand carving tools or a mototool or both. The easiest way to transfer to the wood is to print a reverse or mirror image, on a laser jet or inkjet printer, and then iron it onto the wood with a dry iron set to cotton. If you get the t-shirt transfer sheets for your printer you can do some interesting things with colored images onto light colored woods such as maple. I used to tool leather a verry long time agoe when in high school but never attempted any wood carving. I dont think I would have the artistic touch to do something like that or develope a process for wood carving. Francis, the carving isn't any harder per se than the leather tooling, just a different process. Get a book or one of the magazines dedicated to carving, and give it a go. Check around there are woodcarving clubs in some areas, and Woodcraft or other stores offer classes for beginners with loaner tools. That would give you an idea if you like doing it or not, with our a lot of investment. Also, the leather working stamps can be used on wood to produce texture and shadow lines, in carved areas to a very good effect. Francis, The biggest help is practice. Just start chipping. Get the feel for different kinds of wood and how a knife and/or chisel works with it. I would suspect it's kind of like turning; it's addictive! |
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