Are you saying we are old! Or is it just a really big can?
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No, just that you use so little of it.
Stigmorgan
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Gar a call from the shop this morning, someone asked if I was able to make a darning mushroom and if at all possible could they have it tomorrow so I spent around 3 hours in the makerspace and came up with this...
used an old wooden children's skittle, pretty sure it's cherry, the handle had 2 hole from a staple so I made a few more, stuffed them with white paper towel and soaked in CA glue, a nice little detail. Made it in 2 parts so that I could include needle storage in the handle.
used an old wooden children's skittle, pretty sure it's cherry, the handle had 2 hole from a staple so I made a few more, stuffed them with white paper towel and soaked in CA glue, a nice little detail. Made it in 2 parts so that I could include needle storage in the handle.
you are one talented man!
Nice
Quiet like the up and down pattern of the ash
gregmcateer
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Nice touch including the storage place.
3 hours - how much did they pay for it?
Stigmorgan
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On Etsy the nice ones ranged between 30 and 50 without needle storage so had planned to charge £45 but when I got to the shop I found out that its for a little old lady who spends all day every day out in the shopping centre raising money for a dog rescue centre, she spends all her spare time making stuff to sell while she is at the centre and doesn't buy herself anything nice so I gave it as a gift.
The girls running the shop are gonna show it to other crafters they know who they think will probably want one
Nice one StigmorganOn Etsy the nice ones ranged between 30 and 50 without needle storage so had planned to charge £45 but when I got to the shop I found out that its for a little old lady who spends all day every day out in the shopping centre raising money for a dog rescue centre, she spends all her spare time making stuff to sell while she is at the centre and doesn't buy herself anything nice so I gave it as a gift.
The girls running the shop are gonna show it to other crafters they know who they think will probably want one
Stigmorgan
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Thanks mate, she's a lovely lady and deserves something nice for all the hard work she does.Nice one Stigmorgan
TomGW
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So that's a 'darning mushroom'. I came across one when clearing out my late parents house and had no idea what it was. It was probably my grandmother's. While I had no idea what it was I didn't chuck it out, simply because it was nicely made.
Stigmorgan
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Used for repairing socks and things
Hey it's 12:23 in england, where are the photos!,,,,,!
merry christmas
just 5:24 Christmas Eve here!
I’ve turned some wine stoppers for my family for Christmas 
Christmas presents part 1 snow couple, spalted bowl, a pair of vases and all from cypress and a poppy tree in a two tone onion vase from spalted beech and walnut for the vase seringa for the branch, and cypress for the flowers. As I can only be allowed 10 photos part 2 to follow
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Christmas presents part 2
Went to go and clean up in the work shop today after the hectic rush to make the crimbo gifts started out well putting away all the bibs and bobs I'd been using. Until I moved the red cedar, then a little voice said the second large piece would be idea for testing the new legs on my lathe for outboard turning. Now I've got even more mess to clean up. But couldn't be more happy with the stability of the lathe. Ended up with my largest bowl todate. Looking at the inside reminds me of a face of a sloth what do you think!
Why would anyone need one?
