Well I believe my lucks made a turn. Not sure which direction its going in but I picked up this old antique International Harvested Plow and if that's not a doubled die I don't know what it. Now how do I get this 120lb thing slabbed?
No. I actually make things. I use whatever I see and think would be a cool table or wall art etc. I will take the plow and add some old barn wood to it and make a coffee table. These are simple with nothing crazy but you can see all the nice wood I just got so I will be making some good stuff this next month. I know this is a coin forum. Sorry folks. The big tall beams are all hand hewn mortise and tenon. You can even see the peg in one still. I actually bought them more for the history. I have proof of where they came from. So they came off a farm in Sinking River Pa. The barn was built in 1770 and was told it was all original. That axe marks and everything all seem to fit his story.
That's really cool and nice work. Nicely finished. next time you use biscuits, you should use coins. That will drive future collectors nuts on why someone would do something like that. I used to do woodworking but making stuff on my lathe. My goal in the future is to start making recorders. I used to make clarinet barrels and bells and saxophone plugs for fun.
I'm still a rookie at it. I've been doing remodels for years and actually love making vanities and stuff so I'm slowly getting the correct tools and learning the proper ways to dovetail and mortise. Not graduated to the the lathe yet but sounds like you are good with one making instruments. I would like to see one if you have a photo
I really like the double basin vanity. Must be nice to have such a talent. Regarding the doubled die, with the rust only a details grade, environmental damage.
What a fun thing to bring to the table , no pun intended. Very nice work, patina can be found everywhere. I know this posting can be viewed as off the subject; however, the nature of a forum such as ours has room for objects we enjoy as well as the voyages we take in life. The planking pick attached is from the teak deck of the USS New Jersey now a museum in Camden Yards New Jersey across the river from Philadelphia. The ship like other ships had teak planking as it was so impervious to rot and weather as long as it was cleaned. I was there this past August at the ANA Convention and had to see it. The insect was a bonus, hence the term "shutterbug" . Many a sailor was put to work at the task of cleaning the decks with a special brick that would be used to scrub off the surface, and then swabbed. Numismatics takes us on many pathways.
