matching buttons

got an order for 4 of these things. its not that easy making them match

cow bone buttons

hacked out a small batch to take home.

belt bag stem packaging

I allways like to package my parts in some way. I made a belt bag for Tobias's stem. it has a bone button that i scrimmed and some little pockets in the flap. He makes some pretty rad stuff you should check out.

lathe button holder

i wanted a break from the casting projects and hadnt worked on my buttons in a while so tonight i made this little mount. now i can smooth and file and clean those little pieces of bone that i used to burn my fingers with. less burnt bone smell too now.

sewed buttons on the bags

so they are ready to go now

new scrimshaw buttons

cutting tiny stuff into buttons is a total pain. im not sure but i think i have around 30 hours into this batch and i havent made the boxes yet. tried cutting some tiny ships but its allmost impossible. feathers are fun though.

buffing and boxing myself in

been making boxes to try to organise the bsa engine parts and keep stuff from rattling off the grinder. got a felt buffing wheel too so things will be extra shiny now. worked on making more button blanks and made some more jajoba beeswax stuff too! its gift exchange time.

danny bday buttons

danny got the last of the buttons for his birthday and took some fancy app photos for me at the bar.

random shed photos

what today in the shed looked like

bone button box

so i made some boxes out of some crate wood i saved out of the trash for the bone buttons. i think im gunna have to make the lid out of ply though because the pine wants to split. the brass screw is from my first workbench that i remodeled and took out to santee to the baylis maldoror fraser shop

working on more cow bone buttons

i got lazy and used a machine to scrimshaw the buttons. pretty stoked i havent hooked one up in a while. drilled out a bunch of bones too. check out my multi tiered seat in the fresh air studio. gunna win some design awards with that one.

cow bone scrimshaw buttons

I am really into these buttons. the dogs can go through a bone in a few hours and now they aren't going to waste. i have to get a better set up for working with them though. Turns out that scrimshaw is really hard and grinding bone smells really bad. i think these will get a beeswax rub down.

canvas bb gun sleeve and other little projects

i bought some canvas in reno at this place that i cant remember the name, mill something i think. but i sewed up a bbgun sleeve with a leather nose and a camera belt bag/ emergency waterglass/whatever i had some scrap leftover so i made it thing. also ground out some bone buttons that are ready for holes and scrim and nicole made me take a shower and put my clothes in another room cause i smelled so gross. cut out the wood for jordans stem box.

this weeks projects

started getting the hollow grind on a razor, made a balance board from my old deck and a post i pulled out of a log jam at the river and it works great! started on some bone buttons that stunk up the shed when i cut them out and rough ground em. also made a bench/step out of some beams i also pulled out of the log jam in the river. i want to laquer it and make some better legs but so far so good. its a pretty good hike from the river to the road and carrying that 4x14  on my shoulder and trying to not fall through the snow was fun. my shoulder is still sore.