A work in progress.........

Next pic will show the completion and the second and third thoughts of his projects as he goes along. He's never really satisfied with something when it's done....I think the actual making of it is the thrill for hubby!

*NOPE! I don't see no beer!!* OMG!

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It's the same shelf as above.......he didn't like the rail results so he didn't include it!

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This was in the barn on a shelf when we moved in. It was broken up but not irrepairable. I love whirligigs! Hubby fixed him for me. He saws when the wind blows!

*Iss des net en schnitzelbank*

Oops! No...it's not a shaving bench.......but a saw horse whirligig!

Just some Pa. conversational German for ya! Pa. Dutch that is! I work with a girl from Germany and she thinks these folks are nuts!

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Please pardon the bird poop all over this...it's the two sided birdhouse I spoke of in a reply to Lilith. We had it in the crux of our maple tree all summer cause we haven't had a chance to put it up on a post yet! The middle (inside) has a divider....and two families can live in it at once! So really cool when it's all cleaned up! Has brass tips even!

The side (shown) with the screws in it are for cleaning accessibility....birds are so dirty when they move out!

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My swing! A simple design......but that's what this tree called for! I needed a swing....but not something that would take away from nature!

OK..I'm done! Till that picnic table and corner hutch get done, that is! Keep chanting for me! *giggle*

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Those pictures are terrific, Lixy. Thank you for sharing that part of you and your hubby's life. Always makes me feel closer to people to know something about who they are and their day-to-day lives. You two are especially "special" in my eyes.

Tell Mr. Lix I really admire his workshop and the way he decorated his closet. There's nothing like the classical nude.

<< Hugs to you both >>

Thanks db!!!!!! Your words mean more than you know! Mr. Lix reads along with me most times......and all I have to do is look to him after we scroll a reply and I can tell......he appreciates a special compliment as much as I do! *hugs*

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Just read a PM and was so shocked!

I've surpassed 5000 posts...........

When I read that PM......I immediately came to the last post I remembered doing just to check......and sure enough.....

Yikes! I'm getting old!

Shoulda done something more special than this thread......huh?

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I guess they don’t get their “deposits” back then Lixy. lol


Except for pics of you,… what could have been more special?

YEP! That definitely is a wood workers shop. Neat place and some nice work there. Did he do the edge of your shelf with a router or does he have a jointer that I couldn’t make out?

Just have one question. Is that white thing on the post by the radial arm saw a beer can crusher? ….. with a beer meister next to it? ……………….. Oh the shame!

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LOL PF! Nope.....no deposits back....I get to keep all the "deposits" they gave me, as you can see by the roof of that house!

Yeah! Prolly coulda done some new pics, huh? Awwwww! TY for the compliment though!

Now shhhhhhhhhhhhh with the jointer thing! I was gonna get him one but I opted for the band saw instead...(it was a might less expensive and closer to my budget at the time)! And....he has the radial arm saw and table saw.....so shhhhhhhhhhhhh!!! Yes, he did the edge of the shelf with a router! I got him some really good bits for X-mas last year......and he's been a routing fool ever since! That's also how he did the edges of the wood on the wind chimes, the bird house roof.......and how he did my living room base boards! BTW....he made that router table himself...and made the base table for the radial arm saw as well as for some of the other tools.

Did you notice the chisels hanging above the work bench? Some are new (3 years old) and some were his great-grandfather's, passed down to him from his dad who got them from Pop (his grandfather).

There's another wall (which I didn't have a pic of) to the right when you walk into the barn, that has all sorts of antique tools on it. I gotta get a pic of it because there is one thing up there that we still don't know what it is or how one would use it!

As to the can crusher.....yep, that's what it is! When the beer runs out in the meister....and if his back is out and we can't get another keg....we get cans.....so sue me! LOL! Also....we do drink soda (pop) from cans sometimes.......and we do recycle....so the crusher makes for more room! No shame in that, huh?

*hugs*

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Lixy...........looks like Hubby is a natural when it comes to wood work,and has a nice wood shop as well.

And your pretty dang handy with a camera..............great pictures sweetie!!!

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"Getting Home from Work"

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Another Teasing Cock Thread

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hello Ladies

It's me again *wink*

Slow Ride....In the House

71/2" in Alabama

The Slow Ride is Back!

Lixy....I LOVED the pics!! Thank you soo much for sharing them with us! Your hubby is an excellent craftsman!!


(*I wonder if he can make oak dildo's*)

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"Never shall I forget the time I spent with you. Please
continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours."
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

Lixy---FYI:If you want to know if something is lead,check it with a magnet.Lead doesn't have nickel in it,so is not magnetic!
As far as typing goes,check your local High Schools.I took a night course in keyboarding,at the High School,in the next town.You
learn right on computers.
That's a good idea with the lack of the woodstove.I had a sheet-
metal stove in my garage(motorcycle business)so that I could work after supper.I finished,working one night&came in the house.My garage is not attached to my house.Luckily,I forgot something,and went back out.The stove had started a fire in my
garage.I quickly got everything out,after opening the main door.
I called the Fire Dept.Luckly,the damage was minimal.This was 3 yrs ago.
Hope this helps! Irish

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Thanks SR.......I agree! Nothing like watching him work his wood!

Diva.....YSVW! And ya know....if he shellacs it enough (no splinters) it could be an interesting project.....LOL! I'll ask him for ya!

Irish....Thanks hun......It's definitely not lead! I can tell from the texture after the scratch test...but could tell all along due to the difference in iron and lead mass. It's a very hard metal....very dense but not like lead so I thought it iron instead. It will attract a magnet but is not magnetic itself. It is a cast and is pitted...but doesn't look used. Since this house and barn are so old....and used to be a working farm....we got to thinking it could be some sort of farm implement or something to do with horses. It was made for something specific....but I can tell through lack of wear marks that it has never been used. As to hubby going to typing class...........ROFLMFAO! I should post the notes he wrote down when he took a two week course in conversational Pa. Dutch! Near the end of the course...the notes went something like this......"Fuck this"....."This sucks"......."I'm bored and could really use a cold on"....."Id rather be sleeping"...."Bite me"....."I'm starving"..................LOL! I swear they are just a few of his "notes" from the last days of class! He'd NEVER take the time to sit through a typing course.....I tried to teach him and he just hates it! Thanks for the suggestion though! *hugs*

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Hey, I think I used those same notes in an Economics class.