Help On Project Idea for school

[Eagle]

Thanks for all your ideas guys! I am hearing the coat rack and wall hangers the most so i think that i will maybe consider one of those. I have heard about making flowers and was curious if that would be an option for maybe the ends of the hooks. Is that an option or should i just stick to the basic idea? Thanks again.

[Leah]

Eagle,

In blueprint #313, the hooks that hold the curtain rod up could be made longer in the straight part, so the hole to put the screw through and the little pig tail are further apart. Then, you could make a flower something like the one in blueprint #1005, and put the screw through the center of the flower and the hook. Or, look at blueprints #455 and #401. You could make a rose or a leaf (you don't have to use a railroad spike, just use round our square stock and make a pig tail on the end) and make a hook from the stem. Don't worry if you can't get a screw into the center of the rose, you can widen out the stem just under the rose and drill a hole in it there. We would LOVE to see pictures when you get it made.

[rthibeau]

You could make a perfectly good hammer without heavy forging. Get a block of steel about 1 1/2" square and 4 -5" long, drill a hole in the center for the handle to go through, start about 1/4" dia and work up to 3/4" dia hole. Heat enough to drift the eye out from both sides to an hourglass shape. Quench when done. Use a bench belt sander to smooth and round out the faces. Sand the handle to fit tight in the eye, insert, wedge, and there you go.

[ThomasPowers]

How about a wooden tool box with ornate hand forged hinges and hasp?

[pete46]

Eagle Make A Branding Iron !
80% Iron 20% Cow Hide!
I Bet They Don't Fuss About The Lack Of Cow Hide!!!!

[ralphy]

The blue prints in this site have many projects that might help, good luck. Ralphy

[Bentiron1946]

Eagle, I don't have a project for you just a note of congratulation on taking a class that teaches you to use your hands. None of the high schools out here have shop any more, very few of the middle schools and it not until university that you can choose to take a materials class. Art class is very sketchy if you catch my drift in high school. All high schools teach college preparatory classes only but there is one speciality high school for some trades but that is it and they don't tell parents about it unless their child has failed everything else. Once again congratulations.