billyO Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Thanks to Alec at the NWBA conference at Midnight Madness on Friday for striking a bit for me. I finally got to spend a couple more hours on it, cleaned it up a bit and have the fingers about 90% split. I'll post more when I get back to it (hopefully this weekend). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wroughton Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 lookin good. Putting up a peace sign for the final configuration? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Has all the fingers up, that's a good sign. Looking good. Frosty the Lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudman Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 wow that's awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 i like this - really effective where the palm meets the wrist - nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alec.S Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 Was very enjoyable working with you! It turned out AWESOME :D NICE :) Alec ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyO Posted May 2, 2013 Author Share Posted May 2, 2013 Was very enjoyable working with you! Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, but obviously I found my hammer.... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dablacksmith Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 it does not look like you need a hand you already got one! nice job! so now that you got a hand what ya going to do with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFullSmokingBar Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 He could mount it on a wall then whenever he did a good job he could back up to it and give himself a pat on the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyO Posted May 3, 2013 Author Share Posted May 3, 2013 He could mount it on a wall then whenever he did a good job he could back up to it and give himself a pat on the back. I like that idea!!! Actually, I was planning on a stick shift for the truck. After 6 years without a knob on my lever, ( and being single in my mid 40s...) I'm getting tired of explaining the large callous on my right palm. :unsure: That may get edited....I also need a parking break release lever that broke 3-4 years ago and hood release lever that I've had to use pliers to open for the pastnumber of years. This one is a bit big for that... I also owe my Aunt a sculpture for her 80th b-day last Jan, I've got a few flowers made and have been planning on a bouquet of 8 flowers for her. I've got 3-4 others blanked out and an idea on another way to do it without any power tools. (I have one bandsaw cut on the example shown.) I've got a couple other sculpture ideas, but not completely in love with any yet. Keep the ideas coming! I'm having fun with the hands and may keep doing them until I my Muse tells me to move on... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyO Posted May 3, 2013 Author Share Posted May 3, 2013 i like this - really effective where the palm meets the wrist - nice one! Thanks beth! I wish I could say that I planned that, and even though I would have tried for this at some point, it just kinda happened. When I got back to it after Alec and... was it Tracy??? finished striking a few days leter, I though we drew the wrist a bit too far and had too sharp a transition, but when I finished knocking down the sharp corners on the first few heats that second day, there it was, a few more heats to smooth the curves and another couple to fuller with the cross-pein defined the thenar and hypothenar muscle groups. I was so tickled that I stopped right there so as not to screw it up. I didn't even put it back in to trim the pinky (I COULD have done that....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted May 3, 2013 Share Posted May 3, 2013 SUCH a skill - knowing when to stop! :ph34r: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyO Posted May 4, 2013 Author Share Posted May 4, 2013 Ha! I think it's called luck. Spent a couple more hours and split/trimmed the fingers and made another few chisels. I realize I need to make a bench anvil and have some 1 1/2 x 3/4 4140 that oughta do. I think I'll use some power, I hope Terry needs help with his Seahorses soon....hehehe <_< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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