As a hobbyist and a collector, I like to make wood boxes... DH was fighting me when I was trying to buy a bone the other day to make a tiny bone box... I would really like to make a Unimat cabinet though, it seems sad to have it covered up in that plywood box lid!
I generally work in brass; I still want to make a brass bed, and was looking at that last night, a tiny miniature threaded oil can, wicker buggy wheels... you know totally useless stuff in 1/12th scale that captures my imagination and makes me wonder if I can make it.? The oil can reminds me of my Dad, he was a mechanic and it instantly reminds me of him working on cars for friends - knowing how easily I can disassemble something and sometimes it doesn't work after I re-assemble, I have great respect for my Dad's skills.? But I don't want to make just an oil can, I want to make one that is threaded, and the tip is tapered inside and hollowed so oil can actually be used out of the can... yes, totally useless stuff!
Useless, except it brings me joy, knowing that I made it and why it is important to me.
For the useful stuff, I would love to make other tooling for my lathe, but I think a larger lathe is infinitely more practical.
Somewhere in the archives of this group there was a post about making a brass bed and a website, so I will be searching for it next.? I am thankful that the group decided to archive the yahoo messages and transitioned to groups.io as everything would have been lost in the group's history at Yahoo.
Tamra
Tamra