Showing posts with label mystery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mystery. Show all posts
Monday, February 24, 2014
MYSTERY REDO cabinet
I lost my comments box on 2 posts earlier this week due to a new feature added by blogger.
I`ve been running around doing some fixes and now they are back.
Truth is I am very sad I missed out on all those comments so I have re posted
both write ups: the pink chandelier and our snow pictures so ppl can comment in the future.
Now for todays mystery ...
This is a redo of a redo, maybe those of you who have been here before
can guess which one it is before we get to the end?
She did not sell in her first disguise but she has done her fair share
of being used for different displays.
Everyone who met her always touched her and commented on her beauty.
She use to have a silky smooth bright finish but now
Ive added an aged feel to her dress.
Shes the same girl on the inside just with a new do!
Any guesses yet?
I created new curves and new shapes with some picture molding and
some creative placement of two broken chair arms.
I cut out the front panels and removed the glass doors.
New paint color and finish, creative hardware mixing and matching
with appliques, shes a made over woman.
Its my original sleeping beauty makeover that can be seen here.
I even tried to find the space to keep her, like I magically found a new room or something.
Perfect for a nursery or girls room.
Heaven forbid some of you ladies would love it in your own boudoir.
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Friday, January 24, 2014
Mystery Tool Solved!
I love it when a mystery gets solved, but I kind of hate it when I should have known it all along!
After the first post, Damien commented: "Looks like a free standing handle that fits a round axle with two sides flattened at the end." I immediately got a picture in my head of a round chuck with two flats, but I kept thinking it had something to do with sewing machines.
And then on the second post, Alfred commented "I wonder if it is a wrench for an awl. Some older leather working awls have a split chuck with a tightening screw that probably fits the opening in your tool."
After reading that I gave myself a huge dope slap and ran out to the shop where I have several cobblers awls that I use to start screws etc. Grabbing one, I tested it out and its a perfect fit. Awesome! Not only is the mystery solved, but I have a new and useful tool. In the past I just used an adjustable wrench to change awls (sharpened nails actually) but it tends to slip off - the new closed wrench will be much better.
Just to double check, I looked in my library and found an illustration under "Sewing Haft" in the "Dictionary of American Hand Tools" that clearly shows just such a wrench changing the awl on a haft or handle.
If anyone has a copy of "Dictionary of Leather Working Tools and the tools of allied trades", by R. A. Salaman, we could probably find the actual name for this tool. Until then, Im just going to call it a "cobblers awl wrench".
Fun! Thanks everyone for your ideas and sleuthing! And way to go Alfred for nailing this one!
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