Bosc Web n Wood n Widgets

And in case you were wondering where they put one of the pieces, check out the top right of the arbor they build for their wedding at our lake cottage.

Awwww, ain't dey so cute.....

So it's been awhile since I posted anything. A couple of reasons for that, and those that need to know, should know at this time.

Anyway, my #1 son asked if I could create some items for his wedding that happened way back at the beginning of August. He asked if I could do something with a celtic theme. So I came up with these 4 items for him.

He and his fiance, at the time, were happy with what I made, although they weren't really expecting 4 items... I got creative, what can I say.

Annnndddddd.....

Along with the Winner of the tournament, is the plaque that the "Most Hardworking" golfer gets for trying his damness to not get it... Get it... he doesn't want it because it means.... Anyway...

This year Don was the recipient of the plaque. He says that it will look great right beside the Winner plaque he received a few years back.

Gotta love the Callaway system of scoring...

Hello again.

This time of year is the time when I go hunting for different ways to lose golf balls. It is my yearly trek, and this year was a doozy.

I managed to lose them in: the lake, the pond, and 3 different sets of bush along the golf course. The only place I didn't lose any golf balls, was inside my golf bag...

Regardless, this is the winner's plaque for the 2023 Curly Wall Memorial Golf Tournament.

It was won by Frankie, and apparently, it was well deserved. Even when it became clear that the other 3 players in his foursome tried valiantly to ply him with multiple libations to throw him off.

So, anyone up for a rousing game of axe throwing….

Good, you bring the axes, I’ve got the target… (I may have overbuilt it a bit… dang it weighs a lot)

So what do you give a young grand nephew and grand niece that no one else has....

No, it's not a pony... or a car... or a high tech thingamagigee...

You give their parents a plaque with their name on it, so that it can be hung above their bedroom door, or bed, or the family picture wall.

I would have gone for a Spyder, (three wheeled motorcycle), but that's just me.

So you ask, what da 'ell is this...

Well, it is a list of how you spell "Family", in several languages.

The list goes like this.

Ketuarga - Indonisian
Csalad - Hungarian
Ohana - Hawaiian
Family - English
Familij - Swedish
Cim'(reversed R) - Ukrainian
Famille - French
Familie - German
Perhe - Finnish
Rodzina - Polish

Bottom 2 phrases are
Japanese on left,
and Chinese on right,
I think... I hope...

And I did do one for the Italian lady that is dear to my wife's heart, which is Famiglia. That one was posted awhile back.

Anyway, these have been sitting on a desk downstairs collecting dust, because I keep forgetting to post them.

So if anyone would like one of these (they're not that expensive), or something in a language that is not shown there, remember google translator is good, most of the time..., send me a text and we'll talk.

Cheers...

As an extra to my previous post, here are the crests with the pucks that the client has. He told me he has at least 44 Jets pucks that he could showcase.

Looks nice, what with the light colours of the pucks and the darker colour of the background.

Hmmmm, maybe I should have told him that the blank crests will self-destruct if he puts any Edmonton Oilers puck in them... Ahhh, he wouldn't do that.

If you look closely, you can see a puck in the left crest has the image of the late Bobby Hull.

So I was asked to create some plaques for a client.

He has a large collection of hockey pucks, and wanted to display them using a medium that wouldn't detera... deteriotat... deteri... ah heck, it would fall apart like plastic does. (dang it).

He asked if I could replicate the plastic shield that the originals had been in, and I was able to create these.

As you can see, two of the crests are dedicated to the Winnipeg Jets, circa 1975-1976 seasons. The other two crests will be used for other teams.

So this little project was at the request for some cat lovers (remain nameless, eh Marc and Amy.... ooops), that I know.

It's a rough project, for my first one, made from 2x4 lumber and scraps I had in my wood pile (cat not included)...

Although Pekoe, the cat, seems to like what I've built, and apparently spends quite a bit of time in it now. I think it's a, "I'm taller than you are" attitude.

Yes, apparently cats have attitude. Being more a dog person, I wouldn't know.

Some Christmas tree ornaments for friends of ours.

And yes, that is glitter dust on the ornaments. The initials are on both sides of the ornaments. Dark stain applied to the initials on the white side, and no stain on the initials glued to the darker side.

For those who can't tell, the initials are: "S" (two of those), "L", "B", and "W".

So a cuz of mine makes himself a charcuterie board. A real nice piece, large, with lots of room to space out various cheeses and meats.

So he asks me whether I've ever done any knives that can be used with the cheeses that that would go on his board...

So I tell him, very confidentially, "ahh hell no cuz". I also tell him that I've watched lots of Forged in Fire, but I don't think these knives would last long in a blast furnace...

Regardless, I look up how to make these, and I find that it should be rather easy. Patterns can be "acquired" fairly easy through Google (all hail Google the mighty, bow, bow), and the material requirements are, "ya got any scrap, not plywood, wood around".

So I made these three and sent them on to my cuz. The biggest hiccup in the making of these was making sure the cutting portion of the blade didn't zig zag all over the place, and that it was centered on the body of the blade.

Two things that nagged at me though were; if I had flown to him with these as a carry on item, would I have had to call someone to get me out of jail!!!!!, and the other thing would be, would I have been able to get back home... (relates to someone else we know who is currently stuck in Cuba, long story people).

Ahhhhh, the Christmas tales that the next generation will have about current holidays...

So Macy was a beloved pet of a client of mine. Unfortunately she is no longer with us, (the dog people, the dog), so my client requested I try to do a "portrait" of Macy to hang beside the other portrait I had done of her other beloved pet Cooper.

It warms this retired, and officially "old" (according to the Canadian Gov), heart to see how people cherish their four legged companions.

Cheers

Another cottage at the lake requested a sign. I used a rough cut piece of cedar to do the "Welcome" portion of the sign. It came out better than I thought. I think a very rustic look.

The image is a "little" fuzzy, sorry. The sign itself is not fuzzy at all, just so you know.

Toodles....

There is a storyline behind this plaque I made.

Okay, follow close now... A friend of a friend of mine, saw this saying and said, "Dang, it would be nice if I could get this as a sign.", to my friend.

She, (note I did say she), then asked my friend -"Do you know anyone who could do something like that?"

My friend then said... "Hmmmmm, wellllll, I might know someone", and that is where I came in.

Okay, to shorten the story, he asked, I said, "Yeah, I can do dat", and the rest is as we say "History!!!".

May she enjoy her sign.

So here is the other piece of woodworking I did for the golf tournament.

My lament on the previous post about how golf was designed by a drunk scotsman who had nothing better to do than design something where you chase a little white ball, took a different turn with this plaque.

There is something called a Callaway rule, that was implemented into the tournament a few years back.

This rule will take your score, flip it upside down, reverse it, bash it a few times, poke at it with a sharp instrument, then spit out a number that will make the golfer go "WWWhhhhhaaaattttt!!!!!!".

With that said, this year, lord knows how, the golfer that won this plaque, was yours truly.

Don't ask me how a once a year golfer, who still hasn't been able to figure out how to hold a club properly, won the tournament. Lord knows...

Just be aware that I went and bought a bunch of loto tickets shortly afterwards, and have my fingers crossed.

So, this is what's new with my woodworking, or at least one of the pieces of woodworking.

This time of year brings the yearly golf tournament that I participate in. It's where I take my "expertise", and try to hit a small white object as far as I can, into bush/lakes/ponds/bogs, oh and of course, fairways and ultimately the green and a hole.

And I do this 18 times... of course refreshments help... that is when they show up... beer cart, beer cart, oh where art thou beer cart...

In case you are wondering what the 'ell this pile of dowels are, let me tell you. To start with, no, it is not a drying rack, or a piece for a ring toss game. Nor is it a fancy fancy personal protection device... (why anyone would think that... anyway...)

This my friends, is called an Ashford Inkle loom.

You use it if you want to make sashes or decorative belts, of approximately 3 to 5 inches. (1 to 2 cm for those that don't know what inches are anymore...)

The individual threads are wound between the dowels, then tensioned using the dowel that is in the slotted area at the front, (see side of loom that is unpainted). You then use the shuttle to thread your twine/string/whatever... back and forth.

This contraption is an actual device, and not something I cooked up to drive my client crazy. (The clients initials are on the side device, see if you can figure out who it is). She has already done a 5 in (2 cm's... really), sash, but had to stop because of a technical issue. (She didn't thread the threads the way they were supposed to threaded... say that 5 times fast)