| . 1 . 2 . >> |
| Author |
Message |
cabingal3
Member
|
# Posted: 8 Dec 2010 07:52pm
Reply
i was wondering what handy items u all have made for the inside of your cabin?
i made a fabric strip rug and it is a handy thing. when we get the bigger place i will be looking forward to making more and more things for our little place.
maybe some old fashioned signs for inside the place.some birdhouses for the outside .me and gar have made several bird houses for out in the woods.
what about u?have u made any chairs or items from what materials u had on hand?
|
|
fooboo
Member
|
# Posted: 9 Dec 2010 03:51am
Reply
I have a really small one room cabin in Florida with very limited storage. To help solve this I made a shelf that goes all the way around the inside of the cabin just above the door level. Just below that, I added a continuous strip of Shaker peg hooks that go all around the room too. Works great for keeping stuff like fishing gear, jackets, tools etc. up off the floor and organized.
|
|
cabingal3
Member
|
# Posted: 9 Dec 2010 07:27am
Reply
hey fooboo.grand idea.we have a teeny tiny cabin too and there is actually more ceiling than walls.so when hubby wanted to add the wall to cover the insulation i was sort of not wanting this cause i wanted to put 2x4's across from stud to stud to make shelves all thru out to put things...but he did build some book cases and also found this cool wooden cabinet at a yard sale and that seems to fit on the end walls of the cabin and holds everything we seem to bring in.
i need to make curtains cause there is a french door but i sort of like it open cause we can sit there or lay there in the morning while the coffee is brewing and watch for any wildlife.i saw a marten slinking in and out of the fallen dead wood .
|
|
fpw
Member
|
# Posted: 9 Dec 2010 08:23pm
Reply
Can make just about anything....just set your mind to it and give it shot.
Except sometimes I start out to make a bookshelf and it ends up as something entirely different. Maybe, I should use a plan.
Inside Table
| 
Outside Table
| 
Loft Stairs
| 
Another Table
|
|
|
fpw
Member
|
# Posted: 9 Dec 2010 08:31pm
Reply
A few others....
Jon
www.peelinglogs.blogspot.com
Chair cut out of a stump
| 
Shower
| 
Stairs
| 
Red Oak Slab Table
|
|
|
cabingal3
Member
|
# Posted: 10 Dec 2010 08:55am
Reply
wow!! your pretty handy i would have to say.fpw,what kind of wood is that stump chair made of??did u chain saw the basic chair shape and then chisel some or??now up here when we cut down trees,theres just so much pitch.can we still make a chair out of wood that has pitch and not end up stuck to a chair?we made a picnic table and benches.i love the stairs,the tables are fantastic ...all u have made is very good.here is our picnic table and bench.we need to make another bench for the other side for when we have people over.
hubby made book cases on one end of the cabin and those are pretty handy i must say.come spring when we make our bigger place...i hope he may have time to make up some things but it may have to wait till we live up there.i do know we will need loft stairs,a table and some kitchen cupboards and cabinets.we have never made those before.
|
|
fpw
Member
|
# Posted: 10 Dec 2010 05:52pm
Reply
Nice table.
The Stump Chair is an Aspen Stump that is still rooted in the ground. After cutting down the tree, I was going to cut the stump flat and then decided to cut out the chair. This was all done with a chainsaw, spent about 10 minutes on it. If you work with a chainsaw you getter better with time. Never touched a chainsaw till about 7 years back. And, the first notches I tried to cut, man, were they ugly.
If you cut your trees in mid winter, the sap will be down. Spring and Summer cut trees have a great deal of sap.
|
|
cabingal3
Member
|
# Posted: 12 Dec 2010 07:39am
Reply
fpw-thanks for the info.
also what do u peel your logs with??
|
|
|
fpw
Member
|
# Posted: 12 Dec 2010 05:59pm
Reply
I peel with a draw-knife. The one in the photo is the best one I have ever used. It is a Barr Draw-knife. It is quite spendy ($125) but if you peel many logs it is worth it.
http://www.barrtools.com
In most antique stores you can find an old draw-knife that you can clean up an sharpen for about $20.
|
|
cabingal3
Member
|
# Posted: 13 Dec 2010 02:36pm
Reply
u know we may have one out in hubbys shop.i have been known to peel logs with a bread knife.saddle the big log and peel away.sort of got to be addictive.it works too.i sure like the picture of what u have posted.i am asking the big guy if we have some of these tools.thank u.u do really good workings.very nice.
|
|
hattie
Member
|
# Posted: 15 Dec 2010 06:55pm - Edited by: hattie
Reply
I told Hubby that I wanted to make a walkway out of stepping stones with our grandkids' handprints and names on them. Hubby made a form out of wood that is screwed together. He coats it with parafin wax and we use it for the stepping stones.
Mix concrete and have the grandchild push their handprints in it. We have made two so far. The first has our dog's paw print in it and we put her name in stones and the year. The second was our grandson who was 4 1/2 at the time. He put his handprints in the concrete and then we used marbles to make his name and the year. The marbles work better than stones - they really show up well in the sunlight. Anyway, Hubby leaves the mold on the concrete until it is really set, then he takes it out and leaves it for a month or so to cure before we put it into the ground where our walkway is being created. *S*.
Next summer we will do one for grandson #2 who will be almost 4 years old at that time. We don't want to do them when the grandkids are too young because it will be harder to get them to cooperate. We have 3 grandchildren so far (all boys *S*) with a fourth (another boy) due in February, so we are stacking 'em up in the queue to get their stepping stones made. I just can't wait until we have an entire path of them. I think the grandkids will enjoy looking at them when they are older.
|
|
cabingal3
Member
|
# Posted: 16 Dec 2010 05:29am
Reply
Hattie.do u have to coat the little one s hands with a protective coating to protect there hands from the concrete or just not a worry and the kids hands can be washed quickly?i did not know if this is needed or not.that is a wonderful idea.i love it.what a cute sweet walkway u must have.I think any grandkids would love to see this.
i was digging thru some big plastic bins here at our city home and these bins have my crocheted items in them.i crochet stuff or knit and put them in these bins.then come a birthday or xmas...i have a stash ready.i forgot i had crocheted a rug for the cabin.it is big and i still need to do some more on it.i plan to paint the cabin floor this coming summer.but the rug will look nice when down.it is made of long crocheted strips and then i put them all together .i have used 2 or 3 strands of yarn to crochet single crocheted strips.so it is a hardy rug.It will add some color to the cabin.
|
|
dk1393
Member
|
# Posted: 16 Dec 2010 09:58am
Reply
I also made the stepping stones with the grandsons hand prints. I put a piece of plastic wrap on top the concreat so it would not harm there hands.
|
|
hattie
Member
|
# Posted: 16 Dec 2010 03:02pm
Reply
Quoting: cabingal3 do u have to coat the little one s hands with a protective coating to protect there hands from the concrete or just not a worry and the kids hands can be washed quickly?
We didn't use anything to protect their hands. We just made sure their Mom was standing beside us with a bucket of warm water and some soap so they could wash off immediately. There didn't seem to be any problem doing that.
Your rug sounds great! You should take some pictures of it when it is all done. *S*
|
|
cabingal3
Member
|
# Posted: 16 Dec 2010 05:37pm
Reply
Dearest Hattie.here is one rug i made for the cabin.it is crocheted strips braided together.i do not know if i have shown this.hugs cabingal3
|
|
cabingal3
Member
|
# Posted: 16 Dec 2010 05:38pm
Reply
I just want to do this concrete steps and did not want the grandkids to have solid hard concrete stuck on them.hee hee.
|
|
hattie
Member
|
# Posted: 16 Dec 2010 06:20pm
Reply
I absolutely LOVE this rug cabingal3....You are very talented. If you decide to sell crafts at your cabin, I think you will do very well.
|
|
cabingal3
Member
|
# Posted: 17 Dec 2010 02:23am
Reply
thanks Hattie.well u just never know.I am going to be making a big huge rug for the new cabin.i have another rug i was speaking of that i just refound.so it wil be worked on after xmas.
fpw-The Stump Chair is an Aspen Stump that is still rooted in the ground.i never heard of a chair still being rooted into the ground.this is pretty nice looking .thanks for alot of ideas.
|
|
JimL1
|
# Posted: 13 Jan 2011 07:29pm
Reply
Can make just about anything? I have a tree stump, about the right height for a table. I would like to make it into a picnic table with benches, all of which are only supported by the stump. I saw something like this many years ago, but cannot recall enough to reproduce it. Do you have any ideas?
|
|
islandguy
Member
|
# Posted: 13 Jan 2011 08:51pm
Reply
It depends on the diameter of your stump. The larger and flatter, the better. Supporting benches shouldnt present to much difficulty if you keep the table overhang to a minimum, so the benches wouldnt have to be levered out to far. (assuming you dont want to have the benches supported by anything other than the stump.) metal brackets with gussets fastened to the stump with lag bolts would hold benches nicely, allowing enough overlap past the brackets to allow access to the seat without bumping into the bracket. Stumps can be prone to rot, so a preservative might help as well. Sounds like a neat project, if you make your picnic table, dont forget to post some pics.
|
|
fpw
Member
|
# Posted: 14 Jan 2011 11:03am
Reply
Stumps work well to support tables, chairs, and benches. Normally, a chainsaw or axe will let your cut slots, mortises, and tenons to hold the pieces together.
|
|
darz5150
Member
|
# Posted: 4 Feb 2011 11:31pm
Reply
This is a small cabinet I built. The top doors flip up and hold aluminum foil, plastic wrap, and sandwich baggies.
The front flips out to give a little extra counter space / food prep area.
The rest of it is self explanitory.............if it fits..........it must belong there LOL.
I built this with one piece of Birch plywood and some scraps of wood.
|
|
caveman
Member
|
# Posted: 9 Feb 2011 01:41pm
Reply
here are a couple of whittlings and a keep out sign I made for the cabin
misc_stuff_003.jpg
| 
misc_stuff_008.jpg
| 
misc_stuff_013.jpg
|  |
|
|
nathanprincipe
Member
|
# Posted: 9 Feb 2011 02:36pm
Reply
what one is the "keep out"?haha cool stuff
|
|
Gary O
Member
|
# Posted: 9 Feb 2011 03:16pm
Reply
Quoting: nathanprincipe what one is the "keep out"?
I'm bettin' it's the hand, signaling 'you're number one'.
caveman, you're an artist!
Are you selling this stuff?
|
|
caveman
Member
|
# Posted: 9 Feb 2011 07:32pm
Reply
no I don't sell anything now. I just whittle in my spare time, don't have much of that these days. I'm hoping to do more when the cabin is closer to finished and can sit on the porch. and you're right about the sign. do you think it would qualify as a nice way of saying keep out private property as mentioned in another post?
|
|
hattie
Member
|
# Posted: 25 Feb 2011 12:12pm
Reply
When Hubby and I were at an antique store a few years ago we found an old crank telephone. Hubby cranked it and it still rang. We bought it and Hubby took it apart. He used the "guts" to make a hand crank door bell and the case we use in one of our motel units as a medicine cabinet in the bathroom. People really love the hand crank door bell - too much sometimes. The dog goes nuts when they keep ringing it and ringing it. *LOL*
Telephone case as a medicine cabinet
| 
Door bell (outside)
| 
Bell portion (inside)
| |
|
|
neb
Member
|
# Posted: 5 Mar 2011 10:15pm - Edited by: neb
Reply
Awsome stuff. Caveman I like that carving of the man. Did you carve that out? I mess around with carving but I'm just not good at it. I wish I was because I love that stuff. Great job.
|
|
neb
Member
|
# Posted: 6 Mar 2011 05:29pm
Reply
caveman
What kind of wood did you use to carve out the profile of the man. Do you sell any of your work?
|
|
caveman
Member
|
# Posted: 7 Mar 2011 05:20pm
Reply
here's what a pic of what they look like before neb. BTW it's getting hard to find big ones with the beard on them
|
|
| . 1 . 2 . >> |
