Texas Fall/Winter thread!

[sseelhoff]

So another week in the lawn chair?

Yep. ...

 

[robbyr]

If you're anything like me, now that you have the holes dug it will rain and fill em up before you can set posts.

 

[sseelhoff]

If you're anything like me, now that you have the holes dug it will rain and fill em up before you can set posts.

I hope so. We could use some rain!!!

 

[blueriver]

We got good heavy rain overnight .. Don't know how much the gauge is upside down .. But there was water still standing in low spots this evening.

Scott is the sign getting "blue" paint?

 

[Bird]

We got good heavy rain overnight .. Don't know how much the gauge is upside down .. But there was water still standing in low spots this evening.

Scott is the sign getting "blue" paint?

I might have thought I got more if my gauge had been upside down, but since it wasn't . . . it got about .11" in it.

 

[sseelhoff]

We got good heavy rain overnight .. Don't know how much the gauge is upside down .. But there was water still standing in low spots this evening.

Scott is the sign getting "blue" paint?

Negative. We're keeping it natural. Hoping it takes on some nice rust and natural patina.

 

[Western]

We got .84 from that rain, trained over us for over an hr:thumbsup:

 

[robbyr]

A few more Christmas orders.
Before lacquer.




After lacquer.

 

[Western]

Robby those look killer!:thumbsup:

 

[blueriver]

Yes .. Absolutely beautiful ... Do you make them year round? A hobby or a profession?

 

[txdon]

I'm still trying to figure out how you bend the wood?????

 

[blueriver]

I'm still trying to figure out how you bend the wood?????

Same here ..

 

[mikim]

I'm still trying to figure out how you bend the wood?????

I'm betting all those C clamps in the background have something to do with it. and a steamer oven maybe?

 

[Lou66]

Nice looking stirrups,, makes me want to sell my gator and buy a saddle..

 

[robbyr]

Thanks Western and Blueriver. Not a hobby, what I've been doing for a living since '88/'89.

 

[robbyr]

Ok, apparently I didn't see the last page when I posted this morning. My dad and cousin go out and cut the trees and bring em in. We have a band saw kinda similar to one Brandi was commenting about while back. The log is sliced in veneers about 1/8" thick which is placed in a stainless cooking pot. Heated then when limber enough it's bent. Then allowed to dry and run thru a glue machine. From there it can be sliced out on a modified radial arm saw to width. Then shaping, sanding, and finishing.

I can build stirrups but can't really build anything else. Fence maybe. I see y'all's metal art or any kind of construction and I'm intrigued.

 

[Western]

Robby, what you do is an art form, seems like it would be easier to just get a "wood-bender", like we use with metal

 

[blueriver]

Ok, apparently I didn't see the last page when I posted this morning. My dad and cousin go out and cut the trees and bring em in. We have a band saw kinda similar to one Brandi was commenting about while back. The log is sliced in veneers about 1/8" thick which is placed in a stainless cooking pot. Heated then when limber enough it's bent. Then allowed to dry and run thru a glue machine. From there it can be sliced out on a modified radial arm saw to width. Then shaping, sanding, and finishing. I can build stirrups but can't really build anything else. Fence maybe. I see y'all's metal art or any kind of construction and I'm intrigued.

And I see this and think OMG

 

[blueriver]

You are talented!!

 

[blueriver]

Now we just need to incorporate your talents with metal art .. New concept... Your work is something to be proud of ... I tip my hat to u !!