Thread: Henry Sears in Redwood. Tribute to Lincoln?

As I have been doing lately experimenting with different recycled materials, this Redwood is from a coworkers deck that he tore down.

I don't know if this is more of a tribute to Abe Lincoln or to my frugality. The Redwood is very soft and I was thinking of using bigger washers to spread the load. If I keep this hobby up I need to find a better source for hardware. I have been just going to the local hobby or hardware store where washers are around 25 cents. I like to support the local shops but it is starting to add up. I have long heard the complaint that it would be cheaper to drill out a coin than to buy a washer and thought I would give it a try.

One thing that I didn't think of when I started is that Lincoln is facing just to the right. On the back side that I don't show in these pictures one washer is "upside down". It just fit better!

The origional idea worked fine, I have only 4 cents in these washers.

Tim

you beat me to it on the redwood, i have been dropping a bug in a woman i know ear, about getting me some redwood shingles, so i can make a set out of it, looks good, but one request. the pics are hard to see, can you enlarge them at all.

Originally Posted by wvloony

you beat me to it on the redwood, i have been dropping a bug in a woman i know ear, about getting me some redwood shingles, so i can make a set out of it, looks good, but one request. the pics are hard to see, can you enlarge them at all.

I am just trying to cover my mistakes.

Good point. Here is another that I didn't resize.

If the shingles are used I don't know if you would have enough material. I got a piece of 2"x4" that had been outside for about 30 years. About 1/8 inch had been weathered and stained and around the nails was black rot. The Redwood was good but he tore the deck down because Cedar that was holding it up was bad.

Tim

Heres another. The silver streaks are from the cup rim!

One of these days I may learn to take a good picture.

Tim

Very innovative.
That's a very neat cut in the coin. You a jeweller by trade ?

Originally Posted by onimaru55

Very innovative.
That's a very neat cut in the coin. You a jeweller by trade ?

I am not a jeweler but a maintenance man in a hospital.

Jewelry has got me to where I am though. My father who was a plumber turned farmer had an interest in stones and jewelry which he passed on to me. I got a job in a foundry because I knew about investment casting. There I got my boilers license which led to jobs in a candy factory and university before my present position.

Maybe one of my sons will wonder what I am doing with razors and become a woodworker or metalurgist.

Tim

P.S. I did use a jewelers saw to cut the penny.

Thats not too shabby at all! Very unique idea with the coins

Nice job. I love the washers. Very creative.