Between projects, or during lulls in a project, I'll find something small to make - rather than spend the time cleaning up the shop or putting tools away.That's when I find a use for some of my urban forest harvested stuff (read mini-logs I find around town which I bandsaw into hopefully usable boards a year later).
This time it was a chunk of The Sentinal - a 250 to 300 year old sycamore the city cut down over three years ago. I'd cut this board extra thick figuring I could resaw it to a more useful thickness later. A little bandsawing, a little oscillating spindle sanding, a little mini-grindering and hours and hours of hand sanding produced this.
Reminds me of either a stylized rabbit or bird. The various contours, while utilitarian, created an interesting form, both to look at and to feel.
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Here's what this thing is for. (for the english major's irritated by dangling prepositions -This is the purpose for which this thing is intended.)
There are two gripping positions - one for pushing and one for pulling. Both grippig positions fit my hand because I made the handle to fit MY hand. Fun personalizing even a humble tool like this Stanley Sur Form. But I've got to stop doing this - Start a Quick & Dirty and end up spending WAY more time than necessary on a Tweek.