They wear well with age, I still have my first one made back in the early 70s, wearing better than me to where having one also helps take a load off in daily getting around (which it also does for younger folk), not to mention during assorted injuries over the years. I first studied far eastern styles, then old Euro and Irish, and have had one around so much I feel half-dressed without one. They are suprising handy things to have for a lot of daily uses, and the more one is carried, the more it is used for a suprising number of things just out of reach or thankfully out of reach. Automatically used it to hold a door for a lady at an appt this morning where grabbing for door would have been a lunge.
I have actually been thinking of doing that for a little security.
It LOOKS like something from a Marshal's office, where an old lock to one side, and even non-marring plastic chain painted to appear old and draped across front would fit right in, even if security not an issue.
Know this is an old post, but it seems to be a recurring problem. I don't have photos, but my grandma needed an elevated toilet seat when I was a kid. Grandpa put a spacer under the toilet carved out of a 2x12 about 18 or 20 inches long. Painted with a white oil-based paint and with wax rings for the drain top and bottom. Grandma was still using that elevated toilet when I left home in 1973. Probably 14-15 years. Never loosened up or rocked in that time.
This was back when a 2x12 was 2" thick, and 12" wide, which ain't so today, but you could stack a few of the modern sort...
I didn’t make this and bought it on here. It’s shop built and they did an ok job. I modified the spring perch, changed the geometry on some of the stuff. I mounted it to an old stand I have, cleaned up the wiring and mounted the VFD.
IMO, "remade" works, too!
Back 45 or so years ago. One of my uncles allowed me to help him craft a knife for a friend of his in Cuba. It was very cool to watch him build this thing from nothing and an old cowboy boot. Well skip to last Saturday while still cleaning and digging though my grandparents old home, I found that knife. It’s still sharp. With a little rust but in good shape. Pic is with an early 1900’s travel bag and matching Stetson that also had yearly diary’s from what I can see dating 1906 thru the 50’s.
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Use a rubber coated chain please.
Well its pretty basic but I was tired of knocking all the rods over in the garage.
