The Conestoga Wagon build

Mike1950 said:
Kenbo- I tried to leave a like but I see our fearless leader has been messing with things again. :scare3::scare3::help::help::scare3::scare3: I guess we should feel fortunate to still be up and going. :greeting::greeting:
Violin, guitar and bear are fantastic. You are and artist. :good2::good2::good2:
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+1 on the like thing, I was wondering if it was my pos puter? Excellent miniature work Ken! :biggrin::good::good2:
 
Great job Ken. "If you wanna play in Texas ya gotta have a fiddle in the band."

Great detail, and since the whiners have come out about the Like button being AWOL I have restored it. Do you "like" that?

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Kenbo said:
Did some more work on the wagon accessories today. You can't have a guitar without a fiddle. So I made that. I also made a skull out of maple and glued some fur to it. It was supposed to be a replacement wolf pelt but the snout was too short, so a bear it shall be. :sarcastic:
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You talent never ceases to amaze me
 
Amazing! Have you found a home for this thing yet? There's a cowboy hall of fame in Oklahoma City just south of me... I wonder if they might interested?

www.nationalcowboymuseum.org
 
Kevin said:
Great job Ken. "If you wanna play in Texas ya gotta have a fiddle in the band."

Great detail, and since the whiners have come out about the Like button being AWOL I have restored it. Do you "like" that?

:lolol:
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WHINERS!!:fit::fit::fit::fit::wacko3::wacko3::fit::fit: He just cannot resist pushing the buttons to see what happens. :dash2::dash2::dash2::dash2:
 
I wasn't able to play in the shop on Saturday due to my regular day job throwing me for a loop. I did, however, get 9 hours in today to work on the cargo for the wagon. I was blown away by how long it took to make these 9 shipping crates. I have 9 done, and I have another 12 to do. These are the largest of the 21 shipping crates. I was hoping to be done the cargo this weekend and start working on the canvas cover, but that's obviously not going to happen. Here's where we're at now.

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What's in the crates? Fruit Cakes? (No, that's what some of our members are. :mocking:)

They look great Ken. You're level of skill was very high going into this, but I bet you would agree this particular build has really helped you reach another level. I can see it.
 
The crates should have dynamite on them. :sarcastic: because that's what this build is. :good::good2:
 
Kevin said:
You're level of skill was very high going into this, but I bet you would agree this particular build has really helped you reach another level. I can see it.
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I would definitely agree with you Kevin. From the physical health challenges to the new methods of steam bending and hollow body fiddle and guitar making, this build has been enjoyable from the beginning. It has definitely pushed my patience to a new level and at over 180 hours so far, I'm still not in a hurry to finish. I think I've reached a certain level of Zen with the project, if you know what I mean.


Ahh, frageelie. Must be Italian.

I'm thinking a dozen leg lamps.

Still loving this, Ken.
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:sarcastic: You have no idea how many times I thought that while cutting the stencil and while painting the crates. I was going to type it in my thread post but I wasn't sure how many would get it. Mrs Kenbo says she likes the way you think. Definitely one of our favourite Christmas movies.


The crates should have dynamite on them. because that's what this build is.
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Thanks Greg. Thanks for both the comment, and the idea of what to paint on the smaller crates. Gonna have to make another stencil.
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Kenbo said:
I wasn't able to play in the shop on Saturday due to my regular day job throwing me for a loop. I did, however, get 9 hours in today to work on the cargo for the wagon. I was blown away by how long it took to make these 9 shipping crates. I have 9 done, and I have another 12 to do. These are the largest of the 21 shipping crates. I was hoping to be done the cargo this weekend and start working on the canvas cover, but that's obviously not going to happen. Here's where we're at now.
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You're doing a crate job on this build, Ken. I'm really enjoying watching things progress.
 
I went to the local fabric store with Mrs Kenbo and picked out a fabric that I thought was perfect to resemble burlap bags. I scaled out the bags to be approx 2' X 3' which works out to be 4"X6" which, according to some websites that I went on, was a 50lb bag. I got the fabric in a remnants bin which was marked down another 50% so I ended up getting the material for $3.14. Gotta love it. I wish I could get wood that cheap. Anyway, Mrs Kenbo instructed me on the use of her sewing machine and I got to work. It's not as easy as it looks. Similar to a scroll saw, but the material wants to do its own thing. A learning curve for sure, but I had fun. 15 bags done, ready for filling. I have to do some scroll saw work before I can fill them so that will have to wait until tomorrow. Thanks for looking in.
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Really enjoying this build. That is a beautiful clock in the back ground. One of these day I will have to try and make one like that. John
 
bags shmags, :sarcastic: yeah that's cool and learning to sew with a machine :good: But +1 on the clock! I want to do one of those too, still on the bucket list. The wagon build is becoming way more than I ever envisioned, so very fun to watch. :good::good2:
 
Yesterday, I spent a little time working on the design for the sack logo. I laid it all out, and today, I went out and braved the cold to scroll out my stencils for the grain sacks. I then painted all 15 sacks, filled them and sewed them up. Definitely pleased with the way they came out.

Still not done the cargo. More to come.

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Brink said:
????? Filled them with.....?
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13 are filled with dried, ground corn cobs, 1 is filled with rice, and 1 is filled with a mixture of rice and corn cobs.
 
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