The Day of the Tentacle

What a gift I got, a bunch of classy cabinet knobs!

 First I snapped the screws and got them upside down.

Then drilled some holes in to a-half-a-horse-collar with old log drill.

 Evened it out from the ends and added some brackets for the wall.

 Moved a piece of iron from the end to the middle to get some leverage from the wall.

And it's ready to go! A tentacle.. or maybe something from a ship wreck.. those things tend to look a like...? :)

Shock teraphy!

 

I got this wonderful little box as a heritage from my past grandma and I sertainly had proper use for it. 

 This device was build by my father with his brother somewhat half a century ago. It is a sort of transformer, made to prank peole with electric shocks. Though with my brothers and friends we took it as a hobby to make a circle holding hands and get some high voltage shocks out of it.

 

That plastic container in the middle came from a juice bottle and I installed it almost fifteen years ago to keep this thing together. I wasn't too satisfied to it even then, but had nothing better in my hands. 

Now these lovely items came to help, a frame of a coffee grinder and a switch.

This old pump offered its hand(les).

And here it is,

 a box full of suprise!

 

Tuning in!

 I had this old knee-chair in my workshop - cushions and fabrics braking apart - so I got the idea of tuning it a bit.

And since I'm doing this blog, my brother happened to give me a pile of strange junk to work with.

 I got an idea to tune the chair bit more and make the piece of wood as a back rest for the chair.

 Took everything apart. Old foams had became partly dust, and none of it was too attractive,

but the frame had actually nice curves.

 

So I flipped the spike threads to the other side to get that pristine surface of wood that was inside to the bottom. 

 Then took apart this old mattress and cut the cushions out of it.

 Piled it up, sew it on and made it ready for the surface.

             And finally wrapped the leather.

 Then modelt these old irons from a raincutter in their place.

Fit in the back rest and made a small cushion for it.

And added these random pieces of another chair I found drifting in the river the day I was making this, then made a small box behind the seat.

And here it is, a strange coincidence for a chair.

Long Live the Pope

This hanger is called the Pope, for the marvelous mitra in his head and gorgeous cross in chest.

Let me share you the story of this piece.

 

  I received this coat hanger from my mother-in-law and got inspired from the piece on top.

 Took it apart and threw away all the plastics.

I thought to mate them with this water meter and was delighted to notice the cross.

 I got to work and drilled some holes and made some threads

 I used the old screw threaded rods and centralized them with a washer as well as used other old holes.

More drillings and helixes for the hangers.

 Cut piece out of brass plate and fitted it bedind. Also glued some strong cardboard on the edges to soften the contact with the wall.

 The cross in the chest and the golden lining in the hat from old electric wire gives it the ceremonial touch.

The Gifts of Life

I'm happy to present you the first actual post according to the spirit of this blog!

I have made something beautiful out of something I have received as a gift!

 

 So here's the story;

 I received this lamp base my brother had found and got inspired.

 I had this old roof fan to put apart...

...and a bit of chromed waterpipe to get it steady...

 ...with few tough guys to pick on a washing drum.

Getting it even and attached,

 making few holes for the lappings.

And here we are!