Ok it is now being tested

Noreen was thrilled to see the newest shuttle improvement.
I drilled a couple of holes in the "hands" of the shuttle and then put a bit of blue paint and varnished a couple of times. it turned out wonderfully so what do you think.

Poll results

The people have spoken by a vote of 4 to 3 they like the new script lettering but as it was so close and thank you all for your opinion I will still offer both block and script.
Thank you all for sharing your thoughts.

Wonderfull Idea

A very nice reader wrote me a wonderful e-mail just the other day and described to me a shuttle she has and she very much likes to use. It had a single stone mounted on one side and double mounted onto the other this got me to thinking mounting stones is not something that I could feel comfortable with at this time but ... perhaps something similar so what I was thinking was use my pin vice with a larger pin and only half punch thru the shuttle dab of paint and some varnish on top polish and smooth stay tuned I will post some pictures once I have done a prototype let me know what you think. Thank you Marilyn

I was wondering if you could help me out

I have put up a survey on the right of this post and would like to know what your opinion is? I know you have one and I value it very much. So what lettering do you like best
the block lettering big bold easy to read
the script lettering thiner stylistic and cool
other
anything else remember I can not make middle parts levitate so I can not do really cool fonts
just think of it in the letters O or P or Q plus D nevermind B or R and A some of my Favorite letters (I get to be creative). If you could just make a selection in the survey or write a comment I would be great full who knows I may even run a contest of my own in the near future.

Copper tags

If you want to have your own copper tag I would be happy to make one for you with your selection of wording and or phrase using block or stylistic lettering.
Just email me durusuno@shaw.ca for pricing

Something new yet again

Chloe my wonderful blogging and multi talented wife asked me to make something neat for fiber arts so I put my blade to metal and came up with a cool fiber tag.
to celebrate our blessed union and a cool idea she will be running a contest if you want to enter go to Tangled thread

How about something completely different

I was asked by a new friend hey can you make a gauge? I thought a what? A gauge hmm what does it look like. So a few emailed instructions and a nice couple of pictures and sure enough a new product for people to see.
I know it does not look like much now but wait till I tell you what it does.
you see here 3 different gauges (but what do they do?)

there is the 1 inch by 3 1/2
there is the 1/2 inch by 3 1/2
there is the 1/4 inch by 3 1/2

Now what you do is when you are making netting you use the gauges to make the same size hole in the netting so if you are making a shall or fishnet stocking then hurray the right tool for the right job.
O did I mention they are really shiny so much so that if you look really close you can see my camera reflected in them.
Now these are the prototypes and a wee bit of r and d needs to be done but I figured it is time for something new up here.

New styling

I got a few new orders in the past few days and decided that I wanted to try something new with the lettering on the shuttle. the block stencil lettering is cool and all but not as challenging as I thought these needed. also with the pin vise I can make the letters more refined and elegant.
Pictured here are a 5 1/2 copper weaving shuttle and a matching 3 1/2 copper weaving shuttle

Tool of the Day

I had picked up a pin vise about a year ago and played with it for the first week but was really not impressed with it. The twist pins I got for it were too small and well it just was not the same as one I had borrowed from a friend. But the other day I got some new twist pins and decided to give it another chance yep I am really happy I did I am just finishing my honeymoon, so that is why I have not posted in a while. If you do not know what a pin vise is it is a manual drilling device powered by your own hand and it drills into the material you need it to. Some use it for plastic models others for the cool metal ones you get for games like war hammer to make sure parts do not fall off. Me I decided that my bead holes where to big for what I am working on now. also I can me very exacting where I put a hole. If I get permission I will put it up for you all to see.