What To Do With The Stuff. Ritche Compass
This thing was all black and you could barley see the compass. I saved the glass as well, crack and all. Used clear west system as a glue. Dang, worked like a charm
One of the joys of owning the railway is that folks drop off stuff. Like a lot of stuff. Cool stuff, but honestly I dont know what to do with a lot of it, so some of it sits while I wait for inspiration. NOTHING goes to waste.
As I started cleaning it up, I saw this, 1863, Like Civil War stuff, and with some interneting, DANG! Very rare, and def was Cilvil war time frame, the screws were very brittle, but I did save them, used a vise grip to un screw them
I cut a hole in the table in the shop, I know, kinda silly, but this table has become a buffet of sorts, and not a work bench, more of a ?
I did add a little bling on the edge. I have tons of this stuff laying around Bronze, brass rub rail
The two boxes hold sand paper and saws, repouposed boat handles. The boat hook is from Our Art up in Algonac, the cool handle on the sanding box is from Dan Overbeek, the boxes wre dropped off a while back, the outboard with fan was dropped off by Dave Bortner, the Evinrude sign, Steve Swinson, … The tool boxes from various folks, same with the large bilge pump. Even the triim, is repourposed from my Grandmothers house.
Branded trash can. From the local hardware store. Fits the vibe
Lots of time its repurposed, or if someone needs it, it goes to them. The idea of old boat parts being tossed kills me, and yet, I don’t want to be a junk yard. So? I get creative. ISH. Sometimes it’s dumb, and sometimes, inspirational. Today, it’s about this old compass that was dropped off, and sat around for years. These are real small projects I can do between the work calls. Stay tuned for more stuff and hopefully some images from the shows. The art kind. Not that art, who is kind BTW.
It’s all very cool, but that compass is gold and I like what you did with it. Nice to have a little bit of Algonac there, compliments of our Art!
Always fun to look around the photos of the Railway to look for something new or some things displayed differently. Interesting to hear some of the history behind some of these items. Didn’t know that even the molding and plinth blocks had historical meaning.
I’ve always wondered about the broken paddle on the wall.
Is that an old half-hull model below the Evinrude sign???
Agreed, such cool stuff. I have a collection as well, but it sits in boxes waiting for ‘someday’.