I thought I had included more of these recent pictures in the last post; but I guess I needed to go to bed so badly that I omitted them. Anyway, the first picture is of several tools that were given to me yesterday. I got the impression that they gave them to me because they thought I would preserve them. Right they are, restore actually. What you’re seeing are two benches, the first one wood, the second one steel. The first one has an old school bench grinder on it. In those days, the motor and grinder were separate, a v-belt was used to drive it. The second bench has a large electric motor on the bottom shelf. There are two tools powered by it. Closest to the gold van is a table saw, opposite it is a jointer. A jointer is like a mini planer, it makes the side of a board straight, so that multiple boards can be arranged next to each other without gaps between them. These are very well made tools; I think with a nwe electric cord, they would function right now. But I want to do a better job.
The progress will probably be recorded on my restoration blog:
Below are a couple of attempts at getting a picture of the moon coming up behind trees on a ridge. In one of them, you can see a shadow of my 1951 Chevy truck; cast by the porch light.
Lastly, is the old MG. I like to get pictures from very perpendicular angles. that way, if I ever make a vector file of the vehicle, I have angles that preserve the most information. There is always a certain amount of perspective distortion, but this is pretty good. I have more pictures form other sides of the car, and the dash, along with the emblem.
Once in a great while, I see hoe made hand lettering that is noteworthy. Below is such a case. This sign was at Bays Mountain Saddle Club in Seymour Tn. The first book I read about lettering said that each letter style conveys an emotion. So it is with this lettering. It doesn’t comply with some of the rules of typography, but it has a very joyous feel. It would be worth making a font based on this.