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JRD77VET
12-30-2011, 7:49pm
Stopped over at my former neighbor's farm and got some pics of an "old school" pitch fork one of his Amish friends made for him. With the exception of the two handmade wooden dowels to tie the forks together, it's all one piece. :cool1: This is the style pitch fork used by the early settlers.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/hit%20and%20miss/wooden%20pitch%20fork/DCP_5830.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/hit%20and%20miss/wooden%20pitch%20fork/DCP_5829.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/hit%20and%20miss/wooden%20pitch%20fork/DCP_5827.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/hit%20and%20miss/wooden%20pitch%20fork/DCP_5828.jpg
DAB
12-30-2011, 7:51pm
very cool.

fair amount of steam bending involved.

like Shaker stuff, nice clean lines. :yesnod:
JRD77VET
12-30-2011, 7:54pm
very cool.

fair amount of steam bending involved.

like Shaker stuff, nice clean lines. :yesnod:

He didn't remember what kind of wood but it really wasn't that heavy. It's about 4-1/2' long.
DAB
12-30-2011, 7:55pm
i'd guess oak or hickory.
78SA
12-30-2011, 8:22pm
:seasix:
Aflac
12-30-2011, 9:49pm
wouldn't be shocked to see that it was ash... without looking at it up close and personal, it's almost impossible to tell
DAB
12-30-2011, 9:51pm
wouldn't be shocked to see that it was ash... without looking at it up close and personal, it's almost impossible to tell

Very possible.
snide
12-30-2011, 9:53pm
:cool:
LATB
12-30-2011, 10:03pm
i'd guess oak or hickory.

I'd guess hickory, and a heart cut :yesnod:

very nice OP piece. :cool1:
mrvette
12-30-2011, 10:08pm
I see a nice piece of worked up wood, but I don't see any word working......

IF you all git ma drift.....wood you??
island14
12-30-2011, 10:23pm
very cool.

fair amount of steam bending involved.

like Shaker stuff, nice clean lines. :yesnod:


I noticed when the Filipinos are bending rattan for furniture, they use a torch to heat it up for bends, then just sand off any black that would happen.

Have you ever done anything like that?
DAB
12-30-2011, 10:27pm
I noticed when the Filipinos are bending rattan for furniture, they use a torch to heat it up for bends, then just sand off any black that would happen.

Have you ever done anything like that?

Not yet.
theriver
12-31-2011, 3:39am
I see a nice piece of worked up wood, but I don't see any word working......

IF you all git ma drift.....wood you??

u r forked up :seasix: