Hossfeld No1 Bender - Great Metal Bending Tool

This is a Hossfeld No1 Bender. I already have it's bigger brother the No2 but I found this one at auction and could not pass it by. I may try to see if I can use it for bending bicycle frame tubing and bicycle forks. It being smaller than the No2 I think it might be easier/cheaper to make dies for it.

Close up - all necessary parts are with it including the bending yoke and eyelet bender for the top. See http://www.hossfeldbender.com/ for details.

Sculpture Supply - Latest Drop Off

Here are a few items recently dropped off by a friend of mine. Love the tapered cylinder! It is actually a log splitter if you can believe that. Will make a nice piece of sculpture I am sure. More shovel heads too!

Slow Frame Building Progress

Not a lot going on in the frame building front. Working on getting an alignment table figured out before I can go much further. Will probably not get the frame complete by the time I go to the Handmade Bicycle Show in Feb.

Gotta Love Liberty Tool Company

Got to travel around Maine this holiday and shop all three of the Jonesport Wood Company stores! Liberty Tool Company, Hulls Cove Tool Barn and Captain Tinkham's Emporium. These are three amazing stores that any tool nut would love. Inventory is updated weekly each place is fully stocked.
Also very cool, albeit very rustic, is the Sculpture Garden at the Hulls Cove location. This is an extension of sorts to the Davistown Museum and has some great installations.

I got all sorts of smalls this trip and will be producing more "retired tools" series and continue on some more whimsical faces.

John Raymond

Route 81 PA

Long story short - had a chance meeting with "Son of the Sculptor" David Hayes while traveling down rt 81 south of Wilkes-Barre PA.

I noticed (what at first I thought was some scrap - only because I was too far away) a pickup truck carrying a sizable sculpture. After tailing and otherwise harassing the person driving I convinced him to pull into a rest stop so that I could have a closer look. It was then I was introduced to "Son of the Sculptor" David Hayes.

We had a great conversation about his dad and his work and the efforts being taken to share this incredible collection with others. I was overwhelmed by the generosity of David and the book he shared with me. I have been telling this story to all of my friends and I am extremely grateful for the meeting.

I have included a link to his site that contains tons of information about him and his work. I hope you all take the time to have a look. www.davidhayes.com

John Raymond

Western Loudoun Artist Studio Tour

Thanks to all the folks that took time out to come see me and the shop in this years Western Loudoun Artist Studio Tour. It was great fun for me to share my shop, sculpture and experiences with you all.

Amazing Gates

Custom equestrian farm gates created by a good friend of mine. Absolutely stunning! Gates are 11 ft each plus an additional 20 feet of panel work to fill in to the fence line.

Detailed View
Extreme Detail View

The entire project measures appox. 45 feet.

This is the intial installation. Gates will be taken down and powder coated. Opening mechanism and such also yet to be applied.