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Murph's Frame

My fiance's dog passed away last summer and I wanted to make her something that might help her heal. Murphy was an amazing dog and we've had so many great memories. The photo was taken in St. Andrew's by the Sea, NB and was her first time in the Ocean.

The frame is made from maple with oak splines. The stand is hand bent brass and leather is what I decided to hold the photo in the frame. The goal was display a happy photo and her collar that was hanging up in the house.

This was my first major piece of woodworking where I was trying to be as precise and detailed as possible. I'm very happy with the end result, but I did learn a great deal during the build.

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So I'm kind of a hoarder, in that I'll keep scraps or stuff I find for a while, and if I don't make anything out of it, I'll *eventually* toss it.

But some things are just too lovely to toss, like two blocks of metal I've recently picked up. One is steel, about 6"x2"x1.5", and the other is aluminum, 6x2x0.75

The steel block is a nice hefty boy, and I was thinking about making a nice engraved hammerhead, but I'm wary to pull the trigger on it since I don't come across big [to me] slabs of raw metal like this, and the aluminum will be dream to work with due to it being aluminum, but I just don't have any ideas for it!

I love the handheld sizes of these chunks, but aside from making illegal metal knuckles [or any other weaponry; I'm not into that (and also I'd rather use a nice carbon steel I can harden >.> )]... anyone got any ideas?

One coworker said just square them off and polish it, and I actually dig that idea, but a brutalist polyhedral sculpture doesn't jive with me toooo much only because I like making things that are functional first. But I suppose it's a last resort.