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I have had request for small hand crosses at a couple show so I made some stock for the first show of November on Saturday. Seven are made from red box elder and seven are made from olive wood. they are 3/8 ” thick and 3” long and finished with Danish oil and buffed waxed so they feel real good.
The spoon is 12” long and 2” wide and is an exact replacement for the one my wife sat on the hot burner and burned 2 grooves into. It is made from cherry and finished with Danish oil and buffed and waxed also. She said it was her favorite wood spoon and needed to be replaced!! So being the good doobie that I am. I got right on it!
Cheers, Jim
-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!
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luv2learn
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#1 posted 10-28-2019 08:13 PM
Nicely done Jim on both the crosses and the spoon.
-- Lee - Northern idaho~"If the women don't find you handsome, at least they ought to find you handy"~ Red Green
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#2 posted 10-28-2019 08:36 PM
Nice work on the crosses and spoon Jim!
-- St Augustine FL, Experience is the sum of our mistakes!
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#3 posted 10-28-2019 08:36 PM
nice Jim, I’ve made a gazillion crosses but never band sawed. I take the long road

-- Dick, Malvern Ohio - my biggest fear is that when I die, my wife sells my toys for what I told her I paid for them
lew
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#4 posted 10-28-2019 10:09 PM
Those crosses of Olive Wood must have really smelled nat as you were making them!
Love the shape of that spoon. No wonder it was her favorite!
-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the Universe's finest custom rolling pins.
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#5 posted 10-28-2019 11:06 PM
i love picture 3 and that spoon is totally awesome i am NOT going to show my wife LOL GREAT JOB :<))
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#6 posted 10-28-2019 11:21 PM
Those are very nice and stylized crosses. The olive wood is most appropriate.
I thought you were going to say your wife sat on the spoon and broke it, I was holding my breath until you wrote, she sat it on the burner.
It is a good spoon. I can tell by the shape of the end. She can really stir things up!
-- James E McIntyre
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#7 posted 10-28-2019 11:26 PM
Nice work on both projects Jim. Cheers.
-- Bob C, Australia. Your best teacher is your last mistake.
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#8 posted 10-29-2019 12:38 AM
Wow Jim…top shelf job as usual. Must be expecting lots of vampires this year at halloween …though shouldn’t that spoon be a stake??? Lol
-- Buster, Ocoee TN (Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors - Hemingway)
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#9 posted 10-29-2019 12:51 AM
Nice work Jim.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
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#10 posted 10-29-2019 12:54 AM
Great choice of wood for the crosses Jim. The two tone looks super. Perfect design of spoon, my wife has a similar type also.
-- Dave, Downers Grove, Il. -------- When you run out of ideas, start building your dreams.
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#11 posted 10-29-2019 02:59 AM
Great job Jim.
Thanks for sharing.
Bob
-- Bob, Western Australia, The Sun came up this morning, what a great start to the day. Now it's up to me to make it even better. I've cut this piece of wood 4 times and it's still too damn short.
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#12 posted 10-29-2019 11:02 AM
Great job Jim, The crosses are perfect but the spoon is very nice!
Thanks for sharing
Chuck
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#13 posted 10-29-2019 01:11 PM
Thank you all for the nice comments….Cheers, Jim
-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!
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#14 posted 10-29-2019 02:02 PM
Perfect items for a show Jim. If the vampires are hanging around you’ll sell out in minutes 8^)
The spoon looks “perfect”. Do you do the handle on a lathe?
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#15 posted 10-29-2019 03:45 PM
Thanks Bruce. I did turn the handle on the lathe and carved the business end!
Cheers, Jim
-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!
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