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Misc Kitchen Stuff #8 - Helping Hands

Project by Don posted 965 days ago 541 views 4 times favorited 21 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I feel a little foolish showing this project with some of the terrific projects that have been posted recently, but here goes -

We are going out this evening and my wife asked me if I could make something simple as a gift for our hosts.

I saw this idea in a shop some time ago, and tucked it away for just such an occasion. It only takes a couple of hours to make these. (If you didn’t guess, this is a salad server set.)

The wood is my favorite Aussie wood, Huon Pine. The finish is a natural food-safe oil.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/


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scottb

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posted 965 days ago

Now they can play with their food!

Good to see some new posts Don!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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Diane

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posted 965 days ago

Simple but still alot of work to make. I bet she loved to get a handmade gift like this. What was their reaction?

Diane

-- http://s205.photobucket.com/albums/bb276/DMarcella/

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Don

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posted 964 days ago

I’ll let you know tomorrow, Diane. It’s only mid afternoon here.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

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MsDebbieP

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posted 964 days ago

what a brilliant idea—just keep some wood tucked away for such an occasion and voila a beautiful gift.
Love it.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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posted 964 days ago

Thanks for sharing this_ “Handy” project Don.
There’s a lot of us salad eaters out here.
A Big Welcome Back._

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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Philip Edwards

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posted 964 days ago

Like it, Don! Very handy gift…...... ;)
Phil

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Karson

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posted 964 days ago

Great idea Don.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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dennis mitchell

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posted 964 days ago

Good to see you back.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

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Greg3G

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posted 964 days ago

Oh no….thanks alot Don….my wife now wants a set, and a set for her parent, my parents, and everyone else she knows. :) You guys are killing me, perhaps I should keep my wife off this site….oh well. Keeps me out of trouble, for the most part.

-- Greg - Charles Town, WV

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Don

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posted 964 days ago

Quote Diane: ”What was their reaction?”

They liked it and we used them – works real well.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

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Obi

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posted 964 days ago

Here, Let me give you a hand with the salad…

Cute. Good to see you’re still with us, Mate.

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

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CharlieM1958

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posted 964 days ago

Something about displaying an eight-fingered set of hands on a woodworking sight just scares me. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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MsDebbieP

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posted 964 days ago

hahaha that’s funny, Charlie.. .hahahaa

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Don

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posted 964 days ago

Charlie, good one – I never thought of that, but know that you mention it – yikes! LOL

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

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jockmike2

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posted 964 days ago

Reminds me of my shop teacher lefty Rossman. Nice Don, where you been pal? Jockmike

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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Chip

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posted 963 days ago

Great stuff as usual Don. That’s funny about the 8 fingers though.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

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Karson

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posted 963 days ago

That’s all the fingers I’ve got, But, 2 thumbs.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Obi

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posted 963 days ago

I think Don’s been on vacation… not a lot of projects coming up, and he looks like he’s gotten a little “happier”... along with a little more tanned.

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

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BillinDetroit

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posted 872 days ago

MAJOR idea! I’ve got a piece of birds eye maple that has never been straight since I left the store. It has every problem known to man … and heavy birds eyes. This is just the sort of smaller project that could make good use of it.

Hmmm

I could bandsaw curved faces, jig saw the shape, sand/scrape smooth, oil and voila!

-- http://nmwoodworks.com (pens & bowls, mostly)

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mot

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posted 872 days ago

That’s pretty cool, Don. I was just thinking that you used Homer Simpson as a hand model.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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Don

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posted 872 days ago

Well, I’ve never had anyone call me Homer Simpson before, Mate, but that is my hand after a little stylization. But as Charles pointed out above there is something perverse about a hand with only four fingers – especially for a woodworker. (I do have thumbs – LOL)

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

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