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Corn Cob Back Scratcher - The best and easiest Christmas gift ever

Project by GaryK posted 356 days ago 1719 views 2 times favorited 20 comments Add to Favorites Watch

It’s been a while since I have posted a project, huh?

After building my squirrel picnic area, I was replacing an old cob with a fresh one.

Then I got an itch between my shoulder blades and used the old cob to scratch it.

It felt great! Fantastic even!

Hence, here is my latest creation. They are so easy to make. Just any scrap wood laying around for the handles
(Mine are 5”) and a piece of 3/8” dowel (about 18”) and a dried corn cob (about 4”).

Total length is about 24”

No real precision involved either. Just a hole in the handle and cob a little glue insert the dowel and you are done!

I got the dried corn in the garden dept of Lowes and about $6-$7 for a whole bag. If you don’t have squirrels to eat the corn off you can just scrap it off.

After you buy the corn it basically is the cost of a dowel for each one.

This is a batch I made for my family.

They make great useful gifts. Christmas is getting close!

If they are too rough for you, then you can just sand them a little smoother.

Enjoy.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.


20 comments so far

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Napaman

3421 posts in 956 days


posted 356 days ago

wow…you need to get a patent on this one!!! cool…I love the picnic area too…that is awesome!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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CharlieM1958

7466 posts in 1097 days


posted 356 days ago

Just don’t leave those hanging near the outhouse, or folks might think they’re for a different purpose. :-)

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

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lew

4412 posts in 634 days


posted 356 days ago

Charlie, Charlie, Charlie- it’s even worse if they, then, use the cob for a pipe.

Neat idea, Gary!

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Rustic

1221 posts in 475 days


posted 356 days ago

Leave it to charlie to think of the outhouse. :-) Great idea

-- There is no such thing as a mistake. Its called a design modification Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

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RAH

414 posts in 755 days


posted 356 days ago

I like the picnic area, thanks.

-- Ron Central, CA

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Bob #2

2991 posts in 900 days


posted 355 days ago

Finally a project I can copy and say just like Gary’s. <g>
I really like the picnic area. I’ll have to get a couple of those up soon.

What a mind.

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

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Woodhacker

1145 posts in 602 days


posted 355 days ago

Nice idea Gary!

Do you know if that squirrel happens to be a “cornhusker” fan?

-- Martin, Kansas

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matt garcia

680 posts in 550 days


posted 355 days ago

I too LOVE the squirrel picnic area!! I think the table and benches are a nice, thoughtful touch!! Gary you should’ve used these for the scrap contest again!!

-- Matt, Houston Texas

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gman77

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posted 355 days ago

Hey Gary! Great squirrel picnic area…very creative. Your back scratcher idea is very cool as well. In fact, so cool that someone is already selling them at www.backscratcherworld.com. Thanks for sharing both projects!

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lightweightladyleftie

407 posts in 591 days


posted 355 days ago

Clever idea, Gary, but we’re expecting to see another post from you soon showing a few made from exotic woods, inlaid with ivory, maybe handcrafted gold bands, and spiral turned dowels! ;-)

-- "But godliness with contentment is great gain." 1 Timothy 6:6

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lightweightladyleftie

407 posts in 591 days


posted 355 days ago

On second thought, maybe you could set a few diamonds and emeralds to replace the corn kernels! Then market them for a few hundred thousand to Niedless Marcup (or is that Nieman Marcus?) for their Christmas catalog.

-- "But godliness with contentment is great gain." 1 Timothy 6:6

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sharad

686 posts in 683 days


posted 355 days ago

Gary, youn are genius. I liked the corn scratcher as well as the squirrel picnic area.
Sharad

-- patanjali

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jockmike2

7222 posts in 1125 days


posted 355 days ago

I’ve got 3 back scratchers or I’d buy a couple Gary. I have an itchy back. I think that means something Pyschologically. The technical term is crazy, I think. lol

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

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Thos. Angle

4015 posts in 841 days


posted 355 days ago

Great idea, Gary. However, since I installed the garbage disposal, Moondog is out of work. The dishwasher has Carleen down to half time. If I got a back scratcher, she would be plumb out of work like Moondog and would get bored.

-- Thos. Angle

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MsDebbieP

14096 posts in 1039 days


posted 355 days ago

Leave it to you to take a kernel of an idea and turn it into something brilliant. Pretty darned cool. A little corny but cool

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

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Tony

808 posts in 909 days


posted 355 days ago

Nice to see you back making things again – such a simple, but effective tool of days gone bye – thanks for posting

-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)

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SteveKorz

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posted 354 days ago

Wow Gary, that’s one FAT squirrel! Neat idea… my neighbor just harvested, so there’s about a half million cobs laying in the field.

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

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rikkor

11338 posts in 753 days


posted 354 days ago

That is cool Gary. Often the simplest ideas are the best. You picked a nice piece of something to display them on, too.

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Dusty56

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posted 324 days ago

WOW ...This is such an awesome idea and the squirrel feeder is great , Gary…You have such a wonderful sense of invention . Happy Holidays : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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TopamaxSurvivor

2826 posts in 554 days


posted 253 days ago

I’m beginning to think you’re a genius:-)

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

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