| Project by Big_Bob | posted 231 days ago | 489 views | 6 times favorited | 13 comments |  |
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Each year I think I am going to turn some wooden eggs for Easter. And each year I let Easter catch up on me without making any eggs. This year we found out that our granddaughter is allergic to just about everything you might find in Easter candy. Therefore, I now had a little extra motivation to make her Easter special.
Well guess what this year I got them done all 34 of them. Why 34 I ran out of wood and time. I have a wife and 3 kids, all grown, but I can not make eggs for some of them and not the rest. Lucky for me no two eggs are alike. Otherwise how would a chicken know her eggs from the other chicken’s eggs!
The multi colored eggs are made from a product called Colorwood it is a colored plywood product and it is sold in the Woodturners Catalogue.
The other eggs are walnut, birch, and cherry wood. As for a finish I just took them to a buffing wheel and polished them.
-- Bob Clark, Tool Collector and Sawdust Maker
13 comments so far
interpim
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posted 231 days ago
stunning… but remember, don’t keep all your eggs in one basket
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mtnwild
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posted 231 days ago
Very cool, they put a big smile on my face. Ouch!
-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.
roman
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posted 231 days ago
sweet
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BethMartin
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posted 231 days ago
Those are really pretty! I had no idea that they made wood like that!
-- Beth
Kindlingmaker
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posted 230 days ago
Beautiful workmanship Big_Bob! ...and 34 of them!
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a1Jim
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posted 230 days ago
cool eggs . your granddaughter will love them.
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
Steffen
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posted 226 days ago
what a great basket of eggs…I spent some time this last week making eggs too…
-- Steffen
MickeyD
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posted 226 days ago
Bob you did a great job on the eggs. I’m glad the procrastination bug did not hit this year!
~Mickey
-- -Willing to try
SCOTSMAN
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posted 226 days ago
Really nice looking I love making fruit and eggs I am sure your little angel will be happy for hours sorry to hear of the alergy anyway keep well kindest regards Alistair
-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease
Spoontaneous
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posted 222 days ago
Very nice! I also like it that you switched direction of the bands. Pretty darn cool eggs!
Hacksaw007
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posted 75 days ago
Nice set of eggs. Almost good enough to eat! Thanks for turning me on to Lumberjocks, it has been fun looking at all the people who are better wood workers than me…....... I feel like rolling up into my embryotic state….... getting so dark…...
Just kidding on it getting dark, the sun just went down…....
-- Hacksaw007
dustygirl
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posted 50 days ago
Very nice easter display Bob.Everyone you give them to should love them.
-- Dustygirl..Hastings,Ontario.. How much wood can 1 gal chuck if 1 gal can't cut wood?
johnpoolesc
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posted 50 days ago
good project, i wonder if i could turn a hen and just wait eggs?
-- It's not a sickness, i can stop buying tools anytime.