Cherry gavel

Excellent. It turned out great.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

The gavel looks great…you did a very nice job. My only encouragement would be to STOP LOOKING FOR PLANS! You are obviously a good woodworker…trust that the ideas placed on your heart are valuable enough to create. If what you make doesn’t work out…someone out there would be glad to sell you another chunk of wood.

-- Steffen

Ha Ha…”Turned out great”...nice one Wayne. That is a nice gavel.

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

great advice Steffen.

funny Tom… you make me lafthe

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Great job Os. What is the wood?

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

I like the head being a bit larger than normal….....makes a louder “smack”.....and if someone refuse to stop talking…...

LOL…I’m CHUCKling too Deb.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

Wayne, I apprecate your play on words. Very funny.

The wood is cherry. Steffen, thanks for the words of encouragement. The only reason I was looking for plans was to get an idea of the proper deminsions, so the head wouldn’t look too big for the handle.

Bob, you would like to know that I was showing it to my son and decided to whack it on my newly made bench. Well, I forgot that I had made it from fir, instead of oak and it made quite a mark. Then, I decided to whack it on a piece of cherry that I had a cut off of and it made a mark on it. Now, when I say whack, I mean with about a 6” swing, so I hope my co-worker’s podium can hold up to it. LOL. ;^)

-- Jesus is Lord!

Good job Mark, you ought to make one of those round bases of cherry, for him to whack it on, then it won’t leave marks on anyones podium or table. Just a thought. jockmike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

I with you OS. one making a gavel. I was kind of looking what one should look like and not be out of whack. Proper scaling is something that is hard to do on the fly. So getting a picture of one can go along way in making something that looks great.

Your’s looks great. I ditto Mike’s suggestion of making a gavel base to whack on.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Hell, I knew that it would look that good because I knew who was making it.

B

-- Make Dust

Very nice Os – I think your proportions look right on the money. I also think that you should make him a Cheryy base to whack it on.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Thanks for the extra kind responses. I wanted to make him a base to whack on, but he didn’t want one and after I whacked that cherry piece that I was thinking of making a base out of and it left a mark…well maybe that wouldn’t make much difference. Anyway, I will do as you suggest and make a base anyway. I think it makes a complete set that way, having the gavel and base together. Thanks for the extra push in that direction.

-- Jesus is Lord!