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This is the cross I made for my mom for mothers day. It is Purpleheart (yes, I know it doesn’t look purple) with walnut trim. It is approximately 5 and 1/2 inches tall. Dad ( “scrappy” on here) showed me how he made his crosses, and we cut the purpleheart to the right width, the glued on the walnut trim. After it was dried good and planed down so everything was flush, I used the jigsaw to square the ends and cut the arms to size, then cut out the walnut where the arms were to be attached , glued them on, drill pressed a hole in the back to hang it and put a coat of wipe on poly on it. The poly proceeded to turn it a dark shade of almost burgundy red instead of the purple that it was before the poly I wish I had taken a pic of it before to compare. well I just wanted to post my latest finished project, I’m still working on my “manbox” for my husbands birthday, hopefully it will be done by next weekend. Feel free to comment or critique anything you think could be better.
Thanks for looking
Amanda
-- Amanda
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scrappy
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posted 199 days ago
Well Squirt, Sory it didn’t stay PURPLE I know how your mom likes that.
All in all I think it came out very nice.
Was it nice to get a project done in just a couple of ours and not take as long as a box?
Glad to have you working with me in the shop.
And for all who are wondering. I (almost) only played teacher on this project. Gave instructions and help but, did not do very much of the work at all.
The Squirt is getting the hang of the tools. ( i’m loosing shop time!) :-)
Glad to have you here.
Scrappy
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Don K.
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posted 199 days ago
Very nice, I bet mom LOVED it.
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TopamaxSurvivor
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posted 199 days ago
Looks good from here. I’m sure she loves it.
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a1Jim
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posted 198 days ago
a great gift well made
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
ND2ELK
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posted 198 days ago
Very nice gift for Mom. Thanks for posting.
God Bless
tom
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flcopper169
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posted 197 days ago
Nice job… Talent runs in the family!!!.... Good to see a father and son working together… Great gift…
Thanks for posting …
Rob
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Scrappys_Squirt
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posted 197 days ago
Thanks for the nice comments everyone, my mom loved it. oh, flcopper I’m actually his daughter :)
thanks again everyone here is great
-- Amanda