My First turned gavel

That’s a Paul Bunyan size Gavel, nice job. I also like the pulpit it’s sitting on. Top shelf craftsmanship.

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OK, I’ll ask. What on earth does the pastor’s wife want a gavel for? I think this idea begs for any number of answer, like…

When the Pastor’s sermons are too long, she brings down the gavel.

When the pastor’s preaching uses personal references that include her, she…

When church members start complaining about the pastor, she…

You get the idea – any more suggestions?

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You can tell a lumberjock goes to your church when the pastors wife has her own personal gavel?

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It’s prpbably for the Women’s Ministry Bake Sale/ Annual Auction. “Sold! to the guy behind the pulpit”

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If my brother-in-law ever sees that pulpit, Imma have to make him another one.

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The pulpit is beautiful. I’m glad to hear that the gavel was for the Paster’s Wife, even though I never heard of the need for a gavel at church. Was the Osage Orange selected by his wife or the Pastor? I like your turnings on the head and handle of the gavel.

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Hey Karson: nice project, and great use for Osage Orange. I thought Wives hit people with rolling pins, not gavels. Things are more refined in Delaware I guess. Ha.

As for using the damp wood, I made a carving mallet once from moist wood and the only trouble I had was that the diameter of the handle shrunk more than the diameter of the hole in the mallet. To keep the head of your gavel on for sure, you could add a small dowel pin that goes through the head, and through the handle tenon. If you don’t glue it in, then you could always drive it out and add some epoxy to the joint should it get loose, and reinstall the head. I know you are more than capable of figuring it out, just thought I would offer a suggestion from my own moist wood mallet experience.

Love those grandkids, that would make a wonderful carving for the wall some day, eh?

Mark

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wow!!

Karson…this was not your first project post…but in the PULSE PAge…its one of THE oldest projects…I am bored…so thought i would go backwards and see the old stuff—-the oldies but goodies…very cool stuff…

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Another one from the past Thanks Napaman. My block of Osage orange that was a cutoff of the piece from the gavel has not split.

I use it as a mallet, without a handle. I hold it and pound the end on chisles. In face i was using it tonight to make some peg holes for Greene and Greene pegs.

Here it is being used by Dave to pound in some pegs.

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Nice job Karson. That osage is pretty dense wood. If the wife uses it it hit the pastor he certainly will see the heavens. LOL

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Don’t know how I missed this one Karson. Nice job. Looks like Daves enjoying it.

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