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Pen and Pencil Holders

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Bee-ing all they can bee.

I stumbled across a dried up cedar tree with several branches still attached. Thinking I might bee able to use the trunk for some salvageable wood, I started to saw off the branches. Bee-lieve it or not this is what I found. Carpenter bees had tunneled nests all throughout the tree, up and down the trunk and branches. I was amazed at not only the lengths some of these bees went to but also how nice and round they drilled the holes.

Not wanting to simply discard some of the larger branches I elected to make these desk top holders, one for each of my children.

This was an extremely quick and easy project, the tops were already slanted since I cut them off right next to the trunk, so I simply cut the bottoms flat, sanded and coated with a little oil.

Of course I removed all the bees first, er.. uh.. well… I think I did. Ha. Enjoy kids…

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX


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scottb

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posted 193 days ago

How nice of your shop helpers…. now if you can only get them to follow a drawing…

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RobS

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posted 193 days ago

Ha right Scott, then of course I would need to start training the younger ones too, so I could get smaller diameter holes..

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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GaryK

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posted 193 days ago

Pretty cool idea!

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

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hap

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posted 193 days ago

cool way to use these.i mite make some of them.

-- hap, gunbarrel city tx.

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hap

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posted 193 days ago

i made some lamps that look like that

-- hap, gunbarrel city tx.

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Blake

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posted 193 days ago

Interesting piece with a very interesting story.

-- Dust collectors suck.

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rikkor

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posted 193 days ago

Cool, a project that goes quick, looks good, and is functional.

-- Maplewood, MN

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mot

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posted 193 days ago

Those are kinda neat, Rob.

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

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RobS

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posted 193 days ago

Thanks everyone, I know they aren’t much to look at and certainly didn’t take much skill. Just thought it was cool how nature helped out.

Thanks again.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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clieb91

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posted 193 days ago

Neat way to use the natural wood. May have to keep an eye out for that kind of wood.

CtL

-- Chris L. "Don't Dream it, Be it."

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TreeBones

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posted 193 days ago

Great salvage, unique project, cool.

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John Gray

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posted 193 days ago

It’s really something the way the bees made the holes.

-- Only the Shadow knows....................

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Jiri Parkman

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posted 193 days ago

Good idea. I´m going to do somethin similar.

-- Jiri

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Marge

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posted 192 days ago

Very cool and a great conversation piece. They drill straighter than I do.

-- Marge, Colorado

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frank

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posted 192 days ago

Hi Rob;
—-busy as a bee and bee-ing able to captivate, bee-work-able-wood as an ongoing worker of wood in your bee-ing….!

This project is all about bees bee-ing bees and you bee-ing a maker of great bee-live-able pen and pencils holders. And who knows but now that your children have these wonder-full holders of stories, that they might some day pick up pen and paper….and write their own versions of the story that comes from the wood?

....and so once again, but not the last I’m sure….,

I thank you for sharing this one with us at LJ.
GODSPEED,
Frank

-- --frank, NH, http://frank.wordpress.com/

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RobS

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posted 192 days ago

thanks all..
and I’ve often wondered how many bees made all these holes, was it “Two bees or not two bees”? That’s my question.

-- Rob (A) Waxahachie,TX

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Dadoo

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posted 191 days ago

Nature inspired, naturally made!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

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MsDebbieP

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posted 191 days ago

sweet. what great teamwork—the worker bees and the ingenious artist!

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

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Jimthecarver

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posted 190 days ago

Beautiful color and those lil guys were very busy. It must have tasted as good as it smelled….Good Job!

-- A duck that brags on his own pond, soon swims alone.

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DAN

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posted 129 days ago

cool posting … great gift idea

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Scott Bryan

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posted 120 days ago

Hi Rob,

How did I miss this when you originally posted it? This one made my day. It must bee nice to have help like this.

Nice post and I will try to bee more timely with my comments in the future. (Enough with the bee jokes right).

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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