Mesquite Mushrooms

Love your mushrooms. I make mind out of green cherry and let them age with the weather. most of mind are larger. when I make the smaller ones i use BLO on them.

-- PAPLOU

Jim, Looks to me that those might be toad stools ;) Maybe a little Leprechan is hidding close by?? Great job!!

Thanks for sharing

-- Chuck Emery, Michigan,

Chuck, I want to see how they sell this November at our church bazaar. If they go good, I can bet tons of mesquite branches in Arizona to make a basket full of them and they only take minutes to turn. I’m looking for a light wood with a dark sap wood to make some different ones.

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

Are you trying to grow your own stock Jim :)) didnt notice any hormone dip to get em rooting Ha
Can see these little beauties selling like hot cakes. Well done mate:)

-- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got

Nice shrooms. I like your camera work….......

-- mike...............

Is there no end to your creativity?......with a little adjusting you could use them as door knobs

-- In the end it is more about the memories we make than the pieces we build.

G’day, Pete, I hope you’re right!!

Sawdust, that is something I have never seen- a turned wooden door knob..why not?? They could be made to match the woodwork! All that is needed is a little adapting to fit in the metal parts.

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

very nifty. the finish is really really beautiful

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

Hi Jim,
Each time I have the lathe out I use the scrap pieces of wood for making little mushrooms, they are a joy to make and I keep them in a bowl in the kitchen so people can take one if they want. They always bring smiles.
Yours are beautiful.
Best thoughts,
Mads

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

I have a bushel of walnut limbs left from the last tornado. Perfect size. I think I’ll follow you lead and make a few ‘shrooms!! Thanks for the inspiration, those are pretty.

-- I did measure it twice, it's still too short.

Beautiful job Jim

-- www.carvingandturningsbyrick.com, Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

Great ides Jim.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

That’s the last thing you’d want is rusty Mushrooms. Nicely done.

-- Backer boards, stop blocks, build oversized, and never buy a hand plane--

Very cool idea here, inventive and creative. Well done.

-- "Make something you love tomorrow...and do it slowly" JLB