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Very cool!

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

YES!!!!!!!! I got the finger in person…this is awesome OBI…I love this…it looks soooo cool…I just happened to log on for a few…and what luck…What next? will it turn into a back scratcher? Just kiddding…this is really cool…which finger was done when we visited you??

My guess is the ring finger was done when we met…but wow…the whole hand is amazing…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...177 days to sanity...

That is cool. What kind of wood is that? That looks like it was alot of fun to do. I think I’d like to see the foot next. ...L.O.L.

-- Daniel, Tumwater, Wa U.S.A.

Reeeeeaaaaalllllllllyyyyy Cooooooolll, Obi…

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)

Quite a carving. Even a ring, now that’s detail.

-- Maplewood, MN

Clever, very nice

-- Colin, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. "Every craftsman was once an amateur"

haha that’s awesome!!!

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

Obi,

This is different. Very clever.

Thanks for sharing this one. It made my day.

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

Hi Obi;
—-now thats a LumberJock’s hand if I ever saw one….look at the callouses and scars….rock hard as oak!

What’s the story with the spalted wood the hand is sitting on….?

Thank you.
GODSPEED,
Frank

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

Let’s all give Obi a hand!!! Neat

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

thanks for posting that obi , i spend a lot of time in traffic and id forgot that a hand had that many fingers ! lol

-- if you aint the lead dog the scenery never changes

Very nice Obi – You have just the left arm, Right arm & hand and the rest of the body to complete now. I wonder who it will resemble! Keep up the good work

-- Tony - All things are possible, just some things are more difficult than others! - SKYPE: Heron2005 (http://www.poydatjatuolit.fi)

Excellent Obi, I just enlarged it and see that you’ve even captured the details of the Finger nails. Nice touch, and clever…....your brother in woodworking John

-- Your Brother in WoodWorking John, Pittsburgh , PA.

Frank,
The story on the spalted wood the hand sits upon is … it’s not.

It’s a parrellam header, resawn and Im going to make a small coffee table out of it.

The model I used for the hand was a sexy little thing at the end of my arm. The fingers were all from a question in reference to a chair I saw that had knees and when I said I could make an “Arm” chair with hands and fingers I was asked “Can you make fingers?”. That started the finger and when Tony, Wayne and Napaman showed up at the shop the first thing I said to them was “Sniff my finger!”

Eah finger was rounded so to give it a more life-like appearance. I also have bone that was given to me by fellow lumberjock Mark DeCou and I’m thinking of using it for fingernails.

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Oh, and it’s not a carving. I used a chop saw and a belt sander. The only carving was after i flattened the finger nials i had to carve the detail in the finger nail.

No chisels, The palm was layered. I’d take a piece of 1/4” oak and shape it on the sander and then glue it to the rest of the palm.

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how does it move in the image? (i am so behind in the computer skill area) anyway, it’s clever and unique. it would make a great valet addition to hold cell phone or watch. on the next one, try to make posable articulating fingers. more choices. thanks.

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

fun stuff OBI !

-- ..... art for lifes sake

Very cool. It looks like it’s coming after you in this moving photo. Gota hand it to you for this one….

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

Very realistic. How about making the rest of the person to go with it? :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

I’ll have to hand it to you Obi, That’s a pretty nice hand.

I’m sorry I missed this one, but this place is really busy, it almost makes me dizzy.

I’ve also missed you, you haven’t been around as much.

You must be keeping pretty busy.

-- Dick Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

Very busy, Dick. Making furniture and cabinets and guitars and drumsticks and clamps…

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