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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...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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.

Clever, very nice

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

haha that’s awesome!!!

-- ~ 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

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

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.

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

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.

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

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 !

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb 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…

-- http://ye-olde-cabinet-shoppe.com/

A great hand Obi. and novel technical manner in its creation. Don’t think I have the technical skills and equipment to employ your methods, so I guess I’ll have to stick to my knife for now. Thanks for sharing it.

-- Rick, south Sweden

LOL i dig it

-- Wood and Glass they kick (well you know) Have a great day - Dug