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I have never been ask to do this before and will probably never again. I have a friend that works in a machine shop and somehow they adopted a pet duck. They fed it and worked with it until it would come into the shop and take food out of their hands. They named the duck “Oil Can Harry” because he would tip over their oil cans and wallow in the oil. Well …. Harry came up missing one day and they found feathers and his remains in a nearby yard next to the dog house. My friend ask me to make Harry a tombstone because they wanted to give him a proper burial. This is what I came up with: I took an 8/4 piece of oak and carved the duck and letters which reads “Here lies Oil Can Harry – Shop Mascot – 2005-2008”. I finished it off with 4 coats of Spar urathane. Yea! This is certainly one man’s junk and a shop full of men’s treasured memories of a pet duck named “Oil Can Harry”!
-- GrandpaD, Painesville, Ohio - demcvickersr@hotmail.com
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PurpLev
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posted 496 days ago
nicely done! is it all hand carved? or did you use any powertools to remove most of the material?
my friend had a dog, and the neighbors used to have ducks that would make a lot of noise during the night… one night it was silent…
sorry to hear about Harry though.
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thetimberkid
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posted 496 days ago
Sorry to hear about Harry, Great job!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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trifern
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posted 496 days ago
Was Harry really all he’s quacked up to Be? Thanks for sharing.
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Kipster
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posted 496 days ago
Sorry for the loss! I think Harry will rest in piece aft his horrific death. I enjoyed the story abs sentiment, thanks for sharing.
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stanley2
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posted 495 days ago
Good story and nice tombstone – I’d like to hear about the process for carving the letters
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Bradford
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posted 495 days ago
I think it’s great that you made such a beautiful thing for a tragic event. Nice job.
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Lee A. Jesberger
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posted 495 days ago
Hi Grandpa;
I hate it when that happens!
You really did an excellent job on the “tombstone” The carving work is fantastic.
Lee
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 495 days ago
A very nice job of carving!
The trouble with poor Harry is he must have trusted everyone, even a Dog.
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woodnot
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posted 492 days ago
A fitting tribute to a pet, NICELY DONE ! ! !
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MsDebbieP
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posted 490 days ago
a beautiful story; wonderful tribute and magnificent workmanship!
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Grumpy
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posted 478 days ago
Great story. Good luck in the contest.
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