Patrick Moore provided me with a piece of cypress from a special tree. Read the story first.
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| Cypress log, about 3" diameter |
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Thanksgiving 1998 - Planting of "The Three Sister's Cypress Trees"
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| Patrick with 3 finished crosses |
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the finished crosses
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I shaped the log on the bandsaw, jointed one side, planed the other for parallel surfaces. Then I cut strips 13/16" wide, 1/2" thick, cut the dados, assembled, sanded the faces, cut all the corners (my signature), and stained them with Old Hickory oil based stain. The tallest cross is 15". The smallest one I didn't finish because the sanded wood looked and felt so wonderful. Then I applied 3 coats of polyurethane sanding lightly between coats. The firs coat took several days to dry, the second took several weeks, the third coat dried overnight. Knowing the history of the wood and that the crosses will each have a special recipient made this a very meaningful project for me.
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| before staining |
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| the largest cross |
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| finished |
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