Heart Pine - 1 side rough cut

These heart pine crosses were stained natural with 3 coats of urethane resulting in a rich color.  The wood is very handsome.  

52 crosses 2 7/16" high, 5/16" wide

assembled, before sanding or cutting corners

Walnut - 22 crosses

From another piece of walnut, I made 22 that were 1/2" wide and 2 3/4" high.

 

Walnut - 1st batch of 2025

Twenty-seven crosses 2 3/8" high got the new year started.  Three of them were from scrap glued together.

 

Oak - last batch of the year

20 crosses 2 7/8" high, 2 1/3/16" high

Stained half neutral, half golden oak

Final coat of urethane applied on 1/1/2025.



 

Sinker Cypress - edge grain

Using my Thin Rip Guide on my table saw, I cut 1/4" strips and turned them on their sides to get the fine straight grain of the edge of the piece of wood I was using.  I created 25 2 13/16" high crosses.  From scrap, I created 4 1/8" thick crosses.

Sinker Cypress - Ready for Christmas

 After a 3 month hiatus, I made 18 crosses from sinker cypress, a great wood to work with. The wood is darker than new cypress, lighter weight and with tight grain.  It machines so well.  In a week and a half, I made 19 crosses, including some made from scraps glued together.  5/16" thick, 3/8" wide.

perfect fit

Edge grain Heart Pine

 From the same piece of heart pine as the small unfinished crosses, I made fifteen 5 1/16" wall crosses.  These were all faced with edge grain.

assembled

finished - natural stain and 3 coats of urethane

strips (cut to show edge grain) before assembly