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martzy · 04-23-2012, 04:07 PM

My wife teaches at at Catholic School. She teaches third grade which is the year they make their First Communion. She asked me to make this cross for each of her students as a gift.

My brother also bought one for a friend of his whose son was making his first communion.

Pattern is by Sue Mey. I got it from The Wooden Teddybear. The cross is oak vaneer plywood and the backer is stained luan. It's cheap and looks good with a stain on it.

Thanks for looking.

wood-n-things · 04-23-2012, 04:15 PM

Nicely done.

RangerJay · 04-23-2012, 06:45 PM

Wow - a beautiful gift - how many did you do? - I'm trying to imagine the time commitment to do one of these for a whole class ....

Jay

martzy · 04-23-2012, 07:06 PM

Luckily her class is pretty small. Six kids this year. I cut them in stacks of five so I should have had a start on next year. Unfortunately, out of the ten I cut, two were trashed when I hit a gap in the plywood and the letters broke off very easily. One had to be scrapped because some of the veneer came off when I peeled the pattern back. I must have just gotten a bad board. I usually don't have gap and veneer problems with my plywood.

So started with ten, ended with seven, and sold one. That leaves the six she needs. I guess someone was looking out for me after all.

paul44224 · 04-24-2012, 10:07 AM

Looks really great, Keith! Lately, I have been using Oak plywood instead of Baltic Birch. Looks much better, in my opinion.

Paul

Powakee · 04-24-2012, 12:01 PM

That's a nice project and it is going to be a nice memento in the child's spiritual life. Isn't it funny how things work out when 'someone is looking out for you' ~ you don't always get what you want but you do get what you need.

John

Bill Wilson · 04-24-2012, 04:55 PM

Nice work Keith!

Mike_Fehring · 04-27-2012, 04:09 PM

Nice job with the cutting. Looks great

04-23-2012, 04:15 PM	#2
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04-23-2012, 07:06 PM	#4
martzy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 352 Thanks: 6 Thanked 9 Times in 7 Posts	Luckily her class is pretty small. Six kids this year. I cut them in stacks of five so I should have had a start on next year. Unfortunately, out of the ten I cut, two were trashed when I hit a gap in the plywood and the letters broke off very easily. One had to be scrapped because some of the veneer came off when I peeled the pattern back. I must have just gotten a bad board. I usually don't have gap and veneer problems with my plywood. So started with ten, ended with seven, and sold one. That leaves the six she needs. I guess someone was looking out for me after all. __________________ Keith

04-24-2012, 10:07 AM	#5
paul44224 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Stow,Oh Posts: 474 Thanks: 11 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Looks really great, Keith! Lately, I have been using Oak plywood instead of Baltic Birch. Looks much better, in my opinion. Paul __________________ www.flicker.com/photos/woodworks44224

04-24-2012, 12:01 PM	#6
Powakee Electronically Neutral Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Northern Edge of the Great Sonoran Desert Posts: 1,633 Thanks: 12 Thanked 33 Times in 25 Posts	That's a nice project and it is going to be a nice memento in the child's spiritual life. Isn't it funny how things work out when 'someone is looking out for you' ~ you don't always get what you want but you do get what you need. John __________________ I've Got A Lot More To Learn About Leaving Battlegrounds Alone ~~ Molly Venter

04-24-2012, 04:55 PM	#7
Bill Wilson Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Butler, PA Posts: 1,884 Thanks: 2 Thanked 82 Times in 69 Posts	Nice work Keith! __________________ Homer : "Oh, and how is education supposed to make me feel smarter. Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain."

04-23-2012, 06:45 PM	#3
RangerJay Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Northwestern Ontario Posts: 196 Thanks: 17 Thanked 12 Times in 11 Posts	Wow - a beautiful gift - how many did you do? - I'm trying to imagine the time commitment to do one of these for a whole class .... Jay

04-27-2012, 04:09 PM	#8
Mike_Fehring Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ridgecrest Ca Posts: 282 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Nice job with the cutting. Looks great __________________ Mike Mike Fehring's Artistry in Wood http://www.mikefehring.com Mike Fehring's Free Patterns

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