I spent a few hours in the workshop this afternoon, and made some palm crosses from cherry wood.
They are shaped this way to make it easy to be held between your fingers as you hold it in your hand, as an object of meditation.
Palm crosses
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It just looks like scraps, but one day soon they will be treenware – utilitarian objects made of wood. Things like spoons, dough scrapers, and spatulas.
Workshop improvements
I’m gearing up to begin making chairs, and needed a lathe bed extension to make that happen. But my old lathe bench wasn’t long enough, so I’m building a new one. It’s 2×3 construction, with 2 pieces of 3/4 plywood for the top. I’ll be adding shelves underneath. The sand is to add mass, to reduce vibration.
I put off getting an extension for ages, thinking I would just buy a nicer lathe. But the Wen 12×18 does everything I need it to do, which is mostly cutting tenons and tool handles and with a bed extension, chair legs.