I am sure that I encountered a jackalope one cold evening just outside Colorado Springs as I was walking out of a hole in the wall bar there sat the fury little fellow a told me he and his kind were very real... oh darn that was supposed to be a secret please don't tell anyone else.
I've had this pattern for a long time and decided to see what it looks like. It is a little bigger than I expected and have no room for it so it has been donated to a co-workers son.
I use a lot of cypress for outdoor signs, and tend to leave most of them natural, as cypress is naturally bug and rot resistant, and as stated above in time it will take on a nice grey color.
Looking at the pictures it looks to me as if the break is straight across the board and appears like it might have broken along a poorly made glue joint. Just a thought I know you have said in the past you use a lot of reclaimed wood.
I have an epson wf7620 it copies/scans/prints 11 X 17 paper I've been usinf it for about a year now and am still using the original ink cartridges, and that includes printing about a million chrismas cards and envelopes.
Looks like a neat idea, but I'm not sure of the application as my phone is still attached to the wall in my kitchen and just dial whoever I wish to speak to.
I haven't been, but have a couple of pieces that I made for loved ones that are/were on display at grave sites there. Definitely one of my greatest honors.
My thanks to you all for your kind words. I feel that none of my wood working efforts can adequately show my apperciation for my grandfather's and all Armed Force's service members, but I certainly enjoy trying to keep their selfless service in the fore front of everybodies minds.
I had a small piece of purple heart left over from another project that I couldn't figure out what to do with. So I came up with this homage for my Grand father's Navy service during WWII.