Sarbatche Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 My girlfriend's dog of 13 years passed away not too long ago. When she got the bad news from the vet, she had asked that I build her a grave marker. Well, I had been looking for a small project that used all wood joinery so two birds with one stone and all that. The wood used was bald cypress from a local sawmill. Not sure why my images always get rotated when I post them... :shrug:Layout:Roughly cut pieces:Partial assembly:Instead of draw boring with wooden pegs, Japanese joinery sometimes uses these tapered keys that lock in the drawbars. They're called shachi-sen and are made of a harder wood than the parent material. These were from scraps of Osage Orange. And the finishing touches; my first try at carving wasn't terrible but really nothing to brag about. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poisonfangs85 Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Looks very good! The pup would be proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NERemodeling Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Really cool! I'm sure she was blown away with what you did. Very nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp56 Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 great job, also sorry for your loss..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmikez Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Dude that came really nice man! Sorry to hear about UR girlfriends dog... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteW Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 sorry about ur dog. but u did a great job on the cross it looks really nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisK Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Sorry for you and your girlfriend. Dogs are really important to people like us. Jason is right, the little guy would've been proud! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR99 Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Sorry about the loss of your pet. The cross did turn out really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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