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Had a nice little play today with some of cuts of Cherry they vary in size from about 2" to 4" the small ones the others are 8" to 10" all ready for the village Christmas fair the grandchildren are going to pain the ones without any finish on them for them to sell they want spinning tops next so I have been informed and CD clocks
 

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I love em Woody, the unfinished ones look uncannily like the real thing ... :winking:
 

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Love em, where do you get the wood to do the natural edge ones?

Just any old branches these ones are branches pruned from a eucalyptus tree but any thing about 2" to 3" will do Yew branches look supper
 

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Do you have to dry them or anything?

Soryy for the dumb ass questions

Not if you want to do them as rustic but if you want to polish them then yes you do I made some a few years ago from a conifer tree as garden stools for the grandchildren with no finish the girls loved them and played fairy picnics and no I didn't join in before some wise guy ask :rolling:
 

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Not if you want to do them as rustic but if you want to polish them then yes you do I made some a few years ago from a conifer tree as garden stools for the grandchildren with no finish the girls loved them and played fairy picnics and no I didn't join in before some wise guy ask :rolling:

Super turning again ,Woody ..luv 'em ....

P.S I think you would suit a pixie costume.:devil:
 

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I have been making mushrooms as well today woody and trees but mine are a bit smaller. The trees range from 4.5 inches to 2 inches and the mushrooms from 1/2 inch to 1/4 inch it's for a Christmas craft fair in november. :wink:image.jpg
There are 10 different types of wood including the base most of them off cuts.
Can anyone identify them all
 

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Richard, i aint going to try naming all the woods, but i think i see 4 lol, but the piece is certainly different, how big is that base btw
 

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I have been making mushrooms as well today woody and trees but mine are a bit smaller. The trees range from 4.5 inches to 2 inches and the mushrooms from 1/2 inch to 1/4 inch it's for a Christmas craft fair in november. :wink:View attachment 1552
There are 10 different types of wood including the base most of them off cuts.
Can anyone identify them all

I did something like that a few years ago with the mushrooms in the bark side of half a log they sold quite well
 

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And heres a cluster I did a few months ago the main log is holly the large mushroom is part of the main log Frankie.
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