Captain Jack Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 This was my Christmas present to my wife. Bananas are her favorite snack, and she loves the minions characters from Despicable Me (who also like bananas quite a bit ). The stand is from a free plan I found on the 'net (http://www.startwoodworking.com/plans/build-countertop-banana-stand). I cut the arm on the scroll saw using an Olson thick wood blade and patience. I drew the character on paper, scanned it, cleaned up the edges in Photoshop, and cut out the pieces from various woods (yellow heart, purple heart, mahogany, wenge, and ebony) then layered them together with epoxy. I used my wood burner for the mouth. I found that a hemostat worked great as a clamp for cutting the various small parts and not losing them through the blade opening in the scroll saw. bobscroll and New Guy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 (edited) Thumbs up on your baba nana holder. Edited January 12, 2016 by LarryEA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordster Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Very well done...bananas look good too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobscroll Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 That's different Captain Jack! Nice job there, Thank you for showing, Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Well done Jack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Excellently done Jack. I am positive that she is going to love that. Thanks for sharing this with us. DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Great job. Those little guys are really cute. Those bananas are too ripe for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfie Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 Nice work thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penquin Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 Well done, really like the little guy next to it. jim penquin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 :thumbs: :thumbs: Great idea and gift. Well done. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 Cute, the little Minion is really something else. I'd hate to cut out many of them at that size, it would be to easy to lose the small pieces. Len Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 This was my Christmas present to my wife. Bananas are her favorite snack, and she loves the minions characters from Despicable Me (who also like bananas quite a bit ). The stand is from a free plan I found on the 'net (http://www.startwoodworking.com/plans/build-countertop-banana-stand). I cut the arm on the scroll saw using an Olson thick wood blade and patience. I drew the character on paper, scanned it, cleaned up the edges in Photoshop, and cut out the pieces from various woods (yellow heart, purple heart, mahogany, wenge, and ebony) then layered them together with epoxy. I used my wood burner for the mouth. I found that a hemostat worked great as a clamp for cutting the various small parts and not losing them through the blade opening in the scroll saw. Nice looking work,thanks for showing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young_Scroller Posted January 14, 2016 Report Share Posted January 14, 2016 love it! great idea, thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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