Domestic and exotic wood pendants

[WayneG]

I got on a kick about 8 months ago and made these pendants. They are so much fun to make and a great way to use up your scraps. I string then up with black hemp cord and twist clasps mostly although some want magnetic.

Gonna source out small little  "rivet" like brass/silver/gold pieces to put in the holes to make them look even better.

These are proving to be popular, I wear different necklaces everyday...

Pics of the lot, then 7 of so pics a bit closer up and the a pic of some close up

Edited November 27, 2017 by WayneG

[wombatie]

They look fabulous Wayne.  What thickness are they?

Marg

[WayneG]

13 minutes ago, wombatie said:

They look fabulous Wayne.  What thickness are they?

Marg

most are 3-5 mm thick, some up to 1.3 mm

thanks, they look even better in person and in good lighting

[lawson56]

I can see why their popular.They are Beautiful.

[newfie]

Nice work thanks for sharing 

[DWSUDEKUM]

Very nice Wayne.  Thanks for sharing them with us.

 

DW

[daveww1]

very nice, great way to use up scraps

[WayneG]

thanks folks, my 5 year old son wanted to count them when I was putting them away in a ziplock. 174 of them, he says some look like the fancy chocolates that we consume around christmas time...LOL

Edited November 27, 2017 by WayneG

[MrsN]

these are wonderful!

There are more than a couple that I would love to wear.

Do you glue up pendant size blanks or bigger pieces to cut pendants from?

[bobscroll]

They do look real nice Wayne, No waste in your shop! Thank you for showing,

Bob 

[meflick]

What a great use of "waste" pieces. Lots of beautiful ones there. Letting your 5 year old count them is good for his math and number learning. I can see why they are good sellers for you. Thanks for showing.

[GPscroller]

Smart use of scraps and they look great, well done.

Jeff

[WayneG]

thanks folks,

 

Katie I simply take a small piece of wood and then that becomes the base or starting point and then I just cut it in two horiz, vert or diagonal and then start to take small pieces and add them in with Titebond 3. 

Often times the hardest part is clamping them, specifically if it is diagonal and in many cases I make those main parts much larger and with two perpendicular edges that are used to clamp and then are just sanded away to form the desired shape.

which ones in particular do you like?

[Lucky2]

Wayne, they look amazing, the different types of wood makes a big difference in how they look. It's a rather ingenious use of scrap wood, and I can see where hey would be  real popular.

Len

[WayneG]

Thanks len

[dgman]

Those are cool Wayne! I love your creativity !

[WayneG]

21 minutes ago, dgman said:

Those are cool Wayne! I love your creativity !

Thanks! It is a bunch of fun to do these little guys, although I am sure a few of my neighbors are not as fond... Lots of noise with the detail sander....

[MrsN]

I have done some pendants before, where I take a few pieces sandwiched together, cut them apart and glue them back together. When the edges are not square I found that using packing tape or painters tape worked as a good clamp. I found a blog tutorial that I did years ago on how I did mine. http://lumberjocks.com/MrsN/blog/19527

The triangular pieces really stand out as interesting. 

[WayneG]

Ahhhh, never thought of tape to clamp them together... That would certainly accomplish the task, thanks for that. 

The triangular or diamond shaped ones re nice

 

Thanks

[amazingkevin]

On 11/27/2017 at 12:16 AM, WayneG said:

I got on a kick about 8 months ago and made these pendants. They are so much fun to make and a great way to use up your scraps. I string then up with black hemp cord and twist clasps mostly although some want magnetic.

Gonna source out small little  "rivet" like brass/silver/gold pieces to put in the holes to make them look even better.

These are proving to be popular, I wear different necklaces everyday...

Pics of the lot, then 7 of so pics a bit closer up and the a pic of some close up

I'd like to see how they look on someone ,please and thank you!

[WayneG]

3 hours ago, amazingkevin said:

I'd like to see how they look on someone ,please and thank you!

so you want me to take a selfie and post it....not a big fan of selfies but I can likely do that.