This is a Cross I just finished making. It's made out of Teak and likely will be a Christmas gift. 

It took me a couple of days to make it. It's more difficult to make than it looks and requires a fair degree of accuracy. 

I still need to apply a finish and it likely will be blonde shellac. I'm not sure yet and will do some finish test samples and see. 

Stay tuned! ....

 

Thanks for looking! 

Cheers! 

MrRick

 

 

Edited December 10, 2025Dec 10 by MrRick

Awesome!

Thanks lew! 

Beautiful. Love it Rick; both the work and the message. 

2 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Beautiful. Love it Rick; both the work and the message. 

 

Thank you Grandpadave52! You are quite astute! 👍

Awesome!

Thank you AI B!

Here's an update on my Christmas Cross. 

Two coats of 2 lb shellac. And one French polish coat with 1 lb shellac. 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking! 

Cheers! 

MrRick 

Spectacular Rick..."from the cradle to the cross." What a gift.

Thank you so much Dave! 

So guys and gals ..... I'm making another one. It will be assembled with dowels and mortising. 

Keep tuned here for and update....🙂

So here's an update. I've made another one. The one on the left was the first and started this post. The one on the right is the new one. 

 

The original on the left was assembled using a backer board. The new one on the right is doweled and mortised. You can only assemble with dowels going one way so the mortising is necessary to complete the connection joinery. (Zoom in). Also the beams are a little wider so the gap openings are a little narrower. It's a very small difference between the two. It's difficult to say which I like best. 

 

 

Merry Christmas EVERYONE! 

 

MrRick 

 

Both are excellent Rick. Personally, I really like the second one simply because it's cleaner without the backer board. I kinda like the more narrow gaps as well. I'm also partial to seeing the joinery work too.

 

BTW, fantastic miter work. Thanks for sharing.

Edited December 24, 2025Dec 24 by Grandpadave52

@Grandpadave52 yeah...I'm probably partial to the second one too. But for sure the first one is stronger and you don't really see the edges when it's hanging. They both look nice hanging and construction isn't really seen by the eye. The miters are though and on both they turned out well.