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first out of the shop today, an easy one, a soup stir stick. when my wife's bunch gets together for a small fundraiser for the church, sometimes it can be tilapia and side items, tamales, or even stomach soup (aka menudo, mondongo, and other such aliases) being sold to the members. well, leonarda was using this pine implement for stirring the soup. when i saw it (and the shape it was in), i told her that since i have an extra board of white oak, that i would make her a new one. she said the one that she was using was still perfectly good, and she had been using it for the last 20 years (she's in her 70's, and not apt to change much, set in her ways you would say). well, i got down to it this morning, and it only took about an hour or so from start to finish (as i had already laid out the design on the board earlier). first things being first, stepped up to the ol' band saw, and rough cut it close to the line, then over to the spindle sander for the trip up to the line. after that was done, i rounded over the edges with a 1/2" roundover bit in the router, drilled the hole (1") with a forstner bit in the drill press (only way i can drill it straight), and rounded that over too (well, the bit was in the router). then it was sanded from 100 to 150 grit (hand sanded on the narrow sides), then given a good coat of mineral oil. all that is left now is to try my hand at braiding a buckskin loop to hang it with (pic of that later if it works out). she's visiting family back in the home country, so i won't know if she will like it, or clock me with it for about a month or so. wish me luck....