The only part of this cross that I used my CNC for was for the heads and radius blocks that flare out from the bodies to the underside of the heads. I also had to create several jigs on the CNC to assist with creating dovetail grooves with a hand router on the sides where the radius block would be assembled. I had to create a jig to help create the half-lap (offset joint). The half lap was 13-1/4" wide, (top to bottom, vertically). Each half-lap was 1-11/16" deep! Anyone ever try to test fit 80 pounds of wood by themselves without it getting stuck? 
I definitely was using physics and leverage to my advantage.
The overall size of this cross is 10’ tall, 7’-2" wide and weighs 300 pounds! In my shop, it was 14’ long. 4’ is buried in ground with about 400lbs of concrete. Oh, and there’s a 1" diameter x 8’ long steel rod in the center for added rigidity.
It uses no guy wires and is free standing at a cross section (ground level) of 4" x 5". The main vertical member is 5" thick with a taper of 3 degrees per side. The larger nail head is 2" thick, 22-1/2" long, 5" wide to match thickness of the vertical member but has a convex along the long edges, making it almost 7" wide.
The cross beam is composed of 2 individual “nails”, which were assembled with dominos and waterproof glue. They were then assembled onto the main nail. They are proportionately scaled down from the larger nail to create a 1:3 version of a typical cross.
Parishioners got to see it for the first time on Easter morning, 2026! Glory hallelujah!
I will post pics of the build if anyone has interest to see them.
