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   richk1 | Jul 27, 2004 06:01pm | #1

   That's a nice clock. How many did you have to make? I did clocks last year too. Ten of the small ones for kids, six of the medium ones and one of the large size. 

   I'm also starting to plan what to make for this year and so far I'm drawing a blank. Maybe one of those boxes used to store various teas per family and a mechanical wooden puzzle for kids. Or learn to turn bowls for adults and maybe wooden tops for kids. Or maybe a 'catch-all' kind of multi-compartment tray for keys, change, etc. to go in the foyer.

   Post what you decide to do - maybe I'll steal your idea ;-)

   Rich Knab
   People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit.

   
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   Walnutburl | Jul 27, 2004 09:41pm | #2

   Rich, I like the medium the best. Good work in those and your web site. I made about 18 clocks and gave them out over the last year for Christmas and weddings. But like you am looking for a new idea.

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   forestgirl | Jul 29, 2004 01:25am | #6

   I just read the old article on kaleidoscopes -- seems like a good bet for youngsters.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   robert1 | Jul 28, 2004 04:38am | #3

   I like to build boxes. I give the finished projects to my wife who dispenses them to our friends.

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   BG | Jul 28, 2004 01:25pm | #4

   Walnutburl,  I loved the boxes Rob Millard made for his customers last Christmas...15133.1

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   patternmaker | Jul 28, 2004 01:35pm | #5

   I am saving scrap pieces of figured wood for the project that you describe.

   This year it will be boxes to hold Kleenex.I make the box to slip over the tissue box with a slot in the top for tissue removal.

   I make the box top and sides from 3/8" resawed material.All joints are mitered and the edges rounded.Depending on the material on hand,the grain of the wood is contineous around the outside of the box.

   I use the masking tape method to align the 5 parts for gluing.Be advised that precision is required in the final trimming of the details.After the glue is applied and the assembly folded,a rubber band around the outside provides all the pressure needed for virtually invisible joints.

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   stancalow | Jul 30, 2004 02:56am | #7

   Walnutburl,

   Not a great departure from clocks, but I've given away a few weather stations - you know, three gauges:  temp, pressure, humidity, on a slab of wood.  Easy if you have some cutoffs.  I've made ones that hang on the wall, as well as ones like your medium clock, with gauges on three sides, for a desk. 

   Also making some clocks this year with college and military service ceramic plate faces from Klockit.  Not as fancy as yours. 

   Just can't bear to throw away those cutoffs.  

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   jazzdogg | Aug 01, 2004 04:14am | #8

   Last Christmas I mades cutting boards and sets of three nesting oval Shaker-style boxes that were well-recieved. The best part was that I found a great use for offcuts that, otherwise,  would have been taking up space for goodness knows how long.

   Just an idea,

   -Jazzdogg-

   Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right.