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Christmas is coming

Postby Lurker » 08 Jun 2021, 08:28

Now I have some spare time on my hands, I want to make some nice Christmas presents for friends and family.
Want to start early to avoid a last minute dash and there is “only” six months left :D
I think that I have exhausted the carving board thing, popular though it was.
I have a few small turned boxes to make, but other than that I am short of ideas.
Can anyone suggest things that have gone down well or things they have seen and plan to make.
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Re: Christmas is coming

Postby novocaine » 08 Jun 2021, 08:45

Garden dibbers.
Vase stand.
Turned Christmas trees.
Clock.
Carbon fibre is just corduroy for cars.
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Re: Christmas is coming

Postby Lurker » 08 Jun 2021, 09:37

Garden dibbers. Don’t know anyone who would want one.
Vase stand. I have a load of large test tubes that I have been meaning to use for bud vases, thanks for the reminder.
Turned Christmas trees. I made some once, must experiment, have several children who might like those.
Clock. My skills are not anywhere near up to that.
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Re: Christmas is coming

Postby sunnybob » 08 Jun 2021, 10:47

my wood projects are here https://pbase.com/sunnybob
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Re: Christmas is coming

Postby Just4fun » 08 Jun 2021, 11:44

I have had good response to giving puzzles, such as wooden cross puzzles. Easy to make out of workshop scraps and provide a bit of fun for the recipient.
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Re: Christmas is coming

Postby Andyp » 08 Jun 2021, 13:23

How about some nesting trivets to match or compliment the chopping boards.
I mades some triangular trivets just to test the accuracy of the Kapex with a contrasting wood used as splines to reinforce the joint.
See here viewtopic.php?f=26&t=3930&p=59307&hilit=Trivet#p59307

A set of 3 different sizes, made of different woods, nesting inside each other would look cool.
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Re: Christmas is coming

Postby Lurker » 08 Jun 2021, 14:38

sunnybob wrote:These will go down a storm.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PGXbgQTNv8&t=17s


A friend made me one of those, do you just need a thin bandsaw blade?
All of mine are half inch and I can’t see that working.
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Re: Christmas is coming

Postby Lurker » 08 Jun 2021, 14:41

Just4fun wrote:I have had good response to giving puzzles, such as wooden cross puzzles. Easy to make out of workshop scraps and provide a bit of fun for the recipient.


I saw a puzzle on QI, I think.
The same bit of wood fitted perfectly through a triangular, circular and square hole.
I have been meaning to make one
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Re: Christmas is coming

Postby sunnybob » 08 Jun 2021, 14:43

Half inch will be difficult to make a reindeer :o
but you can do them with 3/8" reasonably well, especially the large template Mathias does.
You dont actually need tight turns, because all of the outside is eventually waste.
If you havent made one, you DO need to watch and follow, because if you cut in the wrong order it all goes horribly, horribly wrong very, very quickly, :shock:
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Re: Christmas is coming

Postby Woodbloke » 08 Jun 2021, 17:00

What about a ‘Lazy Susan’ for the table? Ax and elsewhere do a goodly selection of sizes - Rob
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Re: Christmas is coming

Postby Andyp » 08 Jun 2021, 17:05

Lurker wrote:
Just4fun wrote:I have had good response to giving puzzles, such as wooden cross puzzles. Easy to make out of workshop scraps and provide a bit of fun for the recipient.


I saw a puzzle on QI, I think.
The same bit of wood fitted perfectly through a triangular, circular and square hole.
I have been meaning to make one


I made a roughed out version of that. Easy to understand when you see it but harder to get explain.
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Re: Christmas is coming

Postby Lurker » 08 Jun 2021, 20:40

Woodbloke wrote:What about a ‘Lazy Susan’ for the table? Ax and elsewhere do a goodly selection of sizes - Rob


Ideal for my friend called Sue :D
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Re: Christmas is coming

Postby Lurker » 08 Jun 2021, 20:45

Andyp wrote:
Lurker wrote:
Just4fun wrote:I have had good response to giving puzzles, such as wooden cross puzzles. Easy to make out of workshop scraps and provide a bit of fun for the recipient.


I saw a puzzle on QI, I think.
The same bit of wood fitted perfectly through a triangular, circular and square hole.
I have been meaning to make one


I made a roughed out version of that. Easy to understand when you see it but harder to get explain.


I thought that it be good for my 7 year old great niece.
I think that it might take me a number of rough outs.
Maybe an excuse to acquire a scroll saw. But I need to let the dust settle after buying a metalwork lathe at the weekend :eusa-whistle:
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Re: Christmas is coming

Postby Lurker » 08 Jun 2021, 20:47

sunnybob wrote:Half inch will be difficult to make a reindeer :o
but you can do them with 3/8" reasonably well, especially the large template Mathias does.
You dont actually need tight turns, because all of the outside is eventually waste.
If you havent made one, you DO need to watch and follow, because if you cut in the wrong order it all goes horribly, horribly wrong very, very quickly, :shock:
8-)


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Re: Christmas is coming

Postby Andyp » 09 Jun 2021, 06:52

Lurker wrote:
I thought that it be good for my 7 year old great niece.
I think that it might take me a number of rough outs.
Maybe an excuse to acquire a scroll saw. But I need to let the dust settle after buying a metalwork lathe at the weekend :eusa-whistle:


I think you could manage without a scroll saw. here is the "rough" version I made. I had intended to make a neater one from nicer wood but never got a round tuit.

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Re: Christmas is coming

Postby Andyp » 09 Jun 2021, 08:00

A couple more puzzle ideas.

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The trick with those puzzles where the pieces all have straight edges is to cut a stack at time them mix them up so that user cannot just follow the grain pattern,
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Re: Christmas is coming

Postby Lurker » 09 Jun 2021, 08:37

Thanks ,Andy.
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Re: Christmas is coming

Postby Woodbloke » 09 Jun 2021, 11:36

Andyp wrote:......never got a round tuit.



If you’ve got a lathe, they make a great little present. A pyrographic pen thingie is a good way to burn on the message - Rob
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Re: Christmas is coming

Postby Phil » 19 Jun 2021, 15:28

Have a look under Scrolling

There are lots of Xmas ideas


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