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The sawdust has been flying in my shop the past couple of weeks, and I have currently have about 8 projects going at once! You'll notice that I stole most of these ideas from other members, so a big thank you to them!
What is everyone else out there making for gifts this year?
This is my first picture frame. I have another waiting on splines, and two more waiting on assembly. I used THIS thread as my guide.
This is one of three I am making this year. These are quick and easy (if you don't scroll the initial up top). I have a few others that I made from offcuts as backups in case I forgot about someone. 44 degree angle on the bottom and an 1 3/8" hole about 6 1/2" up from the bottom. I don't remember where I got the dimensions from, but there have been several posted on here lately.
If you have a bandsaw, I suggest knocking out a few of these. They are kind of fun, and everyone is getting a kick out of them so far. I got this idea HERE and after a little bit of searching, I found a template on woodgears.ca
Thankfully, I am only making one end grain cutting board this year. I just gathered up all of my scraps and threw them together to make this one. I wasn't a huge fan of the pattern at first, but it is growing on me. I have always used THIS thread as my guide for these.
And last but certainly not least, a total of 32 end grain coasters. These have turned out to be a lot more work than I originally anticipated. You can see the other stack of 18 waiting to get sprayed. I got the idea HERE from Steve.
I shouldn't have any problems finishing everything before Christmas... famous last words right?
Hopefully this will give everyone some ideas/motivation to build some more gifts this year. Let's see what y'all have been up to.
What is everyone else out there making for gifts this year?
This is my first picture frame. I have another waiting on splines, and two more waiting on assembly. I used THIS thread as my guide.

This is one of three I am making this year. These are quick and easy (if you don't scroll the initial up top). I have a few others that I made from offcuts as backups in case I forgot about someone. 44 degree angle on the bottom and an 1 3/8" hole about 6 1/2" up from the bottom. I don't remember where I got the dimensions from, but there have been several posted on here lately.

If you have a bandsaw, I suggest knocking out a few of these. They are kind of fun, and everyone is getting a kick out of them so far. I got this idea HERE and after a little bit of searching, I found a template on woodgears.ca

Thankfully, I am only making one end grain cutting board this year. I just gathered up all of my scraps and threw them together to make this one. I wasn't a huge fan of the pattern at first, but it is growing on me. I have always used THIS thread as my guide for these.

And last but certainly not least, a total of 32 end grain coasters. These have turned out to be a lot more work than I originally anticipated. You can see the other stack of 18 waiting to get sprayed. I got the idea HERE from Steve.

I shouldn't have any problems finishing everything before Christmas... famous last words right?
Hopefully this will give everyone some ideas/motivation to build some more gifts this year. Let's see what y'all have been up to.