Recovery projects #5: Thinking about Christmas gifts

I did some with the router table once. I totaly screwed them up but it was really my first router table project (or first project that required more than a hand saw and hammer). They where very quick to make and really very practical gifts. I gave one to my mother and the other to my mother-in-law. Both use them all the time. Here is The Router Workshop where I got the idea. Just scroll down to “Trivets Trivets Trivets”. I also just made a puzzle with 8 penny nails and 3 pieces of 3/4 stock that is pretty cool for older kids. I hope to have it posed in the next day or two.

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I made some last year. Might even get them sent out this year, having road tested them for a whole year. I made mine on the router table as well.

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thanks guys. I was thinking of using the router table also. It would be safer than the table saw I think.

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Wine stoppers are nice, but if you aren’t a fan of turning….

I’ve done trivets for Christmas twice over the years, I think I have enough scraps to make coasters this year, I made a set from redwood not long ago, once set up, it took about an hour to make six, just a thought :)
Later,
Doug in AZ.

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Thanks Doug. Did you use cork on the redwood or was the redwood absorbant enough not to need anything additional?

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