PurpleHeart Business Card Holder

Hey Len – great looking display, I’m sure they’ll love it. Looks really good and nice finish on it.

-- Dan Wiggins

Len I do hope it was charged out at executive rates and not up and coming executive rates…
I just love it
I have never seen anything like it..out there!!
Nothing to be critical about.. critique.. Bloody nice mate ,, BONZA

-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

Very nice. Purpleheart is a wonderfully satisfying wood to work with.

-- Behind the Bark is a lot of Heartwood----Charles, Centennial, CO

On behalf of the Moms…Thank you! Now, let’s hope the hubby remembers! LOL.

LOVE the project! The more projects of yours I see with that Natural Woodsheen the more jealous I get. I’ve searched high and low for a store that carries it near me with no success but I think I’ve just about talked the local ACE hardware into expanding their current Woodsheen products to include it. Until then I’ll admire the finish in your projects and wish…

-- Robbinscabin

Thats a stunning card holder. I’m sure that he will enjoy the colorful addition to his desk.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

That looks great. You’ll probably get more orders.

-- Father of two sons. Both Eagle Scouts.

Dusty, congratulations on the commission. I am sure this will be well received as I know I would enjoy having something like this on my desk. Nice design as well.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Dusty, Sweet little project. You did right with the finish, it looks perfect. Your client should be very happy.

-- Bill G - West Springfield, MA

Great looking project Dusty! Love the look of the purpleheart and brass combination.

I agree with robinscabin, the Woodsheen is a very nice looking finish. I will have to try it.

Trev

-- Trevor Premer Head Termite and Servant to the Queen - Heirloom Woodworking

Thank you all very much for the wonderful comments : )
I sent his Mom an email with the pics and here is her response :
“Oh WOW it’s GORGEOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE WILL ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!! I love the design. It looks like it belongs on an executives’ desk. Thank You, Len :) “

Hi Trev , Rockler claims that the studs are actually Gold Plated . I do like the combination though .
I have more in the works using different species , but being scraps , they will vary in size and shapes .

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Hi Len;

I have seen a bunch of business card holders, but hands down, this is the best.

Very elegant looking.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Very impressive Len.
I really like it and may have to copy you!

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Thank you so much , Lee. I’d be embarrassed to tell you how much time I put into it , but I learned a lot along the way. Now that I’ve gone through the steps , it shouldn’t take very long to whip out another one or two .The hardest part was creating something for another person without knowing their personal”tastes” in design , if that makes any sense to you. All I had to go by was that it needed to be PurpleHeart . Well , off to the shop for more practice now . Have a great day !

Thank you Bob , I would be honored to know that you liked it enough to copy it !

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

It is superb!! Definitely not “just a card holder”. This is beautiful.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Hi Len;

The time spent shows. And it was necessary. I think a lot of us spend what seems like too much time either designing the piece, or figuring out what, and how to build it.

That’s probably the most difficult part in estimating a project. It’s tough to know how long something will take, especially when you don’t have a drawing to work from.

If you didn’t spend the time, that too would show.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Thank you MsDebbieP …nice to hear from you : )
Thanks for your Professional input as to the time issue , Lee . I feel better now : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Very nicely done. The router work looks real good for something that small.

-- When you give someone a chance it may well be their last.

That is very cool. Were the bars intended for this use or modified from something else? The clean simple lines let the purple heart do all of the talking for this piece. Thanks for sharing.

-- Bibb in CO at http://katanadesign.com

Hi Russel and thank you . As noted above , I got the router bits from Woodline USA . I’ve used this particular profile from the set on several projects and I will buy it again .It has stood up well for such a small bit but before sanding the project , you could see where the cuts were not perfectly smooth. This was my first time machining PH , so maybe it was the wood and not the bit . Either way , I’ve got my monies worth out of it: )

Hi bibb , thank you for your comments : ).....this is the link to Rockler for the uprights….
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=18079&filter=business%20card%20holders

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

It looks like a million bucks I hope that’s what you get for it.

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

Thanks Jim , I really appreciate that : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Looks great! It has a rich classy & crisp & clean look. Thanks for posting.

-- Dennis Zongker

Nice job Dusty, and thanks for posting the link to the posts. I don’t think I would have figured you could pick something like that up. When I first saw it I was planning to ask how you made them!

-- Chris

Very pretty Dusty! Nice job.

-- spanky46 -- Never enough clamps...Never enough tools...Never enough time.

Really very very nice piece, Dusty!

-- masrol, kuala lumpur, MY.

Awesome business card holder…

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Been a while since I checked here…thank you guys for all of the nice comments ! I certainly appreciate all of them : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

hehe I saw you said I didn’t leave you any comments so I thought I would check out your work :)

This is a great design! I love how the card is framed almost like artwork and the holder is beautiful! I’m more of a silver gal but the gold/brass looks very executive. Very very beautiful!

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Thanks Nicole …Now I can sleep tonight : ) LOL

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Gold plated? how much are those puppies?

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They are actually on sale right now at Rockler for $3.74 and I just purchased 10 more : ) Great way to use up some nicely figured cut-offs .
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=18079&filter=business%20card%20holders

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

I got mine today. Thanks for the resource I had not thought of rockler until I saw the card holders then I knew what I was going to make for everyone. I think I will have little plaques with names put on them as well. I picked up 3 clock and pen kits as well.
Thanks

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Excellent ….I can’t wait to see how they come out for you : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .