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I’ve been admiring all the wonderful business card holders that have been posted recently.

So, with some trepidation I post these pictures of a card holder I made over twenty five years ago – I believe it was in my late teens. In those days of youth, I loved going to farm auctions almost every weekend if possible, trying to buy old woodworking hand tools (many of which I still have) and day-dreaming of making fine hand crafted furniture. I was even an early subscriber to Fine Woodworking magazine in the black and white days. Yet, I never stepped out in that direction. Long story, but when I stepped in the direction of another call, doors flew open and I was swept along in Christian ministry. I joyful and meaningful life.

My sister-in-law at the time brought me some black walnut scraps from her uncle’s mill. I set out to make this holder that I believe is in a black and white issue of Fine Woodworking. I made it in a corner of the basement of my boyhood home with a belt sander, handsaw, chisel and probably my Father’s old scarey-dangerous Craftsman table top table saw. A bit dusty in the pictures, you can see the “hand-tooled” interior. Every once in while I think I should find that article again and “do it right.” But on the other hand, every once in a while I also think, “Not bad considering the tools you had.” It reminds me that I don’t absolutely have to have all the bells and whistles and shop space I have now.

It has sat on my desk for the last twenty years.

-- Paul, Texas


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DAN

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posted 252 days ago

Very nice. I like yours the best.

-- I made a cool back scratcher !!

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MsDebbieP

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posted 252 days ago

how wonderful – and the story makes it a treasure

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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CharlieM1958

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posted 252 days ago

Quite an accomplishment all things considered!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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mrtrim

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posted 252 days ago

looks like a future family hierloom ! great job and great story

-- if you aint the lead dog the scenery never changes

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Douglas Bordner

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posted 252 days ago

I echo Dan’s sentiment, although his are pretty nice. Now Paul, here is the toughie. Do you think you could lay hands on that FWW plan, or draw/type your way through how this was made? I think this is the sharpest looking card holder I’ve seen. I’d love to make a batch…

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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Bill

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posted 252 days ago

I agree, I would like to make some of those business card holders as well.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

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mot

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posted 252 days ago

I’m not sure why you’d post that with trepidation. I really like it. I can see making some like yours.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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Paul

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posted 252 days ago

I’ll look for the article. I’ve built a pretty large magazine library over the past 25 years, so I hope my memory is correct – narrowing my search to the B&W Fine Woodworking issues.

-- Paul, Texas

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relic

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posted 252 days ago

That is a great looking business card holder.

-- Andy Stark

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Karson

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posted 252 days ago

I went looking on the Fine Woodworking web site and on the 2nd Edition of Fine Woodworking DVD and I could not find anything for business card, card holder.

Sorry about that.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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Jojo

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posted 252 days ago

I can’t see nothing that indicates the need to be remake again. The lid and all the pieces fit perfectly and it looks sharp and neat. It is a truly craftsman’s piece, Paul.

-- Jojo, shopless in Kyoto · [http://www.japanese-woodworking-tools.com/]

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DAN

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posted 252 days ago

will sketchup this piece when I’m done in the shop this evening. my wife gets off work late, so I’m taking advantage of my personal time.

Paul this is a really nice piece. I have a memory of this one somewhere too. You might be right. I have a large collection of FWW mags and recall the design from somewhere. Terrific piece to use up those little shorts that any project seems to create and we always hate to through away !

-- I made a cool back scratcher !!

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Douglas Bordner

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posted 252 days ago

See the buzz your old piece has created, Paul! I hope Dan will link to this with his sketchup entry. I’m excited about trying these.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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Todd A. Clippinger

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posted 251 days ago

Love the project and the story!

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

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Andy

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posted 251 days ago

Great story! This proves that we dont need Norm Abrahms shop to make nice things.There are many ways to tackle the same task. I made this same design for my dad,about 20 years ago,from plans in a book of projects by FWW. I will look around.

Very nicely done Paul.

-- " Stubborn tenacity substitutes for natural ability" ANDY

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miles125

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posted 251 days ago

Nice indeed Paul. Your limitations with tools at the time allowed you to make it perfectly imperfect.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

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DAN

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posted 251 days ago

Reverse engineered the design from the photo using my business card and a scale. The jpeg below is the design without any curves or textures. Figured it would be easier to dimesnion in sketchup and make a cut list that way. If anyone wants the model send me a email and I’ll attach the file and return it to you.

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Will fiddle with the model and add the curved edges, but starting out square is where I’d make it anyway. Probably hand forming the edges on a belt or disk sander etc.

-- I made a cool back scratcher !!

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Karson

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posted 251 days ago

Thanks Dan.

3/4” thick might be a little thick if you wanted to carry it in your pocket or purse. You could probably get by with a little thinner pieces I didn’t see on your drawing if it was 1/4 – 1/4- 1/4 for the 3/4 size.

If it was a desk model then the thickness would be OK.

The 1/2” on the sides could be the 1/4 dimension.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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Paul

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posted 251 days ago

Been sanding and attending an auction all day. (Sand a couple hours, take a break, sand a couple hours, take a break, etc.) No luck at the auction. Kept checking on a Stanley 7 plane I didn’t need, and then it got thrown into a box of stuff I didn’t want – so I ended up passing and coming home with nothing to sand some more.

But I did find the article when I came in for the day. Article written by Daniel Mosheim in the November/December 1980 issue of Fine Woodworking pg. 63. Entitled “Flip Open Box from One Piece of Wood.” Sam Maloof working on one of his chairs pictured on the cover.

I’m not sure about copyright and posting plan drawings/article on Lumberjocks. So if you e-mail me, I can scan it and send it to you. I’m going on a mission trip tomorrow after lunch so I might be a week or so before I get you a scan.

-- Paul, Texas

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Douglas Bordner

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posted 251 days ago

Sadly the article is out of print and not indexable from FWW.com either.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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mot

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posted 250 days ago

It’s a great project, for sure! Nice find Paul! I get some shop time today so I’m going to take a run at it.

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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Douglas Bordner

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posted 176 days ago

I sent an email to Mr. Daniel Moshiem, regarding the out-of-print article, and he promptly replied and promised to see if he could scare up a copy of the original article. He was “humbled” that something he committed to print nearly 28 years ago was still causing a stir. His website has some wonderfully designed and made studio furniture.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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rikkor

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posted 176 days ago

Your card holder is a wonderful keepsake just the way it is.

-- Maplewood, MN

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dan mosheim

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posted 89 days ago

Hi … Dan Mosheim here …. I have retrieved a box that i made around the time of the article (1980), located the original article and posted it all to my blog … http://dorsetcustomfurniture.blogspot.com/ .... I think it is just fantastic that there are so many of you interested in this tricky little project. Keep at it. If you have an improvement to my process, please post a comment to my blog or email me and I’ll post it to mine with the orignal stuff.

-- dan,vermont,http://dorsetcustomfurniture.blogspot.com/

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Douglas Bordner

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posted 89 days ago

Yippie!
Now if I shank this project, I will have no excuses. Thanks again, Dan for taking time out of your schedule to find this material. Let me say that I’m thrilled to see you joined up here, and hope you find the site as enjoyable as we all do.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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Bill

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posted 89 days ago

Thank you Dan. I am sure a lot of people will be looking to try this out.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

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