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My family plays secret santa instead of giving everyone a gift. There’ll probably be 20 or more people involved tomorrow night, and it is a lot of fun. We have a $15 maximum on the gift, so I’m OK, the lumber probably didn’t cost two bucks. Won’t be much of a secret, but what the heck..

Inside is one of my custom letter openers.

-- Just another woodworker


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MsDebbieP

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posted 344 days ago

how wonderful.
Lucky recipient!!!!
box and letter opener are both so beautiful

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

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kjwoodworking

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posted 344 days ago

Good looking gift. I would be happy if I received something like that.

I like the secret Santa idea and think whoever gets it will be lucky.

-- Kirk H. -- http://www.kjwoodworking.com

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Karson

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posted 344 days ago

Great gift. Nice job on it.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

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TreeBones

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posted 344 days ago

Very nice. Is that Walnut and Maple?

-- Ron, Twain Harte, Ca. Portable on site Sawmill Service http://westcoastlands.net/Sawmill.html http://westcoastlands.net/SawBucks2/phpBB3

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Critterman

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posted 344 days ago

That lid is awesome, how did you get that color???

-- Jim Hallada, Chesterfield, VA

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schwingding

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posted 344 days ago

Thank you everybody. Yes, it is walnut and maple. Jim, the top was done as follows:

First it was dyed with a brown mahogany color, then almost all sanded off. Then it was dyed with a dark red mahogany, then nearly all sanded off. Finally , it was dyed with a lemon yellow, then partly sanded off. Then it was oiled (Watco), then shellac’d, then sprayed with lacquer. I used Transtint water soluble dyes.

-- Just another woodworker

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dustynewt

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posted 344 days ago

Beautiful box. Merry Christmas.

-- http://dustynewt.com

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Krisztian

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posted 343 days ago

Nice gift and beautiful box!

-- Krisztian (from Hungary) VA

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schwingding

122 posts in 363 days


posted 329 days ago

As the game turned out, my 90 year old grandmom had the first pick, which meant that she also had the last steal of the game. She walked around the room looking at all of the gifts everyone had, and snatched my little wooden box right out of the hands of one of her grand daughters! It was pretty funny, and also an honor. Must be nice to be 90 and not give a crap about who you pi*s off.

-- Just another woodworker

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