Wooden Business Cards

Elwood,
Great idea. I think they turned out great!

-- Patrick, Helicopters don't fly. They beat the air into submission.

Those are really cool. How thick are they?

-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability

What a Great Idea! They would be strong cross grain but are they strong along the grain? I like this idea and I guess they woiuld hold up ok if you didn’t bend them to much. Nice Work!!!!

-- Tony C , My high school shop teacher said "You can do it"... Now I can't stop!

A salesman once told me… if you give a customer a wooden nickel ith your name on it, he will never throw it away.
I wonder if the same is true for wooden business cards.
They look great!

-- Willie, Washington "If You Choose Not To Decide, You Still Have Made a Choice" - Rush

About the strength question.

I got a gift certificate from Highland Woodworking and they printed it on Birch veneer and then laminated it. The clear plastic laminate kept it from splitting and also keeps the ink from bleading if it gets wet.

I liked that idea enough I was planning to do something similar for business cards; but I hadn’t thought of the custom stamps. Thanks.

-- Michael :-{| Diapers and politicians both need to be changed often; and for the same reason.

These are about 2mm thick. Ovangkol is a pretty hard wood, it would take a lot of effort to bend these. I could see strength being an issue with softwoods and/or thinner cards.

-- Elwood, making sawdust in Germany, http://www.AnsbachArtisans.com

This is realy something different

-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted

Great idea. I knew I was keeping those very thin scrap strips for something besides guitar picks. Thanks for clearing that up for me. :-)

Excellent idea. Carry several in the various woods you use, to show prospects for wood selection.

-- "I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The point is to bring them the real facts." - Abraham Lincoln

Those are real nice, way to think outside the box!
I can see you getting custom orders for you to make these.

-- Robert B. Sabina, Ohio.....

A successful alternative to having them lasered.

-- Backer boards, stop blocks, build oversized, and never buy a hand plane--

Great idea

-- measure twice, cut once...... most of the time! www.custombuiltjoinery.co.uk

Nice work and cool idea I might have to look into this… Well done.

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

Very kool. Thnx for the link/s

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

I have been wanting to do this, but with a branding iron. I like the stamp better… great idea!