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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Over the last year I have built a: box, box, box, chess set, baby cradles, box, box. I would like a small project that challenges my skill set and forces me to learn more. Something small like the above listed projects. I'm burned out on boxes and I have built one for everyone I know. I'm a hobbiest and love being in the shop. I thought about taking up leather working and then trying to integrate that skill into woodworking. I've also had a hankering for metal work and taking up arc welding and then integrating metal work into woodwork. I've done some string inlay with brass and like the look of that. I have a simple piece of art on the wall using metal inlay, maple and walnut. Any ideas are welcome. What do you hobbiests do when you get tired of the same old thing?
 
#2 ·
Clocks? That would build on your box skills and give you a place to practice small-scale inlay. The other thing that comes to mind when I hear metal + wood is furniture. Could be something small, like a jewelry armoire or something.
 
#5 ·
Since you are interested in building a clock,why not try a wooden clock, it will test you patience and your skills.
I bought a simple "beginner" 's plan from Rick's scrollsaw.com, lost interest half way through but you might be more patient than I am, there 's a lot of gears, spigots, to be cut from plywood but once it is all done you might just enjoy putting that wooden clock together and see it actually work.
 
#8 ·
I, too, have an unusual interest in combining wood and leather. My goal would be to create something that doesn't look "western," if that makes any sense. So far I haven't come up with the right project.

I also find myself thinking about combining wood and stone. Saw this a few years ago and can't get it out of my head: http://lumberjocks.com/projects/40773
 
#10 ·
Laptops run hot, this is a fact. They are smaller which is why so many like to have a laptop slaved to a monitor as a home computer rather than a desktop. Many companies make coolers for them, and they die, often… The problem in making one is to channel heat away from the laptop keeping it cooler. Electric motors create heat that must be dealt with so using them adds to the issue. Most run off a USB port drawing power from the laptop itself. So the challenge here is to merge a cooling system that avoids to power consumption issue with a unique looking, made from wood, holder for the entire thing. Just a suggestion…...
 
#15 ·
Steampunk a laptop or a tower and monitor. Include wood, glass, brass and extra cooling fans to pull out heat.

Find an old table top radio, get rid of the plastic box and replace it with wood.

Build a guitar or guitar kit, add your own veneering to it.

Build a wooden enclosure for a flat screen TV.

Replace all the plastic dash board parts in your vehicles with wood…... (I did that with a VW Cabriolet we had, sold a $600 for $2500).

So many things to do, large and small, it's hard to decide.
 
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