OK, I'm late - was waiting on the dot org site to come back up.  My bad.

Anyhow, how was your project weekend ?  We know Moody had his First Friday show and I'm sure the rest of us are busy helping the elves put finishing touches on projects.  Whatcha got??????

For me - just a couple of things

A good friend and customer wanted me to make him some gingerbread people for his front lawn.  Made from 3/4" Marine Plywood and stand 4' tall.  This is what I have completed so far.

OK - YOUR TURN

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Fred
aka Pop's Shop
www.pops-shop.com
'Soooooo many patterns - sooooo little time'
Scroll Saw Forum Host

Finished up the pencil bookshelf.

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Lew Kauffman-
Wood Turners Forum Host

Time Traveler and Purveyor of the Universe's Finest Custom Rolling Pins!

Looks great there Fred, I didn't have anything for the weekend but now I have a toothpick holder to do in Black Walnut, so I will have pics of that in a day or 2.

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Charles Nicholls
nicholls61@att.net
Proud supporter of The Wounded Warrior Project, Homes For Our Troops and the NRA

http://www.etsy.com/shop/nichollswoodworks

Spent the weekend + building and using a jig to cut 64 ea. 1/8th wide X 1/2 long X 1/2 deep mortises in the edges of 5/8 X 3/4 X13" sticks. Two per stick. 

Had to make 2 jigs. Didn't think it through on the first try. Fairly typical for me.

First use of the Colt with it's plunge base and fancy edge guide. Works a treat, by gum! 

Now it's on to make 64 tenons on the ends of some 1"X 3/8" sticks of various lengths. These will make frames for fabric that will go in the jewelry chests that WERE to be Christmas gifts. Ah well.

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Gene
'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

Wow, Gene, that's some pretty tight work you have going there.

Charles, toothpick holders in Walnut?  Want to see those.

Lewis, Those bookshelves look great.

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Fred
aka Pop's Shop
www.pops-shop.com
'Soooooo many patterns - sooooo little time'
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Putting the final coats on a Cherry table. It is in the spray booth right now, I'll post a picture when it is out.

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John Moody
Site Administratorhttp://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com
“Don’t make something unless it is both necessary and useful; but if it is both necessary and useful, don’t hesitate to make it beautiful.†Shaker Saying

I have a bunch of cutting boards and trivets to get wrapped up so that my wife can take them to her work to sell.

(Note: I have no problem pimping out my wife to sell my wares as the money received is her Christmas money which makes her happy. Happy wife, happy life.)

So I have 8 large cutting boards, 10 small cutting board and 20 trivets to sand. The good thing with the cutting boards is that I was able to take them to a friend's cabinet shop nad have his guy run them through their big 50" dual belt sander to level them out and sand them to 120 grit. What took 20 minutes from the time I took the key out of the ignition of my truck when I got there to when I put the key in to start the truck up to leave was 20 minutes. Doing at home using my Jet drum sander would have taken me most of the day. I have no shame when it comes to sanding. Last night I got all the edges routed and the edges sanded over with with 80 grit on the ROS before calling it a night. Today I will get the rest of the sanding done so I can start the oil finish on Thursday so they can leave the shop on Friday morning.

Everything leveled, routed and ready to sand.

The garage was in the 40's so I had to bundle up and put my little plug in heater next to my workbench to cut the chill even though I was wearing 3 layers of shirts. Got the iPod going under the ear muff listening the bible teaching on the radio.

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Allen Worsham
Corona, CA

allenworsham@earthlink.net

'Graze in every man's field, but always give your own milk.'
J. Vernon McGee

“Our greatest fear should not be that we won’t succeed,
but that we will succeed at something that doesn’t matter.â€
D.L. Moody

As far as getting much shop work done, "we" don't have too much spare time. 7 more Santa gigs for me and my wife. They're a lot of fun but we're both worn out when they're over. Had to drive over the hill about 40 miles to a pizza place last night on the snow and ice! Not too fun of a drive but that's what you do when you live in Mt. It's all worth it though when you see the little kids eyes light up!

That's some get up that you have on Allen, looks like me except I'll have to add a jacket, gloves and my heavy bibs when I go out there.

The cold has passed and it's now 30* outside but the shop is still 20*. I guess I should open the door and let some of the hot air in.

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Harry Brink
Bulldog Woodworking
Montana