Well, it's been a while since i built my humidor (some might remember the thread). SO i figured that i would put my newly found skills to use and make xmas presents for people this year.

First up - cutting board made of black walnut and cherry

Rough Cut Mock-up

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Glue Up

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Computer Rendering of finished product

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sweet!
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Looking good!! :-)
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Looking good there brother! Let myself ( and other pipers ) know if you get to making pipe stands!
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post a picture of said product and i will see what i might be able to do.
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Heres a link of some one's that you can purchase. Couple different styles.

http://www.smokingpipes.com/accessor...ture/index.cfm
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nice. that might have to be next years projects.
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Wow! that is all I can say to that Bro.:-):-):-)
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thanks. started the planing tonight to level everything out. had to quit after about 30 minutes. i will pick it back up tomorrow. :-)
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very nice, can't wait to see it finished.
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Looks good. Can't wait to see the finished product.
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glued and planed.

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his twin brother that cut out today. still need to glue it up. should happen tonight. this one is made of cherry and maple.

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planed perfectly flat. have to do the final cuts and squaring up, then reglue it.

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That is sweet! Nicely done!
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final glue up of cutting board one.

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planing of cutting board 2

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well, finally got the sanding and first coat of oil on these bad boys.

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beautiful work!
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Time to resurrect this thread. I'm starting to get into woodworking and thought this would be a good place to get some tips and tricks.

A while back a buddy of mine gave me some lumber that was just hanging out in his garage when he bought the house. The previous owner said that the wood was close to 100 years old. anyways, i had no idea what I would do with it because it looked pretty bad. today I decided to run a couple pieces through the planer and see what happened. I have to say, I'm pretty pleased.

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and here's a small piece that I cut off the end:
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I still have no idea what to do with it. I'm sure I'll think of something.
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Also, not really a hard project, but I'm making a magnetic bottle opener to put in my squadron's bar. I used a piece of red oak and stained it red mahogany. I'll be routing out a hole in the back of the wood towards the bottom and putting a magnet in it, a pretty powerful one. When you open the bottle and pull it away, the cap falls and gets caught by the magnet.
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I might also use a piece of that really old wood.
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