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Making a few Christmas gifts.

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Making a few Christmas gifts.

#1

I get in trouble if I don't make my kids a Christmas gift.  I can buy them something, but they always say where is the hand made.  So this year I did little cutting boards, my first chevron board (it is not glued up and finished in this picture), and a chip and dip holder.  There is a Makers Space about a mile from me that has laser engravers I can use.  I will be engraving the small boards with their names, and engraving my name on the bottom side with the date.  What is everyone making for Christmas this year?

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#2

This year my wife (and I) get the focus of my woodworking.  I am in the midst of building a vanity for our bathroom remodel - 4/6 drawers done and now the 2 that will have to avoid the plumbing.  Then finally drawer fronts.
Don't make something every year for the kids, but some years I do.  Good not to build up their expectations - right?

Henry

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#3

@Henry  It is too late my kids expect it now.  Some years it is small things I turn, other years it is the chip and dip trays.   Next year I might just hand them a few pieces of wood and say here ya go.

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