Hi all. I need your help for a little project. Our wedding anniversary is coming around and the traditional theme this year is "wood". Well, what better way to use all those tools I had to ask permission for, right?
The problem is that today is 10/29. Our anniversary is on 11/2. Yes, I am a procrastinator, but I am getting better - at least I have 4 full days to plan and work!
I was hoping you might be able to offer me some suggestions for simple but quality items that I could build with 4 days, probably 4 hours or less available time per night, to make something that is special. I do not have any materials onhand and my shop is still kind of small, but I am sure there are some small ideas people have.
Some things I have thought of:
* My wife runs her own lab. A simple, triangular, wooden nameplate that says "Dr. Block" would be nice. The problem is the lettering. I have a dremel if that helps, but I would need to get some sort of stencil.
* A small box. My wife already has a place for her jewelry, but a nice box made with finger joints and contrasting wood colors always looks nice, right?
And...that is about it. I enjoy woodworking but I really have no raw creative side. Give me a plan, I will find 10 ways to tweak it to what I want - just do not ask me to come up with the base plan. I also realize that I am asking a group that is 99% male for help on an anniversary present If you can just throw out some ideas of <16 hour projects you have made for a significant female in your life, hopefully I can find something that works and get cracking soon.
Thanks!
The problem is that today is 10/29. Our anniversary is on 11/2. Yes, I am a procrastinator, but I am getting better - at least I have 4 full days to plan and work!
I was hoping you might be able to offer me some suggestions for simple but quality items that I could build with 4 days, probably 4 hours or less available time per night, to make something that is special. I do not have any materials onhand and my shop is still kind of small, but I am sure there are some small ideas people have.
Some things I have thought of:
* My wife runs her own lab. A simple, triangular, wooden nameplate that says "Dr. Block" would be nice. The problem is the lettering. I have a dremel if that helps, but I would need to get some sort of stencil.
* A small box. My wife already has a place for her jewelry, but a nice box made with finger joints and contrasting wood colors always looks nice, right?
And...that is about it. I enjoy woodworking but I really have no raw creative side. Give me a plan, I will find 10 ways to tweak it to what I want - just do not ask me to come up with the base plan. I also realize that I am asking a group that is 99% male for help on an anniversary present If you can just throw out some ideas of <16 hour projects you have made for a significant female in your life, hopefully I can find something that works and get cracking soon.
Thanks!
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