These are my poinsettia salt cellars I made for Christmas gifts. They are 4" in diameter, 2.5" tall. Both tops are cherry. The bottom of the one dyed with Transtint red mahogany is also cherry , the other is poplar with a clear lacquer finish. I designed the poinsettia in fusion 360 myself. I don’t have much experience using the Transtint, it turned out sorta blotchy and darker than I wanted. Next time I’ll mix it with some lacquer and air bush it on.
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My project is already done and delivered. I’ll have to try it next time or experiment on some scrap.
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Nick,
I love it. Could you share some dimensions? I like your use of magnets to trap the pucks, under the tower. Great job Santa
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11.25" x 7.625" x 8" (when assembled) 2" (when stored). The base is maple, the cage is cherry, and the pucks are stained and bleached birch. There’s also a bit of walnut inlaid in the base because I made a boo boo.
The magnets are actually just to keep the cage attached to the base when in the storage position. The pucks are kept in the right place by the little walnut towers that you can see in this picture.
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And now for some not so light sanding… Bit was a bit dull after prototyping in mdf and lesson learned… Should have done a finish pass… Air dried walnut. Each wing is separate so grain can run lengthwise in each part. Was hopeful antenna would survive but not surprised so those will be an amtiqued copper wire… Decided to do a separate spoil board so I can do this again in the future more easily and also so I knew where each board/blank needed to be placed. Did a vcarve outline of each part. Would be faster if I would layout the parts to be able to do all at once too so maybe some other year…
Edit : 21" wide x 17" high by 1.25" thick
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I just got my machine setup about a week ago. Made a bunch of these boxes for my daughters and granddaughters. Sizes vary depending on what scraps I had lying around. Most of the time the box body and lid are a contrasting material (Oak, Walnut, Cherry, Brazilian Cherry, Maple). I customized each box by putting their initial on the top and then a paraphrase of the scripture verse Micah 6:8 on the inside of the lid. Finished with Watco Danish Oil. Gap between the inside of the box and the lip on the lid is .01 inches. For the boxes that were deeper than my longest endmill I cut as much out as possible on my CNC and then I used a flush trim router bit to finish cutting the outside. Then I put the lid on and sanded both the box and lid at the same time to get a perfect finish on the outside.
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That’s beautiful. Good job.
Love the faux wood grain carved out of fake wood 
where did this file come from? Merry Xmas!
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Agree, the wood grain is a nice touch.
The faux wood grain was fun to experiment with. I found a free SVG of the wood grain online and imported it in Carveco. Then I used the Flute toolpath function which creates a path that “dips” into the workpiece in the Z direction creating that natural “whimsical” look. Just added another arrow in my CNC quiver.
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Here are a few projects I have made for different Christmas presents. Enjoying the process of making something for gifts!
Inlay charcuterie boards, a horse racing board game, and a lake plaque.
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Made these for Christmas gifts for my staff and one for a friend. Each one had a different logo. Found the dish at Walmart for less that $2, and designed around it.
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Laser cut gift tags. One eight thick balsa wood, 85 percent power 10 ipm and 2 passed. After they were all made, I had to add the red circle behind the slot for the ribbon because the slot was to fragile.
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Nice work Chris! Beautiful Christmas gifts.
Cheers, Neil
Now just have to wait for it to dry so I can wrap it… Right down to the wire…
By the way… Slowing feeds down and doing a finishing path would have required far less cleanup time than the added run time
ended up using a dremel with a burr to clean every bit of it.
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@Hermsen.BJ That is freaking amazing. May my wife never see this. lmao.
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Here’s one. I am really enjoying the jointCAM software. What use to take me some time, and good hand eye, is now just a few minutes of setup and cut. Pretty cool stuff. Also attached is a simple tray made of lacewood. Crazy grain. I hope everyone has a nice holiday!
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The center artwork is cut out with a 1/16" end mill with a 1/8" insert in my collet. Then it is glued into the center opening. Then I flood the cavity with black dyed resin. After it dries I flatten the resin to the panel with a surfacing cutter. Then the box is
assembled.
The art work is purchased from Etsy for about 3 bucks each.
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