The Woodshop Shed

adventures in woodworking and home maintenance, from my shop in an oversized backyard shed

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Christmas Bookends

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Christmas BookendsMy dad built a set of bookends for my brother and I over 30 years ago that resembled the outside of a house complete with a window, saw, axe, and chopped wood. Unfortunately, over the course of several military moves the set broke and about 10 years ago had to be thrown out. I have wanted to return the honor for my own kids for several years but could never decide what to use as a template. Then, after taking a scroll saw class at my local Woodcraft, I stumbled across Steve Good's Scrollsaw Workshop site and found the patterns I'm using here.Using larger curly red oak scrap pieces for the scroll work and a new red oak board for the bookends themselves, I finished these yesterday (still need to clean up some excess lacquer). I decided to also join the ends using dovetails (only my second time cutting them) instead of using butt joints with screws as his patterns show. There are mistakes in these related primarily to the dovetails but I still think the kids will be happy with them.21 yr old daughter – Motorcycle; she owns a 1981 Suzuki GS550L and rides with me often (the white is actually silver paint – still learning how to compose good pictures)
19 yr old step-son – Dragons (I made his bookends lighter than the others to set the coloring off some)
18 yr old daughter – Fairies
15 yr old step-son – Dog



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Triangle Peg Game

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Triangle Peg GameFew months ago we went on a road trip to visit my sister in Lincoln, Nebraska. When we were there, we went to a restaurant called Cracker Barrel; each dining table had a small peg game. While waiting for our food, I noticed that people around us were playing the peg game. Seemed intriguing, so I tried. Long story short we passed the peg game around the table and everyone enjoyed playing it, even my children! So I decided to make this DIY Triangle Peg Game board. I purposely made the pegs much larger than the original game so that it would be easier to find if kids throw them into a toy storage or somewhere else.This DIY brain teaser game is a perfect gift for this upcoming Christmas holiday. Is there a better way to improve your brain health then have fun while playing a game? The rules for triangle peg game are simple; and played by one person. Fill in all the holes with pegs except one that's on top of the triangle. Later you can try different variations, leaving an empty hole in a different place, for a greater challenge. The player is supposed to jump pegs like in checkers, removing each one from the game, until there are no more moves left. The less the pegs left in the end the better. If you have only one peg left, you're a genius!If you end up with:One Peg = You're a Genius
Two Pegs = You're Pretty Smart
Three Pegs = You're Just AverageYou also might be interested in my other game projects that I've built: DIY Pucket Game, DIY Mancala Board Game, and Cornhole Boards with Scoreboard. Also check out other awesome projects at TheDIYPlan.



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Gift card holders

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Gift card holdersI wanted to make the inevitable gift cards feel a little more personal this year, so I made a bunch of these out of Purple Heart and maple. The center tray slides out and is routed to hold a standard gift card. Pretty simple construction, but a satisfying little project just in time for Christmas!



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