Gift Project Plans
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PROJECT: Arts & Crafts Calendar Frame
Rare-earth magnets are just one secret in this stylish and useful Arts & Crafts style calendar frame.
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PROJECT: Wooden Hand Plane
Two days at Minnesota’s North House Folk School turned a blank of wood and steel into a first-rate hand plane.
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PROJECT: Shop-made Marking Knives
A practical repurposing project to take your mark-up accuracy to the next level.
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PROJECT: Reversible Gameboard
Here’s two gameboards in one, with a slide-out tray in between that stores a deck of cards, cribbage pegs and mancala playing pieces.
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PROJECT: Pizza Peel Plan
Making a pizza peel does not require a lot of wood, so it’s a perfect project to feature some highly figured pieces. And it makes a great gift for the pizza lover in your life.
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PROJECT: Pizza Cutter
This pizza cutter project makes a perfect gift for the pizza lover in your life. Turn your own handle, then just add the blade kit from Rockler!
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PROJECT: Continuous Grain Taco Holder
A clever jig and a router will help you create your own version of this handy, easy-to-make and food-safe taco holder, sure to be a hit at your dinner table.
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PROJECT: Holiday Spheres
Cut decorative hollow spheres on your scroll saw, then sand them to shape on the drill press.
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PROJECT: Simple Knife Block
Here’s an easy-to-build, one-day shop project to protect your favorite kitchen accessories. Use up some leftover wood and save the edges on your kitchen knives!
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How to Make Picture Frames with a Router
When it comes to creating picture frames on a router table, the options become nearly overwhelming — after all, a picture frame is simply a molding mitered to surround art of some sort.
