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   stancalow | Oct 24, 2003 03:25am | #1

   logsend

   I made a few desk clocks last year:  rectangular box with a lid and space inside to store a few things. The clock inserts are remarkably cheap, and readily availablefreom the usual suspects.  Also, previous year, weather station (temp, humdity, barometer)   worked well. 

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   robkelly1 | Oct 24, 2003 03:34am | #2

   One year I made step stools, 13" x 9", and 9" high. They were held together with countersunk #10 STMS and the screws covered with 3/8" plugs cut from colored wood like purpleheart or padauk. The legs are slanted at 6 or 7 degrees. Most were oak, but some had the various boards glued up from scraps of exotics. Short women loved them, as they'd keep one in the highest kitchen cabinet they could reach and take it down to get to the higher cabinets. Important safety note: The edges of the top should extend no further than the footprint of the legs.

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   forestgirl | Oct 24, 2003 08:07pm | #3

   IMO, clocks are a great idea.  Dave over at WWA has offered these pretty little clocks for all to see, and he provided a specific thread illustrating how the laminations were done.

    For other possibilities?  I picked up the book "the Art of Making Small Wood Boxes" at Barnes and Noble the other night, authr=Tony Lydgate.  It's more a design book than a how-to book, and there are some exquisite but not-too-difficult boxes in there.

   I've found two plans in back-issue magazines that look like possibilities -- One is a serving tray with clean modern lines.  The other is a bread serving "basket" -- like a try but with slats. 

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)