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   RalphBarker | Dec 26, 2009 11:30am | #1

   You could always use the scrap to make a new jig, but the jewelry box (scaled to the amount of material you have on hand) would probably go over better. ;-)

   Other less-appreciated gifts might include: bird house, bat roost, wooden dust pan, or a coopered wooden mop bucket.

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   vanychop | Dec 26, 2009 11:47am | #2

   Thats hilarious...she would kill me. I kinda wanna keep her around a little longer.

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   RalphBarker | Dec 26, 2009 12:22pm | #7

   Yes, a jewelry box, along with a promise to add to its contents when times are better, is usually much better than even the most finely-made mop bucket. ;-)

   If she doesn't understand the economics, you might want to trade her in, anyway. ;-)

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   Westchester | Dec 26, 2009 11:50am | #3

   scroll saw her name and glue it onto a little platform with a nice card - personalized gift -

   SA

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   vanychop | Dec 26, 2009 12:00pm | #5

   thought about that, but i packed my scroll saw away....i might try to inlay her name into something...good idea. Thanks.

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   WillGeorge | Dec 26, 2009 11:59am | #4

   Does she sew or cook? Something like a sewing box or even a counter top wooden hot-plate for setting that hot pot aside.

   And then again it is a girl friend so maybe you would be better off taking her to dinner!

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   vanychop | Dec 26, 2009 12:16pm | #6

   i cant take her to dinner....i have to watch her weight.

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   TomHigby | Dec 26, 2009 07:41pm | #8

   It's an inherant
   It's an inherant characteristic of the human female to love nice little boxes. I've made many for wife, daughters, grand-daughters, friends, and have always found them well recieved.

   I suggest, if you have access to a band-saw, a "band-sawed box". That is a box made from a solid block of wood from which a slice is taken off each side; the center remaining is turned on its side; a lid piece is cut out ; the inner hollow is cut out; the sides glued back on, making now a box; the lid can now be hinged in place. I would, however, (if you really love the gal) carve her initials on the lid. That will earn you many points.

   There is now still a remaining block, which originally filled the space inside the box. This can be made into a smaller box, which will fit right inside the main box, or the block can be made into a tray that fits in the box.

   Letter carving is fun, and not as hard as one might expect. I've done some with nothing mmore that a sharp carpenter's chisel. Lots of expensive carving tools are nice, but not necessary.

   There are. of course, many variations on the "band-sawed box".

   Give her a box (and a hug).

   Tom

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   vanychop | Dec 27, 2009 03:24pm | #9

   Thanks Tom. I've decided and
   Thanks Tom. I've decided and started to make her a little necklace box that only holds one necklace. I put some pretty inlay on the lid. I'm hoping she'll like it. And I'm gonna try to find the money to fill it with a pearl necklace. And she will most certainly get a hug. Everyone was great. Thanks again.