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Birthday Gift Wood Football Box Is a Birthday Gift for my Grandson Oliver who is football crazy. I turned the football form on a wood lathe. When the shape is complete the form is cut into two sections. Each section then goes back on the lathe. Then I remove the interior wood to complete the hollow interior to create a box. Using pyrography which is a wood burning technique I decorate the gift with pertinent information. Pyrography Decoration Pyrography is a method that

When a grandchild turns age two I make them a chair based on their interests. This is Charlotte’s Adirondack Chair . This Adirondack Style Chair is for Charlotte who loves music. This is the fourth of five chairs that I built. Charlotte is non stop movement and talking. She loves music, singing and dancing. Charlotte’s Adirondack Chair is all about music. The components are made on the bandsaw and the lathe. Each chair is challenging project and so enormous fun to make. T

Happy Birthday Oliver.  My 6 year old grandson tells his dad his head hurts because he is always thinking and has so many ideas. I made this Idea Keeper Box for his birthday so he can write down the thoughts circling around his head. Incompletes and Brain Clutter When I was told this story by Oliver’s dad I recalled a lesson I learned from a business consultant that incomplete items will drain your brain.  The clutter keeps you from thinking straight.  So the solution is to c

Oliver’s Wood Planets is a birthday gift to my Grandson Oliver.  He made a request for the Solar System for his fourth birthday.  What Grandfather would not deliver?  Oliver has a strong interest in Space and the Galaxies.  These wood planets were turned on a lathe. I enjoy making special gifts like this Oliver’s Wood Planets for the grandchildren for their birthdays and try to make a gift that is relevant to their current interest.  A very special gift happens at age 2 when