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General Category => Brag Forum => Topic started by: KarlB on November 12, 2016, 11:16:51 am
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After viewing a video on YouTube by Make Something I followed his lead on a laser cutter and made my own using a scroll saw. The video is linked here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLWR59GESIA&t=83s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLWR59GESIA&t=83s)
I used a pattern from Sue Mey: http://www.scrollsawartist.com/horse-box.html
The notepads are from Michaels and are in the front metal bins (in my store).
I used 1/8" plywood also from Michaels and with a 25% off coupon each 12" x 24" board cost $3.14 (normally $4.19). (I can get 6 out of one board.)
I drilled the holes for the metal although I may cut them out on the next ones.
The total cost not counting time (or pattern) was around $2.00 and I think could sell for between $7 - $10.
I gave the first three to my wife to keep or give away at Christmas!
Karl
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Very nice .
Thanks for sharing!
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Excellent idea Karl.. Thanks for sharing this with us.
DW
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nice idea!
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Karl, thought I would try something like your cutting - it's a great idea. What did you put behind the cutouts to give the dark contrast?
Thanks,
Jim
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Jim it was just brown construction paper glued and trimmed on the back.
Karl
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That is pretty nifty, I bet a laser cuttter is exspensive though would be faster to cut out, but doing them on a scrollsaw would be alot more fun. That channel also looked cool I subscribed to it to go back and watch some of his videos to see what all he makes maybe something fun and simple and easy to knock out.
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Thanks Karl.
Jim
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What a great gift idea. Well done Karl.
Dennis
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Nice, easy and functional. Great idea. Well done. You stated you may cut the holes for the binder next time as opposed to drilling, why is that?
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The reason for cutting the holes would be to match the pattern of the paper and to have the holes just a touch wider. The diameter of the drill bit is just a touch too small, but if I go too big (with the bits I have) then the holes are too close together. Also the holes in the paper have a "squareness" to them which makes them more tall than wide which in turn makes for better turning on the pages.
Karl
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Nice design Karl. Thanks for sharing these with us.
DW
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Karl, why not just buy a square drill bit... ::)
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Scrappile, do you mean a bit like this
http://makezine.com/2009/10/06/drilling-square-holes-with-a-watts/ (http://makezine.com/2009/10/06/drilling-square-holes-with-a-watts/)
or
http://gizmodo.com/5849810/how-the-hell-can-this-magical-square-hole-drilling-machine-works (http://gizmodo.com/5849810/how-the-hell-can-this-magical-square-hole-drilling-machine-works)
or perhaps
http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=53252&cat=1,180,42240,53317 (http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=53252&cat=1,180,42240,53317)
;D ;D ;D ;D
Jim
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No I was really trying to be funny. I have seen bits like you shoe, but I didn't think they came in small sizes.
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Your comment about square holes reminded me that I had seen a drill that would make square holes. Professor Google found the examples and I remembered mortising bits so I had to show what I found. ;D
Don't think they come in really small sizes, but Lee Valley has a 1/4" mortising bit. The notepad I'm working on has 3/16" square holes - close but no cigar. Maybe a larger notepad could use 1.4" holes.
Jim