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hey
they're cutting down trees which is
really good news for us because we're
Woodworkers and we can use those cut
down trees to build cool stuff I know
it's a little ways until Christmas but I
thought I would do a video showing you
guys some simple handmade gifts that are
easy to make in the wood shop for kids
and adults and I would do it a ways
before Christmas so you would have
plenty of time to procrastinate and then
still do it at the last minute so that's
what we're gonna do in this video I'm
going to show you some easy gifts how to
make them
I think that's it let's do it
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if you have sophisticated friends and
you want to make them something
dang well a chessboard is a really cool
gift because it's easy to make and it
looks fancy as I'll get out I literally
made this in half a day it's not hard
and I'm going to show you how to make it
right now so the first thing you're
going to need is two contrasting Woods
for my chess board I'm using black
walnut and this hard maple next you're
going to cut down strips of wood now
whatever width you cut these strips to
that's going to be the width of your
individual squares you're going to need
four of each color because there's eight
rows in total on a chessboard so I cut
down for the Maple and then because I
was using thicker Walnut I cut that down
and then I cut each one of those pieces
in half so I could get more out of it
then I took all my Walnut strips and my
maple strips and I planed them all down
until they were a uniform thickness
eight strips in total then I glued all
of my strips together making a nice
pinstripe Motif just making sure there
was enough glue in between each seams so
that everything's sandwiched together
and had proper squeeze out and would
glue up in one solid chunk once my glue
was dry I took my beautiful Maple and
walnut Pinstripes out of clamps and next
I ran the entire thing through my drum
sander on both sides just to make it
nice and smooth then I took it over to
my table saw and using my Rockler
Crosscut sled this is such an easy sled
to use I'm really happy with this
Rockler sled I trimmed down one side so
I had a nice Square Edge then using that
square Edge I set my table saw to the
exact width as my individual strips
which was two inches and I sliced my
maple and walnut Pinstripes into eight
individual strips alternating in color
now I know I know chess boards aren't
striped they are more of a checkered
pattern well once you get all your
strips cut down like this you turn every
other strip around the other way and ooh
it turns it into a chessboard pattern
slash checkerboard pattern you could use
this board to play either the
prerogative is yours anyways you
alternate every single piece and now
instead of Stripes you have a beautiful
checkered pattern of which to glue up
into your chessboard and or checkerboard
so after gluing this whole thing up and
cutting it apart yeah we're gonna glue
it back together but this time in the
right pattern you want to try and get
these glued up as even and flush as
possible because this is going to be the
finished size of your chessboard after
my glue dried I pulled this out of
clamps and it was back over to the drum
sander to send it through on both sides
and get the top very smooth and looking
fresh
then just to ensure that I had nice
straight edges on all four sides I went
back to the Rockler Crosscut sled and I
just took a wisp off each side not
really removing any Mass amounts of
material just making sure that
everything was nice and even this
shouldn't affect the look of the overall
checkerboard slash chessboard in any way
shape or form now you might have noticed
that the chessboard is pretty darn thin
it's just under a quarter of an inch and
that was by Design because of a wood
movement we're going to lock this entire
chessboard into a mitered border and if
we did the chess board in full thickness
would well that internal wood would want
to move and expand and contract with
seasonal wood movement and it could bust
the seams on our mitered border so we
purposely made the chess board really
thin and then we glue it to a substrate
of half inch Baltic birch plywood we
just smeared some glue on the back of
the chess board stuck it on top of an
oversized piece of plywood and set a
bunch of heavy things on top of it
here's one thing that epoxy is really
good at holding things down in a half an
hour or so my glue was dry and as you
can see the plywood is just oversized
Beyond the Edge of our actual chessboard
this is so we didn't have to get it
perfect but then we did get it perfect
by taking it over to the router table
and using a bits and bits compression
flush cut bit half inch shank and
flushed everything up very nicely now it
was time to put our border on I didn't
show you this part but I glued up some
bits of Walnut and maple together and I
cut all the pieces for a nice mitered
border just to give the whole thing a
little more class and flare all I really
do is make sure all my pieces fit
properly smear Glue on all my parts and
pieces and then throw the entire board
in some clamps as long long as all your
pieces are cut the right size you
shouldn't need any fancy clamps here I
just used four little bar clamps and you
don't need a lot of pressure just enough
to get a little squeeze out don't over
tighten those clamps pretty soon my glue
was all dry so I could pull the board
out of clamps and then it was one more
time over to the drum sander on both
sides to get everything nice and flush
across the top and then I finished it up
with a little hand sanding on the front
and on the back it's just a nice clean
uniform surface you could do some other
board game on the bottom if you really
wanted to take the time but this is
supposed to be a quick gift so one and
done boom chessboard
checkmate
I just need to put finish on it
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you know what I think is a giant scam
the candle industry every store you go
into there's a candle and every candle
smells like garbage like this one
chai tea
disgusting all right so I thought why
don't we make our own candles something
a little more unique something that men
or women working in a wood shop would
appreciate let me introduce you to the
bourbon ma candle it's got a little
something special in there to excite
your senses and entice the aroma which
is life
I'm putting that on my ad campaign
anyways here's how we made it no I'd
never made a candle before so this
entire thing was a little experimental
so I went to the store and I just bought
some fragrance free candles because I
didn't want the nasty smells but I
needed the wax and then using a big old
hunting knife I started breaking the
candles apart until I had a lot of bits
and chunks of wax that I could melt down
into my own special candle I did make
sure to save the Wicks because probably
gonna need those a little later on after
we got all of our chunks of wax broken
down from our fragrance free candles I
pulled out a little butane camping stove
and a pot and I started melting down the
wax wax is crazy I mean it's hard but as
soon as you heat it up it turns all
liquidy
weird
science
after we had it all melted down we added
a little bit into some glass containers
these are going to be our candle molds
and then we could start adding in our
own fragrances I started with a little
gun powder because you know I like the
smell of gunpowder I remember going
shooting with my dad when I was a little
kid and it always smelled so good
another thing I love the smell of is
worcestershire sauce with chester sauce
with Cheshire or [ __ ] Cheshire anyways
that brown sauce that you put on steaks
and hamburgers it just makes me think of
backyard barbecues so I thought it'd be
a good smell
we just started doing the candles in
various layers we'd let a little wax
Harden then add some more gunpowder once
we got enough gunpowder in there we'd
add a little bit more wax and kind of
mix it up until we got a nice mixture of
gunpowder and wax all in one unified
candle pretty soon our candles were
constructed layer upon layer of wax and
black powder and I sprinkled a little
more black powder on the top just for a
added seasoning then it was time to go
outside and enjoy my candle so I sat
down in the garden thought maybe safety
glasses would be a good idea and I lit
my candle and you know at first it was
really nice and peaceful it gave off a
light Aroma of Worcestershire or
Cheshire were the brown saw smell but
then all of a sudden
things got a little crazy
not gonna say that gunpowder in a candle
is a bad idea
it just might not be something for your
average candle consumer but to each his
own I flipping love it
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if you ever find yourself in this
situation you're walking around the
grocery store you got a bunch of single
random bottles of beer and you got no
place to put them and you look
ridiculous well that's why you make one
of these this nice custom six pack beer
holder and the cool thing about this is
you can make it fill it up with all your
favorite beers and then give it away as
a gift
and I'm gonna show you how to make it
right now
now this is a pretty easy one you need
to start with a scrap piece of plywood
I'm using half inch Baltic Birch then
you take a beer pop the top and take a
good long sip
because it's nice to have a refreshment
while you work after doing that you're
going to use your bottles to figure out
the measurements to get an actual size
of your beer caddy I like to get an
assortment of different sized bottles so
that I know big or small whatever I get
they're going to fit in my caddy you
also need to account for a half inch
middle divider that'll be the handle in
the center of the caddy once you have
that measurement all figured out you go
over to the table saw and you cut down a
strip of plywood to that width and you
cut it to length now you got the base
plate for our caddy then using that same
strip because you want these pieces to
be the same width you cut down two side
pieces those will hook on either end of
the base plate for our caddy now the
side pieces need to look like an actual
six pack carton thingama wants it so
we're gonna cut them at a taper on the
top and because both sides are going to
be identical you can cut both of these
at the same
just be careful
once you get those cut down so they're
starting to look like the sides of a
six-pack beer holder next we need to
figure out the front and back of our
little caddies so we cut those pieces
and I also added these little tabs on my
ends because I thought it looked better
to have the tabs on there don't ask me
why it was a split second decision
next we need to figure out our internal
divider handle so I cut a piece that was
the right size and shape and I added
these little tabs on the top these Tabs
are going to sit over the edge of our
little side pieces and it should fit in
the center of your caddy nice and snug
then on the base of that piece we need
to divide it into three separate
sections just like a real six pack beer
holder so I marked out exactly where
three separate sections would be and
then we're gonna do quarter inch Baltic
Birch for our dividers so using my
quarter inch Baltic Birch I traced out
how much material I needed to remove so
that I could slot those dividers in the
base of my internal handle thing and I
cut out those slots over on the bandsaw
now you should be able to insert your
little quarter inch divider things right
in the bottom of this Center handle
piece and put everything back together
and it almost is starting to look like a
six pack beer holder the only thing
missing is the handle in the top for
this I just traced out where I wanted my
handle to go and I used a forstner bit
to remove the mass majority of all the
material for a little oval shaped handle
then I cleaned up the whole thing over
on my oscillating spindle sander until
it was looking nice and smooth then I
took the time to pre-sand all of my
pieces before for assembly because it's
hard to sand once it's all together you
should have two front pieces two side
pieces a base plate two divider pieces
and your internal handle piece that's
slotted with an oval handle in the top
then all you really got to do is add a
little glue to all your seams and I just
tack it together with an 18 gauge brad
nailer so a little glue glue glue tack
tack tack Zip Zap Zoop
Jason's back
that's what I would say if that was a
wrap which it wasn't I was just trying
to give instructions on how to put this
beer caddy together and boom nice custom
wood beer caddy after it's all assembled
I just do a little finish sanding on the
outside making sure all my seams are
even and smooth I add a little bottle
opener because you know you got to be
able to open the beer and of course I
added a nice little sticker for Branding
but also to remind people what happens
if you drink and operate heavy equipment
you could lose a finger stickers
available on my website see this is nice
because you can get your whole variety
of favorite beers take it over to a
friend's house and then just have a cold
one and enjoy it with your hey thanks
man dude you're on the clock
get back to work
anyways you can just enjoy it with your
friends and leave it there as a cool
gift
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ready your breakfast and eat hearty for
Tonight We Dine hell
so as a dad I've gotten used to making a
lot of swords in my days and at first I
just started picking up sticks and
saying here son there's a sword but the
more my son grows and knows what's fake
and what's not the more he wants
realistic Weaponry so that's why I'm
going to show you how to make the sweet
sword and shield let's do this thing now
after a lot of Sword making and trial
and error I found that the best material
to make sword blades is trim molding
because it's got all this nice profile
look to it which you can form to look
like an exact replica of an actual sword
all you got to do is thin it down a
little bit so putting two pieces
together so you can run it through the
planer you run it through the planer
until you see it starts to get nice and
thin towards the tip once you do that to
one side you flip it over and you do the
exact same thing to the other side then
you can sandwich these two pieces
together and you can see it's starting
to look like a sword on either side next
I I like to run it through the planer on
the rounded side just to flatten the one
end a little bit so I do that to one
side then I take my other piece I run
that through the planer until you have
two identical pieces now sandwiched
together it's really starting to look
like a sword blade all you got to do at
that point is glue your two pieces
together so that you have one piece
that's the exact same on both sides this
does require a lot of clamps but it's
worth it it's for your kid while we wait
for the glue on our sword blade to dry
we'll start working on the shield now
for the shield I'm just going to use a
scrap piece a quarter inch oak veneered
plywood I find the center and I hook a
clamp on that's kind of going to be a
pivot point then I'm going to take a
scrap piece of wood and bend it at an
arc to try and Trace out a shield like
shape this might take a little trial and
error using different pieces of scrap
wood until you get the right Arc in the
right shape I mean there's no wrong way
to do this just keep bending piece until
it looks like a shield once you have a
shield shape you go over to the bandsaw
and you cut out that shape and then I
just clean it up over on the oscillating
belt sander and I also like to add a
little detail to the top so I just kind
of sand it out a little divot until boom
we got a shield
next I wanted to customize this shield
for my son by putting his name on it so
I just got some of these cheap paper
stencils that you can pretty much get at
any big box store laid them out on top
of the shield and I sprayed the whole
shield with a little black spray paint
kind of in an uniformed way you know to
give it that aged look like he just came
back from some great Conquest over the
sea in a distant land
anyways now it says Iver on the front of
his shield while I wait for the paint on
the shield to dry my sword blade was dry
and ready to be taken out of clamps now
we've got a sword blade but it doesn't
have any shape to it so I took it over
to my miter saw and very carefully so
that we don't do anything crazy I added
a point to one end you could do this on
the bandsaw too and it would probably be
a little safer but this got the job done
then using the oscillating belt sander I
tapered the end so that it looked like
the point of a sword
next you have to slim down the hilt of
the sword just a little bit not a lot it
just has to be thinner than the actual
blade so the blade becomes a stop for
the guard and speaking of the Guard
that's what we're going to do next I
just get something round that I can use
to trace out and well just kind of get a
round guard like shape traced onto a
piece of scrap quarter inch ply then
after cutting most of that shape out I
go over to the oscillating belt sander
and I refine the shape just sanding down
to my pre-traced line until we have a
oval like guard shape then I use the
Chisel to clean up where I stopped
thinning the hilt over on the Belt
Sander so that we have a nice hard stop
and this will allow us to slide our
guard on and it should stop when it hits
the blade next we need to cut a slot in
our guard so that it can slide over the
handle of our sword for this I I just
used a little forstner bit that was
about the same size as the handle of our
sort
next we just start to slide it onto that
handle cleaning it up with the Chisel as
we need until we get a nice friction fit
right up to the base of the sword blade
and it's starting to really come
together and look like a sword but as
you'll probably guess it's not very
comfortable to hold on to enter some
leather strapping that I had lying
around I just cut one end at a nice
little wedge to get it started I staple
it in place with a half inch 18 gauge
staple and then I just keep wrapping
that leather all the way around the
handle working my way down to the base
and once I get down to the base I staple
that part in place and then run some
Staples all the way up the handle now
these are half inch they don't go all
the way through the sword they get stuck
in there so don't worry you're not going
to get poked and after doing one side I
do the same thing to the other side and
this gives it a nice kind of riveted
look
at least that's what I tell my son next
we just have to add some leather straps
to the back of the shield so that he can
hang it on his arm when he goes into
battle with the neighbor kids
I just drill some holes through the
shield and then I hook it on with these
little brass screws and nuts you could
use acorn nuts but I didn't have any so
I just used regular nuts which means
he'll probably get poked with those
screws at some time and it'll be all my
fault but I just made you a sword in the
shield what more do you want obviously I
had to test it out and sure enough it
works
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it was on the back side of my head
anyways that's how you make a sword
don't poke your eye out don't kill
yourself don't Slaughter the neighbors
all right next
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one of the most insincere and
unthoughtful Gifts you could ever make
for somebody is a free-form cutting
board cut from a single piece of wood
but sometimes they're in a bind and we
need a quick gift so I thought I'd show
you how to make one hmm
your wife will love it
all right this one's insanely easy so
pay attention you're gonna need a board
a single board that works good for a
cutting board like Maple or walnut or
cherry something of that sort now I
always like to start with my handle
which is going to be round and I'm going
to drill a hole through the center so I
found this little shot glass from a
bottle of bourbon and I traced out
roughly where my handles gonna be
beautiful next you're just going to take
a pencil and draw a shape
there's no wrong shapes this is a free
form cutting board it doesn't have to be
pretty it just has to be art that's tell
the recipient of the gift once you have
a shape that looks good to you you go
over the bandsaw and you cut out that
shape remembering that staying on your
line isn't super important it's a free
form cutting board the lines are more of
a suggestion
after you cut it on the bandsaw I like
to clean it up over on the oscillating
belt sander which is being used a lot in
this handmade gift video after we get
all the edges cleaned up nice and
they're looking smooth I take a forstner
bit that looks like a good size to drill
out a hole in my handle I tap it in with
a hammer to get it started and then
using a smaller drill bit I drill all
the way through the cutting board this
will allow us to drill in from both
sides with the forstner bit making sure
it's lined up and we're not going to get
any blowout on one side I mean we still
want the cutting board to look nice
after we drill the hole I take it over
to the drum sander and I send it through
on both sides to get it nice and smooth
and then I pull out a quarter inch round
over bit and I start rounding over all
of the edges to make it look like I put
more effort into this than I actually
did
I also rounded over the inside of the
hole I drilled out to make it feel nice
on your finger
after everything is Thoroughly rounded
over you sand
and I hate the sanding part but in no
time look at that a free form cutting
board made in about 10 minutes just tell
the person who's getting it it took all
day well I try and do something nice for
my wife make her a 10 minute cutting
board from the sincerity of my own heart
and what happens
she gives it back to me and now I'm out
here eating all by myself
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as Woodworkers what's our number one pet
peeve people who only pop the popcorn
halfway through and you got a bunch of
unpopped kernels in there it's annoying
but what's our number two pet peeve yeah
people putting drinks on top of our
brand new freshly made furniture without
a coaster but coasters can be ugly
coasters can be hard to find some houses
don't even have coasters that's why this
is a great gift for your friends family
members and clients and that is coaster
in a bag
regular coasters are inherently flawed
because once you set the drink down it
can sweat and still roll onto your piece
of furniture introducing coaster in a
bag you simply pour out the contents of
the bag and set your drink on them not
only does it protect your table but the
contents will soak up any unwanted
moisture do you have annoying employees
who just set their drinks on your cast
iron work surfaces will coaster in a bag
is here to help you save the day and
your equipment yo Jason I need one of
those coasters in a bag
thanks
I'm telling you guys coaster in a bag is
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another great gift for that special
someone in your life is a custom wooden
bath tray this is a little tray that
sits across your bathtub and holds all
your fancy accoutrements things that
really enhance your bath time ritual
make it something special I think it's
something to remember
I'm going to show you how to make this
one right now now everybody's bathtub is
different so the first thing you want to
do is measure your bathtub or the
bathtub of the person who will be
receiving this gift once you get the
measurements right next you got to
select the wood now for this tray I'm
using teak because teak does great with
moisture it's got a very high oil
content so people actually use it to
build furniture for inside of showers
because apparently that's a thing now
furniture and showers anyways with your
measurements in hand you need to cut
your boards down to the right length
next you need to join one side of both
boards so you have a straight edge that
will allow you to run it through the
table saw and cut it down to the correct
width and the correct width is whatever
the heck you want it to be now one thing
to note about gluing teak to itself is
that the oil content is so high that
before you glue two boards together you
really need to wipe down that glue joint
with a little acetone this will remove
any surface oil that's sitting on the
wood and will allow that glue to
penetrate in and actually hold the
boards together
so after doing that I clamped the boards
up and waited for the glue to dry once
the glue was dry took it out of clamps
and I sent it through the planer on both
sides to make sure the top and bottom
was nice and smooth then I went over to
the chop saw and I just cut a tiny
little bit off each end to make sure
that both sides were perfectly Square
next you want to take your board set it
on your workbench and grab a big bucket
full of junk and set it on top I mean I
guess it doesn't have to be a bucket
just anything big and round the bucket
just happened to be the exact right size
to get the profile we wanted which was
this nice round profile on either end so
I used the bucket to trace out that
profile on both ends next we need to
attach some feet these are less feet and
more guards these are what's going to
keep the tray from sliding to one side
or the other and falling into the
bathtub and just like our other glue
scene before we glue these feet onto the
bottom we wiped down each seam with some
acetone to get rid of that surface oil
spread on some tight Bond three because
it's good for moisture and we clamped
the entire thing together
then we just had to wait for our glue to
dry
ooh our glue's dry look at that with our
feet glued on now it was time to cut
that rounded profile shape so I went
over to the bandsaw and I cut off most
of the material staying just outside of
my pencil line once I had enough
material removed it was time to use the
router but for this we needed a router
template and unfortunately I thought the
bucket would be a little awkward to use
as a template so I'm going to use the
bucket to make a template so I see a
glued a piece of quarter inch plywood
onto the bottom of the bucket and using
a quarter inch flush trim bit from bits
and bits I just made a template real
quick out of that quarter inch plywood
after that was cut out I just pried it
off the bottom of the bucket and used
some double-sided tape to stick it to
the top of my teak bathtub tray
Shelf
thing then I went over to the router
table and again using this flush cut
compression bit from bits and bits I
flush trimmed both the ends to match my
template and look at that we have this
nice rounded looking bathroom tray Shelf
thing
all that was left to do was to clean it
up a little bit with some hand sanding
and this thing would be ready to install
and by install I mean ready to set on
top of the bathtub
I did wipe the whole thing down with a
little more acetone just to get rid of
all the dust and get rid of any surface
oil that might be sitting on the outside
of the teak and I was ready to take a
bath
man this is great I got my wine here I
got a good book I can dive into the only
thing I need is a nice scented cane
little just to make the move Jason
are you crazy
hey man
all right there's still one gift that I
haven't mentioned yet and I saved the
best for last if you're too lazy and
can't find the motivation within
yourself to get up off the couch and go
make something for your significant
other well that's okay you can just get
on our website we got a whole bunch of
new merchandise t-shirts hats coffee
mugs that sort of thing there's a link
in the video description just do that
or go in the wood shop and build
something hopefully you got some good
ideas from this video there's also links
to all the products and tools we used
linked to our patreon page down there if
you're not signed up for patreon you
should be because you get a whole bunch
of behind the scenes footage backstage
pass perks Live question and answer
every week discount codes all sorts of
things so until next time
go
make a gift
and use a coaster