Noah B Woodworks

This weekend I’ve got a completely blank slate for the first time in a very long time. I have no projects on the horizon, and I’ve got nothing in the woodwork. To be honest I am thinking about going fishing, but it has been quite cold in the mornings – around 30 degrees Fahrenheit. If I do go, it’ll only be for one morning of this coming weekend, so what do I do with the other morning?

I could clean the shop and sharpen my tools, which would be a good use of time. My shop is fairly clean though, because I gave it a deep clean not too long ago. Some of my tools are quite dull but I always sharpen when I go to use them. I need a small little one day project that I can finish really quickly. Low effort and quick to complete. I was thinking about doing a little box, maybe on the CNC?

You know, many blog posts ago I talked about the idea to create a hanging wall piece with an inlay. Basically just do a few circles. Inlay a circle, cut a new circle, inlay a contrasting wood circle, and repeat until it looks cool. I might give that a go because it seems fairly low stakes and quick. A morning of experimentation is in my future it seems. I’ll probably start with white oak and attempt to use as much scrap wood as possible. Maybe I can make use of some of my scrap wood too. Make a bunch of cutting boards for Christmas or decorative wall art pieces. My buddy makes Christmas trees for his family, maybe I can take one out of his book and make some band saw reindeer or something.

I usually have a good idea of what I want to do before I get into the shop, so not knowing drives me crazy. I like to have a plan of attack, so when there isn’t one my wheels start turning. I think I’ve got enough to go off and this should be a good; productive weekend. I am very much looking forward to it.