Archive for the ‘clipboard’ Tag
If you’re looking for same old, same old … don’t come to me.
I hope.
I’ve seen that my sales grow when I offer an incredible variety of wood designs, shapes, sizes and approaches to the things I make. I know that some woodworkers that do what i do make the same thing over and over … and, simply, that’s not for me. I would find that boring … and I believe that my customers would, as well.
Variety it is.
Here are a collection of serving pieces and shaped boards. Some are for cutting, some aren’t … their new owners will get to choose what they use them for.
Hover your cursor over the photo while on your laptop and computer (or click on the image using any device), and you’ll see the file name. That tells you what I call the piece. You can call it anything you like.
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It’s been too long since I’ve made a batch of clipboards. So, once I cleared the shop time, I made sure I made enough to last a while. We’ll see how long!
I have a wife that tells me they aren’t needed in our modern paperless society.
At the same time, 2 of our kids have an open ended order for clipboards from me.
I’m pretty sure I’ll vote with the kids customers on this one. After all, I worked for a newspaper for over 20 years. I believe in paper … and I still do.
Electrons have their power, but they’ll never have the feel of newsprint. For that reason, I’m a clipboard maker.
Three of these clipboards are special orders; the other 16 go on sale Saturday morning at the Montrose Arts & Crafts Festival.
Clipboard 18 – 803. Letter size, 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 18 – 804. Legal size, 1″ clip. Bookmatched Goncalo Alves in the center.
Back of Clipboard 18 – 804.
Clipboard 18 – 805. Legal size, 1″ clip.
Clipboard 18 – 806. Letter size, 1″ clip.
Clipboard 18 – 807. Letter size, 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 18 – 808. Letter size, 1/2″ clip. Commissioned piece.
Back of Clipboard 18 – 808, showing the engraving.
Clipboard 18 – 808. Oversized Legal size, 1″ clip. Commissioned piece.
Back of Clipboard 18 – 809.
Clipboard 18 – 810. Letter size, 1/2″ clip. Chaos board.
Clipboard 18 – 811. Letter size, 1/2″ clip. Commissioned piece.
Clipboard 18 – 812. Letter size, 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 18 – 813. Letter size, 1″ clip.
Clipboard 18 – 814. Letter size, 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 18 – 815. Legal size, 1″ clip.
Clipboard 18 – 816. Letter size, 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 18 – 817. Letter size, 1″ clip.
Clipboard 18 – 818. Legal size, 1″ clip.
Clipboard 18 – 819. Letter size, 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 18 – 820. Letter size, 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 18 – 821. Notepad size, 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 18 – 822. Letter size, 1/2″ clip. There’s nothing like Black Walnut.
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This is a pot pourri of recent boards that made it to the finish line.
The first cutting board was a special order, and it’s the first piece I’m completed that uses Mesquite. Further down in this group is a Lazy Susan that better showcases this wood that’s uncommon in Southern California.
At the bottom of this group are a pair of “Family” signs that are the first of the true 3D carving signs that I’ve gotten to the finish line. Both of these are made from Hard Maple, though one of them is made from a dark wood that’s got some curly figure in it … unusual for Maple.
I got disorganized enough that a few pieces made it out of the shop and to last week’s event … and were sold before I got their pictures. That has not happened before!
I’ve got 4 more Lazy Susans in the shop that just might be finished for this weekend’s event … but I’ve got several custom orders that will be my focus this week.
Cutting Board 18 – 304. Black Walnut, Jatoba, Mesquite & Hard Maple. Edge Grain. Commissioned Piece. 14″ x 18″ x 1-3/4″.
Detail of Cutting Board 18 – 304.
Cutting Board 18 – 701. Black Walnut, Hickory & Bloodwood. End Grain. 8″ x 13″ x 1-1/2″.
Cutting Board 18 – 303. Black Walnut, Bloodwood, Jatoba & Hard Maple. Edge Grain. 14″ x 18″ x 1-1/4″.
Cutting Board 18 – 702. Black Walnut. End Grain. 9″ x 16″ x 1″.
Lazy Susan 18 – 03. Hickory, Black Walnut & Hard Maple. Sold in its first showing.
Lazy Susan 18 – 02. Chaos board. Hard Maple, Cherry, Black Walnut, Red Oak, Yellowheart, Jatoba, Bloodwood, Padauk and Birds Eye Maple.
Lazy Susan 18 – 04. Birds Eye Maple & Bloodwood.
Lazy Susan 18 – 05. Purpleheart, Yellowheart & Jatoba.
Lazy Susan 18 – 07. Hard Maple & Padauk.
Lazy Susan 18 – 07. Bloodwood, Hickory, Mesquite & Black Walnut.
Clipboard 18 – 802. Letter Size. Hard Maple, Cherry, Yellowheart & Honey Locust. 1″ clip.
Clipboard 18 – 801. Notepad size. Jatoba, Hard Maple & Purpleheart. 1/2″ clip.
CNC Sign 18 – 01. Family. 12″ x 16″. Hard Maple.
CNC Sign 18 – 02. Family. 12″ x 16″. Hard Maple. Sold in its first showing.
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I’ve been told these are old fashioned.
I’ve been told these are simply fabulous.
I’m pretty sure it all depends on your attitude towards paper. If it’s in your life, then clipboards probably have a special place in your heart.
If your goal is to be paperless, well, then just move along. Nothing to see here.
These pieces introduce a new idea for me: I’ve decided to make non-food items not have a food-ready finish.
I’m an innovator.
So, these clipboards are finished with “wipe on poly” … polyurethane. After the urethane was dried & smoothed, I then put on a wax topcoat … because that’s how I do.
Each clipboard has a 1/2″ clip. 2 sizes here: letter size and notepad size. Enjoy!
Clipboard 17 – 011. Letter size. Chaos design. 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 17 – 014. Chaos board. Notepad size. 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 17 – 012. Merbau ( the first piece I’ve finished with this Malaysian wood). Letter size. 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 17 – 013. Chaos board. Notepad size. 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 17 – 015. Merbau. Notepad size. 1/2″ clip.
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The truth of the matter is I like making clipboards.
That’s much to the chagrin of Mrs M, who just doesn’t get it. She works in a paperless office. A virtual world. You could argue that it’s a fantasy world of her own making, but that’s a discussion for another day.
Some people, however, still use real paper to write real words with a real pencil. Or pen. And those people seem to love my clipboards.
After receiving an order for three, I finally got enough shop time to make this batch of 9. One of those is notepad size, and the rest are letter size. All have 1/2″ clips.
With this batch, I’m using a polyurethane finish. Since these boards don’t need to be food ready … they aren’t.
Innovation, on a clip board.
I find that satisfying, so I’m going to keep making these!
Clipboard 17 – 002. Hard Maple, Yellowheart & Purpleheart. Chaos design. Letter size. Polyurethane finish.
Clipboard 17 – 003. Hard Maple, Yellowheart & Purpleheart. Chaos design. Letter size. Polyurethane finish.
Clipboard 17 – 004. Hard Maple, Yellowheart & Purpleheart. Chaos design. Letter size. Polyurethane finish.
Clipboard 17 – 005. Hard Maple, Yellowheart & Purpleheart. Chaos design. Letter size. Polyurethane finish.
Clipboard 17 – 06. Black Walnut. Letter size. Polyurethane finish.
Detail: back of Clipboard 17-06.
Clipboard 17 – 007. Cherry, Red Oak, Padauk, Black Walnut & Hard Maple. Chaos design. Letter size. Polyurethane finish.
Clipboard 17 – 008. Red Oak, Black Walnut & Hickory. Letter size. Polyurethane finish.
Clipboard 17 – 009. Cherry, Hard Maple, Padauk, Black Walnut & Purpleheart. Letter size. Polyurethane finish.
Clipboard 17 – 010. Purpleheart, Black Walnut, Cherry, Padauk, Jatoba & Hard Maple. Chaos board. Notepad size. Polyurethane finish.
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I’ve been told that no one uses paper these days.
They’re wrong.
Paper may be on the way out – eventually – but that day is not here yet. Many people use paper, and keep paper. Refer to paper. Hold papers together.
I can help those people.
Clipboards come in three sizes: legal size, letter size and notepad size. Two clips are offered: 1″ and 1/2″ capacity. Two of these 6 boards are commissioned pieces; the rest join my current inventory that just may last me through the end of the year. Time will tell!
Clipboard 16 – 031. Hard Maple, Purpleheart & Bloodwood. Letter size, 1/2″ clip. Commissioned piece.
Clipboard 16 – 034. Cherry, Hard Maple & Purpleheart. Notepad size, 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 16 – 035. Bubinga, Cherry, Canarywood & Jatoba. Notepad size, 1″ clip.
Clipboard 16 – 032. Cherry, Hard Maple & Purpleheart. Letter size, 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 16 – 032. Hard Maple, Purpleheart & Bloodwood. Notepad size, 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 16 – 030. Bubinga, Cherry, Canarywood & Jatoba. Legal size, 1″ clip.
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Cutting Board 16 – Edge 019. Purpleheart, Jatoba, Bloodwood, Bubinga, Padauk, Cherry & Hard Maple. 12″ x 16″ x 1-1/8″.
Sous Chef 16 – 021. Quilted Black Walnut, Hard Maple & Padauk. Sold in its first showing.
Bread Saw 16 – 01. Black Walnut & Hard Maple. Stainless Steel blade.
Bear 16 – 01. Black Walnut. 12″ x 20″ x 3/4″.
Small Board 16 – 030. Black Walnut, Hard Maple & Jatoba. 8″ x 12″ x 1-1/8″.
Small Board 16 – 031. Purpleheart, Jatoba, Bloodwood, Bubinga, Padauk, Cherry & Hard Maple. 12″ x 7″ x 1-1/8″.
Small Surfboard 16 – 10. Hard Maple, Padauk & Yellowheart. 6″ x 16″ x 3/4″.
Small Surfboard 16 – 11. Hard Maple & Canarywood. 6″ x 16″ x 3/4″.
Small Surfboard 16 – 12. Hard Maple, Birds Eye Maple, Jatoba & Purpleheart. 6″ x 16″ x 3/4″.
Small Surfboard 16 – 13. Purpleheart, Hard Maple, Yellowheart & Canarywood. 6″ x 16″ x 3/4″.
Small Surfboard 16 – 14. Hard Maple, Purpleheart & Bloodwood. 6″ x 16″ x 3/4″.
Small Surfboard 16 – 15. Hard Maple & Padauk. 6″ x 16″ x 3/4″.
Small Surfboard 16 – 16. Hard Maple, Black Walnut, Yellowheart, Padauk & Purpleheart. 6″ x 16″ x 3/4″.
Small Surfboard 16 – 17. Goncalo Alves & Black Walnut. 6″ x 16″ x 3/4″.
Clipboard 16 – 020. Hard Maple, Canarywood, Purpleheart & Jatoba. Note pad size. 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 16 – 021. Jatoba, Yellowheart, Black Walnut & Bubinga. Note pad size. 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 16 – 022. Black Walnut, Purpleheart, Yellowheart, Cherry & Hard Maple. Note pad size. 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 16 – 023. Black Walnut, Hard Maple, Bubinga & Canarywood. Note pad size. 1/2″ clip.
Clipboard 16 – 024. Hard Maple, Black Walnut & Purpleheart. Letter size. 1″ clip.
Clipboard 16 – 025. Black Walnut, Hard Maple, Bubinga & Canarywood. Letter size. 1″ clip.
Clipboard 16 – 026. Hard Maple, Canarywood, Purpleheart & Jatoba. Legal size. 1″ clip.
Clipboard 16 – 027. Black Walnut. Legal size. 1″ clip.
Clipboard 16 – 028. Black Walnut, Purpleheart, Yellowheart, Cherry & Hard Maple. Legal size. 1″ clip.
Clipboard 16 – 029. Jatoba, Yellowheart, Black Walnut & Bubinga. Legal size. 1″ clip.
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It’s summer. Thank goodness.
The Spring Fling is but a memory, and now we’re moving on to one of our few summer events.
Very few summer events. Thank goodness.
This week, we’re going to Lompoc (never been there!) for the Lompoc Flower Festival. No clue what awaits us, but Lompoc has been considered a key source of flower seeds for the world, I’m told. So, they have a Flower Festival, and we’re going.
After all, it’s forecast to be 30* cooler there than it is in Santa Clarita this weekend, and we are SO in.
As is my tradition, a few boards got finished just in time for this grand event. Some are off cuts. Some are special orders, and a few are actually added to my constantly shrinking inventory for this event.
After this weekend, we’re back in SoCal for next weekend to make more stuff … for the July 4th event in downtown Ventura. Hope to see you soon!
Medium Surfboard 16 – 08. Padauk, Black Walnut, Yellowheart & Birds Eye Maple. 8″ x 20″ x 3/4″.
Medium Surfboard 16 – 05. Black Walnut, Jatoba & Hard Maple. 8″ x 20″ x 3/4″.
Clipboard 16 – 013. Cherry, Canarywood, Yellowheart & Purpleheart. 1/2″ clip, letter size.
Medium Surfboard 16 – 06. Canarywood, Jatoba & Hard Maple. 8″ x 20″ x 3/4″.
Cutting Board 16 – Edge 017. Hard Maple, Black Walnut, Purpleheart & Jatoba. 14″ x 14″ x 3/4″. Commissioned pieces.
Medium Surfboard 16 – 07. Canarywood & Hard Maple. 8″ x 20″ x 3/4″.
Small Surfboard 16 – 09. Purpleheart, Canarywood & Hard Maple. 6-1/2″ x 16″ x 3/4″.
Clipboard 16 – 015. Padauk, Red Oak, Yellowheart, Cherry & Canarywood. Legal size, 1″ clip.
Lazy Susan 16 – 022. Black Walnut, Cherry, Purpleheart & Hard Maple. 17″ diameter. Commissioned piece.
Cheese Board 16 – 026. Hard Maple, Black Walnut, Purpleheart & Jatoba. 8″ x 14″ x 3/4″.
Engraved 16 – 13. 14″ x 8″ x 3/4″. Recipe board – of the world’s greatest pie.
Clipboard 16 – 014. Purpleheart, Quilted Black Walnut, Red Oak, & Canarywood. Legal size, 1/2″ clip. Commissioned piece.
Engraved 16 – 07. Black Walnut, Hard Maple & Cherry. 12″ x 15″ x 3/4″. Commissioned piece.
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While sleeping last night, I had a dream about drilling holes in these boards to install the clips … and realized that they would then be clip bored.
What, don’t you have punny woodworking dreams?
Alas, I’m often wittier at 3a than I am at 3p.
I have finally produced several clip boards, and I believe they will prove popular. I have been asked for them many times, so we’ll see if that demand will be satisfied with this group. Mrs M doesn’t have faith in this product line, but that’s OK, as I have no idea why she’s playing with bath bombs.
But that’s a story for another day.
All of these old-fashioned paper holders will be at this weekend’s Santa Clarita Home & Garden Show in Central Park. Stop by and see the lovely Little Girl substituting for the Mrs M’s.
Hope to see you there!
Clipboard 16 – 009. Black Walnut, Canarywood, Honey Locust & Purpleheart. Letter size. 1/2″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 007. Jatoba, Black Walnut, Hard Maple & Cherry. Letter size. 1/2″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 006. Black Walnut, Mahogany, Jatoba & Cherry. Letter size. 1/2″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 008. Black Walnut, Canarywood, Yellowheart & Purpleheart. Letter size. 1/2″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 003. Black Walnut, White Oak & Cherry. Letter size. 1″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 002. Black Walnut, Canarywood & Purpleheart. Letter size. 1″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 005. Black Walnut, Red Oak & Cherry. Letter size. 1″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 004. Black Walnut, Jatoba, Cherry & Yellowheart. Letter size. 1″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 002. Black Walnut, White Oak & Cherry. Legal size. 1″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 011. Black Walnut, White Oak & Cherry. Legal size. 1″ capacity clip.
Clipboard 16 – 012. Black Walnut. Legal size. 1″ capacity clip.
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It’s far from my # 1 request … some even say they’re outdated.
When you look up “clipboard” online … all of the articles are about copying & pasting. There’s a desire for a clipboard to be on smartphones. Everybody’s talking about how to use your clipboard.
But no one is asking how much paper they can hold.
In this case, the rated capacity is 1″.
I certainly don’t know how to use it with your smartphone, though.
Clipboard 16 – 001. Padauk, Honey Locust, Jarrah, Canarywood and Yellowheart. Legal-sized clipboard. Commissioned piece.
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