Crib Board with Card and Peg Storage

My family plays a lot of crib and I've seen many crib boards through my life and I've always wanted to make one that included storage for both cards and pegs. I've done a few with the Rockler hole template but it's a pain to drill all the holes and you'd have to include the cards on the back side which forces it to be thicker to avoid clashing with the holes from above. I got this hole pattern off Amazon and measured a typical set of cards and pegs. I made a separate lid so that I could customize them for whomever I was making them for and I included holes for the magnets to keep the lid on. I won't share the cut files since I had to pay for the hole pattern but it's a fairly easy carve to create in V-Carve.
 

Wood Luggage Tags

I've always been a big proponent of unique luggage tags as it makes it a lot easier to identify your bags when you are picking it up at the airport. I recently got a CNC and wanted to practice some lettering as well as some simple leather work and a luggage tag seemed like a good item. Tag is about 5"x3" with the corners cut off and a 1/8" slot wide enough to fit the leather. I went with Times New Roman for the font and used a 30 degree V-Bit. The deeper angle allows you to paint and then sand the whole thing to reveal the letters. This plus the material of maple makes for some very crisp lines with no bleeding. I bought a box of snaps and some leather off of Amazon. It is a unique item when I'm at the airport. 

Garden Obelisk

Although a classic style I can say the dimensions for this was entirely my own. Everything was made from materials available at your local lumber yard and there is only really one angle though it will help if you have a compound miter saw. I started with a single 10 foot 2x4 for the legs and cut for legs at 1-1/2" square. I then did a compound 12.5 degree angle on either end. The top and end cut should be parallel to each other. The measurements for the three pieces on each side are 5", 13-1/4" and 21-1/4" and I used 1-1/4 inch think cedar deck planks cut to 2-1/2" wide. You can play with these lengths a bit if you want to move them up or down or make the piece wider. you just have to lay the two legs on the bench and measure the distances where you want them. They all repeat the 12.5 degree angle. 

Assembly is done with predrilled screws in from the outside of each leg and I used #10 3-1/2 inch screws. Once the main obelisk is assembled, the vertical pieces are one inch square with the length cut to look good. I topped it off with a cedar fence cap and a wooden ball you that includes a lag screw in it. Finish is a solid stain and I installed some 12 inch screws in the legs to allow me to secure them in the garden with some bricks under the legs to keep them out of the dirt. These look great with a Clematis climbing from the inside.