Here are a couple more Christmas gifts that came out of the workshop.  The first one is a wall-hanging for my die-hard Vikings fan mother-in-law. I cut it on the X-Carve and hand-painted it.

Carved but not painted

After painting the Vikings logo outline black and sanding the excess paint off.

After painting the Vikings logo outline black and sanding the excess paint off.

After final painting.

This one is for my parents to hang up pictures of the grandkids:

The rough-sawn 8/4 walnut from the lumberyard

I resawed it into three planks roughly 5/8″ wide.

I left the boards’ surfaces rough-sawn and offset the top and bottom for that old-timey look.

I carved this quote with a v-bit on the X-Carve.

I painted the carved letters and then did a quick sanding to remove any paint outside of the grooves.

I added some twine to hang the sign and a piece of twine with clothespins to hang pictures at the bottom.

If you’re wondering whether making a sign like this makes up for moving 2,000 miles away with the grandkids, the answer is “mostly.”