Business card holders (for your pocket)

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Intro: Business card holders (for your pocket) I am always bending and crushing my business cards while they are in my pocket. so I made something that will hold them and keep them safe while I work...

It works great and looks classy when I hand them out.

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Step 1: Gather your stuff ******SAFETY FIRST****** ALWAYS USE PROPER SAFETY GEAR WHEN WORKING WITH POWER TOOLS! FOLLOW ALL SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR OWN TOOLS COMMON SENSE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT! For this project I used the following tools; Tablesaw Planer Scrollsaw Router mounted in a table (with a small round over bit) Sander Drill press small clamps, Vice Wood-glue sandpaper scrap wood These are made from Blood wood, Cherry, Ash and Box Elder.

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Step 2: Layout and cut the middle part of the sandwich of different colored wood.

I placed the business card on the middle board (its about 3/16-1/4" thick) then marked the outside edges of the card.. I made it a little larger than the actual card. then, using my scrollsaw I cut that part out.

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Step 3: Cut the two outside pieces Cut the two outsides the same width as the middle, but about 1.5" longer. Then sand all pieces flat with 80 grit.

Step 4: Glue the sandwich up and clamp it a little glue goes a long way here... you dont want any squeeze out inside the box....

Step 5: Sand all the edges flat and smooth!

After drying for a couple hours it should be OK to un-clamp and sand the edges...

You can use a hand-plane to get the edges smooth then sand, but I just used my belt-sander, then sanded by hand the rest of the way.

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Step 6: Drill a large hole now this is a tough part kinda... The hole is to make it easier to grab a card out of the box without having to tip all of them out to grab one...

First mark a center line from the top of the card box down to about a third of the way towards the bottom. now using a compass draw a 1.5" circle with the middle line being the center-point for the circle... this is to give you an idea of what is going to be removed while drilling.. if you go too low on the center-line or too high it will make for a very ugly box. but once you are happy with where the hole should be use that scrap piece you cut out of the middle sandwich board and drill through with a 1.5" Forster bit... be careful and have a board under the box to prevent tear out when that bit goes out the other side.

Step 7: Finish it up...

Now drop a card into the box to see how much you need to cut off the top and using a depth gauge or a long skinny srewdriver check the depth of the box to the outside and ad at least 1/8 and make your mark...

Now cut where you need to...

Finish sand the entire box, if you do get glue squeeze-out on the inside you should be able to clear it out with a 1/8" chisel.

Now round over all the sides with a 1/4" roundover bit on a router mounted to a table.

Sand by hand the newly shaped corners I sanded to 220 grit and then buffed them. I love the feel of the buffed wood and it looks very classy...

Thanks for looking.

I took quite a while for me to get those holes right, but i got a couple nice ones out of the deal....

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