Anyone have any new ideas for valentine day? I prefer quick cheap projects I can sell for a few bucks.
There was a really great post that a contributor had where it looked like the initials were carved into a treeā¦ however all his stuff is gone now
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If you go to Thingiverse you can use the customizer app to place 4 messages on 4 hearts. These will then be in .stl format. If you have a package like Vectricās Vcarve Desktop, you can create the tool paths to carve these out. The app has an option to put a hole in the heart so that you can make it into a necklace.
Openscaddad has some other CNC projects in a collection.
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Candy hearts, as noted above, seem easy and obvious and like something that would sell.
Lots of SVG files out there of roses ā¦ carve in red oak, reddish stain and some tung oil ā¦ could be a trivet or whatever. Could even do a carve of a dozen roses arranged on a circle. With a V bit, I think it would go pretty quick.
Any other ideas I have get complex, like small wooden boxes to put chocolates or jewelry or whatever into.
I think I just have a aversion to this holiday lol. Any other time Iām so much more excited about ideas of things to make lol.
SHHHH I donāt think you are allowed to speak his name here anymoreā¦ Lets just call him āVoldermortā from now on.
I think a way to go and maybe sell even better is to go snarky or a little bit against the Valentines Day grain. Not hateful, but tweak it a bit. Iām thinking of the coffee mug a co-worker has that says, āHave a happy whatever doesnāt offend you.ā
So Iām picturing a heart or flower or whatever that says something like, āThis hereby certifies my acknowledgement of this and all future Saint Valentineās Days.ā
And it is a shame.
Cheap. Not necessarily quick.
https://www.vectric.com/cool-stuff/projects/2014/crazy-heart.html
https://www.vectric.com/cool-stuff/projects/2012/heart-of-love-box.html
Iām going with bandsaw hearts from 4x4 cedar. One inside the other. Not a CNC project, but could have a name or message engraved on the lid.
Those look nice!
The Xcarve could easily cut out the pieces for this. You would still have to go through the arrow process for each of these, but I could see these selling well.
I still canāt come up with anything creative. This is a take on the holiday ornament. Im gonna try to carve it later today. If anyone is interested let me know ill share it.
How did this work out? I am interested if you share.
I donāt see it being a problem. I made a ton of the name ornaments. I was gonna try today but Iām fixing something on the machine right now so weāll see how that goes