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 tree… 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 Vectric’s 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 … carve in red oak, reddish stain and some tung oil … 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 I’m so much more excited about ideas of things to make lol.
SHHHH I don’t think you are allowed to speak his name here anymore… Lets just call him “Voldermort” from now on.
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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. I’m thinking of the coffee mug a co-worker has that says, “Have a happy whatever doesn’t offend you.”
So I’m picturing a heart or flower or whatever that says something like, “This hereby certifies my acknowledgement of this and all future Saint Valentine’s Days.”
And it is a shame. 
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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
I’m 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.
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Those look nice!
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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 can’t 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.
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How did this work out? I am interested if you share.
I don’t see it being a problem. I made a ton of the name ornaments. I was gonna try today but I’m fixing something on the machine right now so we’ll see how that goes