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Date Blocks
Basic Description Here is a free plan for an remarkably simple yet classic date display. The two cubes make a perfect desk item to help you remember what day of the month it is. It turns out that you can display all of the days of a month (one to thirty-one) with only two blocks even though each of the blocks only has six faces. Read on to see how this works and for additional ideas such as a month display. In this plan, we show you how to carve the numbers into wood, but as described in the design considerations section at the end, you could also paint or apply the numbers onto the blocks.


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Next cut the piece of wood into pieces. You can use the miter gauge on your table saw, or a chop saw. The length will be determined by the thickness. We are using two layers of 1" (25mm) thick wood, so we cut four pieces that were 1" x 2" x 2" (25 x 50 x 50mm). Next choose pieces that look well together, preferably so that the grain pattern matches. Then, glue up the pieces and clamp until completely dry.
cut the wood into smaller pieces


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