My Firtst ever Fob

[Shogun]

In years of scrolling I've never made a Fob. Gonna seeif my buddy can sell them at the Flea Market.

[DWSudekum]

Should be able to.  Perhaps fobs that are single initials.  Thanks for sharing it with us.


DW

[Keefie]

looks good to me, I take orders for them at the markets I sell at, usually only about 4 or 5 orders per market though.

[Marcellarius]

looks good!
people love them, especially when they have uncommon names!
what kind of wood do you use?

[frankorona]

Very nice job, looks great, thanks for sharing

[Russ C]

Good job, nice work. 

[Al W]

An easy project to get done.  I have made many-  nice looking work on yours, thanks for sharing.

[Rapid Roger]

Shogun,

Just a quick hint....I took a few examples of those key chains to a flea market one time. They were short names like "Joe, Bill, Pam, Sue etc" I priced them to sell at $3.00 each.  When I finally got a customer that wanted six of them for Christmas presents so, I had her write the names on a piece of paper with her address (she lived out of town) and told her that I would mail them to her. Well, when I looked at her list of six names, they were first AND last names of the "Hollingsworth" clan!!  The shortest name had 19 letters in it and ended up being about 5" long!!   It took A LOT more wood and especially TIME to cut the key chains than I had ever planned for!    After that, I started charging one dollar per letter! 

Rog 

[Marcellarius]

Rog, that's really a great story!!! Hahaha

[newfie]

nice work hope your FOB does well

[Shogun]

Marcellarius, I used Oak for that one.

[Marcellarius]

Marcellarius, I used Oak for that one.

the reason I asked was if I was curious on your experience how the "normal" wood does work with the key ring.
I always use slats form a bed made out laminated beech because I'm afraid "normal" wood will break much easier when the key chain is hanging on the keys and will be put everywhere.

[Shogun]

Thats a very good point Marcellius. I hadn't thought of that.

[Rapid Roger]

Marcellarius, I used Oak for that one.

the reason I asked was if I was curious on your experience how the "normal" wood does work with the key ring.
I always use slats form a bed made out laminated beech because I'm afraid "normal" wood will break much easier when the key chain is hanging on the keys and will be put everywhere.

I'm not Shogun but, I have cut quite a few of that style key fob's and always use hard woods. I have used oak, cherry , walnut, maple, purple heart and on and on. I've never had a problem with breakage that I know of but, I would stay away from softer woods like pine and poplar. The softer woods tend to crack along the grain in small areas and would most likely split in two in a short time. I have never tried plywood on one of these fobs but, it should work as far as strength goes, however, I don't think I would like the looks of ply.

Rog

[Shogun]

Rog, I have to agree...I never use ply because I hate the look. The closest I come is the 2'x2' oak panels I get from Lowe's but their quality has gone to pot over the years. They break during cutting and quite often they have voids in the middle. I've complained to my local store but once I get a planer I'm going strictly to boards. The Fob I made bty, was out of board stock and not the panels.