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Inside my book diddley bow

I made this earlier today. The book is a 1965 oxford university calendar, and because 1965 ended a while ago it is entirely useless to anyone as a book any more,. I hollowed it out a while ago but didn't have anything to keep in it, so now it's a diddley bow.

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Comment by Fergus Morris on January 3, 2010 at 7:22am: It only takes about 20 minutes to hollow out a book. The trick is to glue the sides first so the pages all stick together and then you can just rip right through loads of pages at a time with a stanley knife- unless you want to make in look all neat, then it would take ages!

Comment by Bluesheart on January 3, 2010 at 6:11am: I'd say you are due extra credit for originality!! No easy feat just hollowing out the book, done that before, now I wish I still had it!

Comment by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on January 2, 2010 at 6:30pm: So that's what is in those anatomy books....

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