egnald
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Greetings from Nebraska.
This morning my wife asked me if I could cut a piece of wood for her, holding her fingers in about a 4-inch square shape and screw a dowel into it. Here's what I came up with.
The base is about 3.5 inches in diameter and the spindle is 6-inches tall and about 1-inch in diameter. I made the base out of a cheese slicer cutoff that is segmented with hickory, padauk, and walnut. The spindle was a 1.5 inch by 12-inch blank I bought out of the "by the pound" bin at WoodCraft. It looks like some kind of rosewood, patagonia maybe? I used Pens Plus for the finish and attached the spindle with a wooden dowel.
She was very pleased considering her expectation was for a piece of pine 1x4 and a 3/4-inch poplar dowel. Of course, my oldest daughter wants one now too. I have the other half of the rosewood spindle blank already so I just need to find an interesting piece of wood to make the base out of.
Dave
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This morning my wife asked me if I could cut a piece of wood for her, holding her fingers in about a 4-inch square shape and screw a dowel into it. Here's what I came up with.
The base is about 3.5 inches in diameter and the spindle is 6-inches tall and about 1-inch in diameter. I made the base out of a cheese slicer cutoff that is segmented with hickory, padauk, and walnut. The spindle was a 1.5 inch by 12-inch blank I bought out of the "by the pound" bin at WoodCraft. It looks like some kind of rosewood, patagonia maybe? I used Pens Plus for the finish and attached the spindle with a wooden dowel.
She was very pleased considering her expectation was for a piece of pine 1x4 and a 3/4-inch poplar dowel. Of course, my oldest daughter wants one now too. I have the other half of the rosewood spindle blank already so I just need to find an interesting piece of wood to make the base out of.
Dave
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