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I think this might be a first here on Lumberjocks – a gothic style toilet holder.
We needed one (well, no we didn’t, but I wanted to make one), and, after extensive research looking at 1000 that were just “rolls on sticks”, I came up with this. The original drawing had a trifoil in the top, but I think that might have made it over-fussy so I scratched it.
Now I’m looking for gothic style baths, sinks, toilets etc etc to match it.
I’m particularly pleased with the way the finish turned out – picture 3 shows the remains of the pine floor board I started with – ancient “Dark Jacobean” stain thinned with turps, partially dryed, rubbed a bit with 600 grit, then rubbed with teak oil/turps/satin varnish – it has a golden gleen to it. More an accident than a specific plan, but I like it and I’m gonna do it again.
All comments, thoughts, laughter appreciated.































26 comments so far
DAN
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posted 329 days ago
party in the outhouse !
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Jimthecarver
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posted 329 days ago
LOL…..Thats a great idea. You can never have enough toilet tickets.
Remember no job is finished w/o the paper work.
Thanks for the post.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 329 days ago
Now you need to modify the “throne” to match!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
FlWoodRat
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posted 329 days ago
KnickKnack. Was that a ‘wipe on’ finish?
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 329 days ago
Very useful for small, medium, & large people.<(;0)#
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Steelmum
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posted 329 days ago
Perfect, gives time for the one that puts the new roll on. No more ‘forgot to check’.
-- Berta in NC
Beginningwoodworker
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posted 329 days ago
Thats a neat idea.
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker
MsDebbieP
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posted 329 days ago
did I just hear music?
This kinda takes the whole experience to another level!
Very cool.
Now, if only other members of the family could make that little effort to keep it stocked.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
Karson
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posted 329 days ago
But Debbie now it three times as long to stock it. Almost the same time as going to the next bathroom that available.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 329 days ago
((shaking my head and rolling my eyes….)) everyone always has an excuse – but boy do they yell when it hasn’t been restocked.. by the one person in the house who seems to know how to do it.. and when..
argh
;)
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)
DannyBoy
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posted 329 days ago
That’s hilarious!
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dustygirl
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posted 329 days ago
It’s pretty funny to think you are going to re-do your bathroom to match the paper holder.Gotta love that one.(lol)
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ChicoWoodnut
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posted 329 days ago
That’s pretty funny. I once had an International Scout that had three gas tanks. Somehow it didn’t keep me from running out of gas from time to time though. It just fed my natural tendancy toward procrastination LOL.
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Greg Wurst
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posted 329 days ago
For those days when you need a little more paper to finish the job….. :)
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Bureaucrat
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posted 329 days ago
Properly threaded, if you use 2 ply paper, you could treat your self to the luxury of a six-ply wipe.
-- Gary, South Central Wisconsin. So much to learn, so little time!
Woodhacker
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posted 329 days ago
Wow, now you can have your choice too of the TP coming “over the top” or “under the bottom” of the roll.
-- Martin, Kansas
Dusty56
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posted 329 days ago
Now that’s some funny s#@* : )
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DAN
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posted 329 days ago
woodworking potty humor
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KnickKnack
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posted 328 days ago
I think maybe I’ll load it up with 3 different grits?
MsDebbieP
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posted 328 days ago
hahaha that’s funny!!
just don’t add a battery pack to it
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Bradford
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posted 328 days ago
That’s enough for a crap-a-thon, following a hot wings and poker night for the boys.
-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.
DAN
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posted 326 days ago
like the different grit idea … one for the wife, one for kids and one for you
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jim1953
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posted 326 days ago
Wow I got to GO nice Job
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mmh
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posted 317 days ago
That’s an excellent Cat Toy Tower. Apparently you don’t have cats who love to claw and unroll toilet paper . . . not to mention the confetti party afterwards.
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SteveKorz
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posted 317 days ago
That is a serious TP tower! Unique approach… great job! If you had a water bottle holder and a magazine rack on that thing (maybe a signaling mirror also, in case things got out of hand), you could put it in a survival magazine… that’s some serious equipment, you could survive in the can for quite a while.
-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †
Douglas Bordner
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posted 317 days ago
Love the three grit idea.
“This one’s too soft, this one’s too rough and this one’s just right” – Goldilocks and the Three Behinds.
Pipe in some Gregorian chants and you might have a mystical experience.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.