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What was I thinking? (Toilet Roll Holder)

Project by KnickKnack posted 329 days ago 910 views 0 times favorited 26 comments Add to Favorites Watch

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.


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DAN

6439 posts in 877 days


posted 329 days ago

party in the outhouse !

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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Jimthecarver

427 posts in 679 days


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.

-- Can't never could do anything, to try is to advance.

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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"

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FlWoodRat

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posted 329 days ago

KnickKnack. Was that a ‘wipe on’ finish?

-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....

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Dick, & Barb Cain

7035 posts in 1193 days


posted 329 days ago

Very useful for small, medium, & large people.<(;0)#

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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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

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Beginningwoodworker

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posted 329 days ago

Thats a neat idea.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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MsDebbieP

14156 posts in 1054 days


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)

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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.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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MsDebbieP

14156 posts in 1054 days


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)

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DannyBoy

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posted 329 days ago

That’s hilarious!

-- He said wood...http://hickbyassociation.blogspot.com/

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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)

-- Dustygirl..Hastings,Ontario.. How much wood can 1 gal chuck if 1 gal can't cut wood?

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ChicoWoodnut

895 posts in 709 days


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.

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

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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….. :)

-- You're a unique and special person, just like everyone else.

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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!

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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

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Dusty56

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posted 329 days ago

Now that’s some funny s#@* : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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DAN

6439 posts in 877 days


posted 329 days ago

woodworking potty humor

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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KnickKnack

99 posts in 460 days


posted 328 days ago

I think maybe I’ll load it up with 3 different grits?

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MsDebbieP

14156 posts in 1054 days


posted 328 days ago

hahaha that’s funny!!
just don’t add a battery pack to it

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Bradford

787 posts in 716 days


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.

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DAN

6439 posts in 877 days


posted 326 days ago

like the different grit idea … one for the wife, one for kids and one for you

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

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jim1953

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posted 326 days ago

Wow I got to GO nice Job

-- Jim, Kentucky

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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.

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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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) †

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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.

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