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I made one of these way back in high school for my Mom. Somehow she lost it or it got broken and she really wanted another one for her birthday. I still have lots of Sapelli left overs from my uncle so I used some of the more visually appealing pieces for this. I used box joint construction. I just traced a 12 french curve tool to make a place for the pen/pencil to rest. It holds regular adding machine paper and there is a little coping saw blade at the bottom to tear off the paper.
-- Steve, Beaverton, OR sgriffin44@yahoo.com






























7 comments so far
lightweightladyleftie
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posted 311 days ago
I love it! We made some very simple holders for the children in our after-school Bible club to paint and assemble. I wanted one for our kitchen but didn’t really want it painted on poplar. Thanks for the inspiration.
How do you change the paper roll?
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Karson
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posted 311 days ago
A great looking job. Is there a pencil holder or pen holder attached to it?
I love the flatsawn Sapele.
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ShannonRogers
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posted 311 days ago
i should make one of these for my wife, but then my lists would never get completed. I should make one and put only 10” of paper on it.
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Steve Griffin
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posted 311 days ago
I routed a 3/8” wide 1/4” deep grooves down the the inside of the walls. This allows a 3/8” dowel to slide in and out to replace the paper roll. The pencil holder is in the design where the wall hooks at the botttom. It allows you to rest a pencil/pen across the two walls.
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John Gray
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posted 310 days ago
Beautiful and the wood too.
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dustygirl
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posted 310 days ago
What a great idea.Nice looking holder.
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woodspyder
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posted 152 days ago
Nice job, looks good.
When I first read it my eyes skipped around. I thought it was a toilette tissue despinser, and was wondering “man what kind of TP do you use that you need a cutter for it?” LOL
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