| Project by Mark Gipson | posted 167 days ago | 477 views | 0 times favorited | 2 comments |  |
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The plan for this this stand came from the book The Essential Guide to Woodworking by Chris Simpson. I bought this book before I started woodworking and have enjoyed reading it. The projects are a good mix of basic through to advanced and are designed to let newbies such as myself practise some skills.
I made this from some scrap rubber wood which was planed to thickness and then ripped into thin strips. These were then edge joined to make two boards which are then face joined with the grain at 90 degrees to each other. After trimming to size I used my router and a fence to cut the grooves. The finish is teak oil.
This was a fun little project to make and I got to practise a lot of new skills.
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ellen35
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posted 167 days ago
What a nice useful project!
Well done.
Ellen
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scrappy
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posted 167 days ago
Nice job. I like the idea for layering the wood then cutting the groves.
Tried making one of these last year from a single piece of wood and it warped badly. The alternating layers should hold up fine.
Keep it up.
Scrappy
-- Scrap Wood's the best...the projects are smaller, and so is the mess!