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This is a little project that was to take a couple of hours to do and turned out to be several. The scroll saw work was a lot more time consuming than I thought but the project needed more of a flair so the design cut into the napkin holder. The wood is black walnut. A dado and a rabbit cut were used to place the two 3/8” napkin supports and a forester bit was used for the salt and pepper holders. A routed edge was to give a bit of character around the salt and pepper placement. The finish was wipe on varathane with sanding between the three coats with 400 grit and then the final waxing with Johnson’s floor wax. Oh, and I put just a dab of RTV on the bottom of each corner, pushed it onto a flat surface and let dry so there would be some very thin non skid feet, (about 0.030” thick and about 3/4” diam.)
-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings
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a1Jim
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posted 95 days ago
nice work cool scroll work.
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
scrappy
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posted 95 days ago
Nice practicle project. I think everyone could use one of these. Great build.
Keep it up.
Scrappy
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CaptainSkully
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posted 95 days ago
Ah, salt & pepper shakers. I thought it was for votive candles. I was deeply concerned about the proximity of napkins. Very nice. Have you thought about a template so you could make more as needed?
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socalwood
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posted 94 days ago
The kind of thing seen in a diner many decades ago , or in a very few upscale restaurants today .
Beginningwoodworker
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posted 94 days ago
Nice napkin holder.
-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker
Innovator
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posted 94 days ago
Good scrool work, I like the holder on one side and the salt and pepper on the other.
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eddy
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posted 93 days ago
very nice makes me want to blow the dust off my scroll saw and give it a run
this would set proud at the dinning table
Qmoney
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posted 93 days ago
I love it. It really turned out nice. It remind me of one i made about 15 years ago i made a lazy susan and put a napkin holder in the middle and you could just put the salt and pepper shaker any where on the lazy susan. The lazy susan got broke in moving so i am going to make another, one day. Thanks for the posting.
-- Monty Q, Columbia, South Carolina.