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My wife asked me to make her a ring holder in the shape of a pyramid or some sort to have a dedicated place for the rings as sometimes they need to be searched for 8o) .

At first I thought I'd rig my drill press to turn something, but thought it may be too much trouble at the moment while I'm still trying to organize the garage, plus I didn't feel like messing around with jigs and fixtures - although in the future I may set something up. I ended up shaping this entirely with my block plane and a HD rasp. I kinda like how it came out.

Someone posted a while back how small a cutoff needs to be to be trashed. This ring holder was actually made of a cuttoff piece of curly maple that I used to make my #6 plane tote It's made from the cutoff piece behind the tote where you can see the initial curve that I used as a base for this holder:


I chiseled the waste as close as I could to my planned shape, and rasped the rest while also rounding it all off. the bottom was then chamfered to give it a distinct looks like it's a free standing piece.

Finish is 1 coat of BLO, and 2 coats of oil poly (minwax)

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It is downright painful to throw away even the smallest piece of wood that is special. My hat's off to you for this piece. Thanks for sharing. Jack p.s. funny, I was the first to comment on you hammer too! ;0)
 

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Very neat solution. Reminds me a bit of a Rhino horn and certainly has great character.
 

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Sharon A great piece and a nice job.
 

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Nice job! Looks a bit like an ancient fertility symbol to me. :)
 

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Great accomplishment! You fulfilled the desire of the most important person in your life, created a beautiful and useful item, and did it all with a piece of special wood. Bravo!
 

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Hmmmmm… Since this looks much like a raised digit and is meant to act as a stand in for one, and since she liked the gift, I guess you could say you gave her the finger and she was happy about it! ;)

Seriously, really nice idea and a great use of what many people would think of as scrap. As long as you can see it, it's too big to toss out.
 

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Never, ever throw anything away!!!
You have proved that point beautifully!
Great piece of wood… very nice ring holder!
Ellen
 

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What a clever and well executed idea. I have a bunch of curly maple cut offs in the shop I just didn't have the heart to throw away…. Think I know what I plan on doing with them now. I know a bunch of women in my life who would love something similar.

Thanks a bunch for sharing…..
 

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Very neat idea! Great use of scrap wood. Great work.
 

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Nicely sculpted. Thnaks for posting
 

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Hi,
My first thought was also the Rhino, and my French girlfriend was saying a strong finger, so I can see we were not all of.
Nice little ring holder, and I'm sure it made you popular.
Best thoughts,
Mads
 

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Thanks for the comments everyone - indeed it looks like all those things mentioned. on a side note - I trashed a 32 hallong bag of scrap wood today - just can't hold onto scrap anymore, it's over filling the garage :)
 

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Unicorn!

Nice work - short project with value and sentiment, too.
 

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fantastic design
 
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