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I made this to hold my textbooks so I could study without leaning forward and straining my neck. It is constructed from walnut and maple and finished with Linseed oil. I used a small barrel hinge to make the prop arm fold in or out. I used a chisel to notch for the arm into the stand. It was 3 boards and the ledge glued together. Mainly did it to ease my neck and practice edge joinery. Nothing special, but it works!
-- --Chuck






























9 comments so far
CharlieM1958
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posted 587 days ago
That walnut is pretty. But if you’re going to take a photo that close-up, you really need to sand to a finer grit… maybe use some pore filler…. c’mon, get with the program, Chuck. LOL!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
jockmike2
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posted 587 days ago
Good job. Don’t listen to Charlie, the only guy you gotta please is that guy in the mirror. mike LOL
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joey
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posted 586 days ago
Nice Job, This looks like something I need to make for my computer.
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TomFran
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posted 586 days ago
Great practical project. Thanks for sharing!
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ratchet
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posted 586 days ago
Nice work. That certainly is SPECIAL!
Man, I really like the wood combination. I could certainly use one of these myself. Its going on my projects list.
Personally speaking , I like a bit of non ultra smoothness in my projects. It makes me believe these things are made with care by a human and not mass machine produced.
grovemadman
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posted 586 days ago
It’s a piece of cake to make too! The wood was leftover stuff I had laying around, the barrel hinge was 4 bucks. If I had to do it over again I would use 2 barrel hinges side by side or some small piano hinge. It like to wiggle a bit (the prop) unless you have weight on it. actually a wooden hinge would be cool; really cool! I’m hoping you guys who plan to make one can take my plan and improve on it!
-- --Chuck
Scott Bryan
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posted 586 days ago
Chuck,
This is a nice piece. The walnut and maple compliment each other well.
Thanks for the post.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
sharad
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posted 584 days ago
A very practical project I think everybody needs it. I will follow your idea. Looks very attractive because of good combination of wood. What is the size?
Sharad
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grovemadman
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posted 584 days ago
I made mine 12×12 cuz that’s how much wood I had. I suppose you could make it anysize you want though…
-- --Chuck