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A fancy desk set with a 10-3/4” long twist pen in a brass funnel and brass posts to hold business cards or Post-It Notes. The Curly Koa base is 9” x 2” x 1” thick. I had a bit of trouble with this long slender pen vibrating on the mandrel and it came out twisting off-center. My solution was to hand sand the mating center edges and substitute a smaller center band, which worked admirably well. Whew, what a relief! I’m still waiting for the day I can turn something beginning to end without having to ‘fix’ something!
-- http://barbsid.blogspot.com/
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SPalm
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#1 posted 238 days ago
The world loves a fixer, Barb. Relish in it.
Very elegant. That Koa looks great too.
Steve
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patron
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#2 posted 238 days ago
whatever you did barb
it came out great
well done
-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle
Roger
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#3 posted 238 days ago
It all looks gr8. I think being able to fix things when they happen is all a part of woodworking. If we were all perfect, we all be liers. :)
-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net
Fishinbo
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#4 posted 238 days ago
Fancy, yes! I like it a lot.
Dusty56
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#5 posted 238 days ago
Hi Barb ,if you got those BC holders from Rockler , they are actually gold plated , unless they changed the recipe from the ones I bought from them : )
Very nice set , Barb : )
-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.
BarbS
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#6 posted 238 days ago
Maybe you’re right, Dusty. I hadn’t thought that, but the packaging didn’t say, and I’d forgotten the catalog listing. These are from PSI, but are probably the same product. It does look different than the brass funnel; moreso in the photo than it does in hand.
-- http://barbsid.blogspot.com/
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#7 posted 238 days ago
Whatever these holders are made from, the fit with that curly Koa is perfect to my eye. Wonderful job, lady! :)
-- Thomas - There is no such thing as a problem, there only are solutions.
justoneofme
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#8 posted 237 days ago
That’s a really nice looking set Barb! Does anybody ever write letters anymore?!! At any rate this will look divine … even if just used for jotting down notes!
-- Elaine in Duncan
lightweightladylefty
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#9 posted 237 days ago
Barb,
Delightfully elegant!
L/W
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Lee A. Jesberger
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#10 posted 237 days ago
That looks great, Barb.
Curly Koa is a beautiful wood. I have a big stash of curly koa veneer I’m saving for something special. Don’t know what that is just yet, though.
Lee
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#11 posted 237 days ago
The difference between a woodworker and a master is how well you can fix your mistakes!
-- Fine Custom Woodwork since 1978
Grumpymike
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#12 posted 237 days ago
We are our own worst critic. I don’t think that any of us build a project with out something that needs some sort of fix … that is why we do it.
Lovely and elegant desk set; a project well done.
-- Grumpy old guy, and lookin' good Doin' it.
Dusty56
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#13 posted 237 days ago
Barb ,This is one of the sets I got from Rockler and put to use with some Purpleheart : )
-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.
BarbS
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#14 posted 236 days ago
Nice, Dusty! and exactly the same. Thanks for showing those.
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Dusty56
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#15 posted 236 days ago
I thank you , Barb : )
-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.
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