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I first saw this on the show NCIS down in Gibbs's basement. He was doing some woodworking on his Boat and had it on the table. Then it appeared in the woodworking magazine Shopnotes. This was a filler project in between the 11 panel glue of veneer for Blondie's Bridal chest. With 11 panels requiring both sides to be clamped 4 hours under pressure it's taking a bit of time.

http://50.115.35.242/Ken90712/blog/35256

I made this out of ½ scrap piece of plywood I had laying around and left over Alder. The middle storage area was cut 22.5 degrees. The circle was cut with a router and a quick jig at aprox 19 inches Dia. I drilled holes in two of the stand-offs and cut dadoes in the other two. The hardest part is figuring out what tools you want to put in them for you to make the holes and dadoes sizes.

I didn't have another piece of ply wood to cut a 2nd circle to make the rail that goes around it. So I used a cpl brass screws, not that it needed it.

I had some brown stain that was a cpl yrs old and figured it might be going bad so why not use it. I think it looked better natural color but what the heck. I sprayed it with a heavy coat of Shellac to keep the sawdust from sticking to it some. I bought a 12 inch lazy susan from Austin's Hardwoods for about 10 bucks.

Its a fun quick east project to fill in the dead time between glue ups.

All comments welcome.

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Nice job! And functional. I wish I had the room for something like that.
Thanks for posting.
 

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That looks good but!..........

How did Gibbs get the boat out of the basement? LOL
 

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THX Plantek,

Dallas I ask my self that very thing…LOL
 

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Beautiful!

COOL man COOL!

Nice change of pace!

Thank you!
 

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Looks very handy and well made too.
 

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Ken it might be a fill in but it is a great project
It has a Star Trek look to it, just amazing
Looks good in both stained and natural, I think that the natural
just photographs better though.

Jamie
 

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Neat!
Wonder what rule Gibbs uses for this one?
 

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Cool project. Sure to be very useful.
 

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I saw these plans and love that show, one of the few TV shows I take the time to follow or even watch. You did a real nice job on this, really like the finish.

CtL
 

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We shall call it the "lazy lumberjock"! Cool project, everything where you need it.
 

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Great job on a awesome project Ken, but, lol, i believe Jethro might keep an old dirty jar to pour Agent Tobias Fornell a stiff drink in place of your baby powder. Just an assumption.
 

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I had my secretary…sorry, ADMIN, order a plastic one of these for one of my offices (I have two, but don't envy me, that just means I'm doing twice the work). One has a door, the other is a Dilbert cubicle. I got a chuckle out of the IT guy when I said that, getting the second phone set up. I'll probably get some stick-on paper to make it look like wood. No time for wood, no time for my car hobby…something's gotta give. Wah wah…
 

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Looks like something I need to build for my fly tying tools. Nice job.
 

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Very good use of your spare time Ken … looks like it works well too!! I'm also a fan of NCSI. Looking forward to seeing all your pressed panels come together!!
 

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Have seen this many a time on NCIS, very nicely made wish I had somewhere to put one.
Good job
 
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