Woodbox 23

Now that the spam problem is solved.

Check out the display stand design I came up with for my pens.

I went through like 3 designs before I settled on this one. I was trying to be too complicated on my other designs, this one is simple, easy to make and assemble, and looks good. The material is (naturally) bamboo! I scored some Timbergrass Bamboo flooring pieces at a local recycling store. I got a small bundle of the stuff, it’s like 3/4″ thick, with tounge and groove edges, and about four feet long. As you can see in the pick, it’s contructed of laminated strips of bamboo. Although easy stuff to work with, it does tend to break of long splinters at the edges, but I’ve found that sanding the edges round with my belt sander does the trick.

The notches I did by taking 2 square sticks of the stuff, butt them up against each other into my drill press vise, and use a fornster bit to drill a hole down the middle, where the two meet. Voila! Instant half circle cut outs! I did go a little too fast with the drill press, and burnt the bamboo a bit as you can see. It does burn fairly quicklyu. Just taking it slower and clearing chips often does wonders.

–Badger