As so often happens, we had wood and an idea and sought to find out how they went together. Having learned hard lessons, we started with scrap pine to test our approach.
After using the table saw to make .75-inch rods, we set up a rig to make sure all our pieces were of uniform length. We needed twelve pieces in all.
At each end we made two 45-degree cuts.
Here's what it looks like from the business end.
Let's pause for a quick diversion. As you know we've been into squares and cubes and played around with another, open concept.
That worked ok but would have been impossible to stain or finish. So right now it's on our work table holding a couple pens. More importantly, we created a simple rig to hold the pieces in place while they dried.
We now return you to today's project where we laid out our twelve pieces in the mold, glued all the corners, and set it aside to dry.
The result was another type of open cube, but this time much easier to finish. This pine example came out ok, so we filled in the gaps, sanded, and painted everything.
Before we reveal how that turned out, we went back to the shop to create what we'd originally intended. Again we needed twelve pieces but this time made four each of different woods--cherry, Kentucky coffee tree, and something else (the darkest one).
That yielded this little guy...
And his green-on-yellow buddy.
Our next challenge, after we make or find a stand, is to figure out how to start making curved surfaces with this beauty that someone very kindly gifted to us.
Happy woodworking.
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