Doug Collins
12-06-2006, 1:48 PM
Thought I'd share a neat idea that I got from my mother. She purchased a similar item on a recent trip to England. I copied the original fairly closely, then just started turning them out of whatever I had handy. With the exception of the purpleheart, the others are just from wood out of my neighbors woodpile.
The center is drilled out to hold spare sewing needles. I'm going to give them to all the girls in the family at Christmas, but they're kind of fun to just practice on.
I turned them on my Turncrafter Midi lathe and finished them with just some shellac and carnauba wax. Probably not a real durable finish, but it's quick and easy to touch up.
Hopefully I got the attachments posted ok.
The center is drilled out to hold spare sewing needles. I'm going to give them to all the girls in the family at Christmas, but they're kind of fun to just practice on.
I turned them on my Turncrafter Midi lathe and finished them with just some shellac and carnauba wax. Probably not a real durable finish, but it's quick and easy to touch up.
Hopefully I got the attachments posted ok.