Honey Dippers: Nick Weighs In – Woodworking | Blog | Videos | Plans

Chris Marshall wasn’t the one contestant who took inspiration instantly from our hive-constructing honey makers. Nick Brady additionally took their cues when designing his eye-catching honey dipper holder. Here’s Nick’s fast rundown of how he made it as a result of I’m positive a lot of you’re questioning. So am I! And in the event you haven’t carried out so already, you should definitely vote to your favourite honey dipper for an opportunity to win a prize.

“Using a combination of walnut, cherry, maple and a couple of pieces of ash, I made several 3/4″ x 3/4″-square pieces which I then put through a purpose-built jig on the table saw to rip a bunch of long narrow hexagons. Cutting them into 5”-long items and marking their parallel faces, I used to be off to do the glue-up! Extended-time wooden glue, a few band clamps and a 3-sided gluing jig to assist preserve all the pieces in line enabled me to attach up the clean. I used Rockler’s carbide-insert turning tools and a big Forstner bit to show this glue-lined mess of a clean into the neat little holder you see right here. I made the deal with for my honey dipper utilizing Rockler’s new silicone casting molds and blue-tinted epoxy resin. This was a enjoyable and difficult piece to make!”

Rob Johnstone, Woodworker’s Journal

Making Coasters with Epoxy Coaster Molds

These wooden and epoxy coasters are an ideal DIY venture to make use of up scraps of wooden you’ve round your store. It’s additionally an ideal alternative to make a venture with epoxy with out having to buy gallons of it. We used Alumilite Amazing Clear Cast Epoxy and Rockler Silicone Coaster Casting Molds. The abilities you study on this venture could be utilized to creating bigger epoxy tasks, reminiscent of river tables and deep pour tasks.

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Hand software woodworking will get a exercise on this liquor storage cupboard that includes hand-reduce dovetails.

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