Woodworking

Yes.

It's my first (ever so simple) 'glue-up' on the base.

Dowel connections for the uprights.

I'm gaining steam on
simple woodworking projects.




This coasters, two-piece base and uprights are all from a random board in my barn.

The coasters can be made into a puzzle by matching the grain.
 
Any ideas on how to make funnel with curved sides, with the curve being a fixed radius? Think trombone bell flare. I don't have a wood lathe, and want to use .75" plywood. I'm ok with it being a square funnel if that's a bit easier. What I don't know is what curve I'd need on the edges of the 4 pieces of a square funnel, so they all meet. I tried experimenting with cardboard, and so far both a convex and concave radius matching the bell curve radius of the sides does not work, neither does just cutting the sides straight. If I knew the formula I could plot the curve on the sheet, then cut and bend it.

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Thanks, I found a few calculators. That should get me going, then I can sand and smooth it out. I might just cut the sides of the middle square straight or trapezoidal, curve it via notch bending or stacked curves, and fill in the corners with staves.
 
I went back to the cardboard and found that I can cut them at a 45 like in my drawing, curve them, overlap one on the other and trace a line to cut, then flatten and cut. I should be able to do that to all as long as the plywood holds together well with a kerf bend method.
 
I'm a little reluctant to post this here cause it barely constitutes woodworking, but this is more for the concept, so if someone was interested they could spend more than the 10 seconds I did on it...

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It's a soap dish! :^D What makes it cool is it allows the soap to dry out, and keeps it from getting slimy. This particular one was cut in a piece of willow. My chain was a little aggressive, and it ripped the shit out of the wood, but I don't care. It does what itms supposed to do. It could be done nice with proper woodworking tools.

Oh, and the soap is Biggs & Featherbelle. they're local soap makers, and I highly recommend them. The blueish bar is "Fixins Bar". It has pumice in it kind of like Lava. The other is from a random ends box. The two I really recommend are "Grizzly Bar" and "Poppa Bar". They smell like trees. I don't like normal mass market soaps. They smell like Port-A-Pot chemicals.

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