Walnut and Brass Plant Stand
harrison17 Dec 26, 2019
My amazing wife bought me a Festool Domino and gave it to me last week for an early Christmas, so the least I could do was make her something. I finished it Christmas morning, right in the nick of time. I found a great piece of riftsawn walnut and threw in some brass to liven it up a little. Finished with Odie's Oil
#walunt #plantstand #brass #festool #domino
Finished photos first
What started the whole process. I'm a lucky guy
Brainstorming some designs
This was in the shorts bin at my lumberyard. As soon as I saw it I knew it was the one
Getting things dimensioned. Not pictured are my planer and bandsaw. I hate ripping by hand. I used to dimension everything with just hand planes, but I'll never give up my planer now that I've used one
Gratuitous shaving shot
Ganging up the pieces
Some nice endgrain squaring things up
Adding the curves
Ready for the bandsaw
I was in a hurry and didn't take any pictures. I used an oscillating spindle sand, spokeshaves, and card scrapers to smooth these out
Cleaning up the tapers
Fine tuning the half laps. I think they're harder to cut by hand than dovetails
Parts are finished
Practice so I don't screw up everything
Almost idiot proof. But it worked!
Glue up time
Flushing things up with a card scraper
Cut my brass pieces
Some 5 minute epoxy
I really underestimated how long it would take me to file these down. I got nervous and left them longer than I needed to, which didn't help either
Chamfering the tops
marking the legs to get rid of wobble
All ready for finish. Everything sanded to 600 grit
I've been using Odie's Oil a lot lately. Super easy to use. I apply it with a white Scotchbrite pad, buffing into the grain, let dry for an hour, and buff off. Super simple
And done on Christmas morning
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Nicely done on the design and grain choice! The brass accents are a nice touch as well. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Sean! It was a fun little project
The domino is amazing, isn't it!?
It's going to completely change the way I work. It's hard to find time to do things as is, but the Domino is going to help so much
Very nice! I have been toying with brass inlay lately. I found it sands very easily with a power sander. In fact, I was struggling with 45 degree angles for brass inlay into a picture frame and finally realized if I set my oscillating sander table to 45 degrees I could very quickly just sand the corners to 45. I imagine a shooting board would work as well.
I have been looking at the dominos since my biscuit jointer hasn't been working lately. Maybe for my birthday!
Once I had it filed down enough it sanded flush really easily. I don't have a belt sander or a sanding table. Sounds like you have it figured out on the miters!
From my limited use on the Domino it's going to be fantastic to have around. Highly recommend
I love it! Exquisitely designed, and flawlessly executed.