Roubo bookstands w/carvewright

Well, My 2 sons' school is having a carnival this Friday and they have a silent auction to raise funds for the classrooms every year.
LOML and I were going to just give a few bucks or a case or two of copy paper (their classrooms are ALWAYS running low on copy paper) but when my wife mentioned that to my oldest's teacher she remarked "thank you... but... I was kindof hoping your husband could do a little something that he made if it wasn't too much trouble"-- and that she and other teachers were looking forward to seeing what I came up with...
How could I resist a compliment like that...
Theme of my youngest's class auction is Mexican or Italian- so LOML bought an italian cookbook and I made a stand with my carvewright. It was my first "roubo style" done on the Carvewright and it cut (significantly) down on the time it took to make a stand as compared to chopping them by hand (I did this for my last one)
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...901024x768.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...921024x768.jpg
The wood is domestic conifer with a quick hit of shellac followed by a gel stain (minwax oak)
For my youngest I made a stand that is in line with the school mascot-- I'll judge the reactions by the teachers and it is possible I'll make a bunch as teachers' gifts. The total cost of these (1x8x22 for each piece) is well under $2 per stand and the carve goes VERY quickly (around 30 minutes) I made one with a sled and a 1x8 the other I just skipped the sled and used a 1x10 and carved in the "center"
I'm going to give it a bit of shellac and acrylic paints in the lettering and outline tomorrow.
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...831024x768.jpg
The notch in the front allows me to seperate the top part without bandsawing the entire top-- I only need to cut off about 2 inches. This significantly cuts down on the fudge factor when resawing.
Thanks for looking
Lawrence

Lawrence....those both came out very nicely. I'm sure they will be a great hit at the action and with the teachers. You'd better stock up on wood because of all the requests you are going to get in the future.

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Originally Posted by lawrence

Well, My 2 sons' school is having a carnival this Friday and they have a silent auction to raise funds for the classrooms every year.
LOML and I were going to just give a few bucks or a case or two of copy paper (their classrooms are ALWAYS running low on copy paper) but when my wife mentioned that to my oldest's teacher she remarked "thank you... but... I was kindof hoping your husband could do a little something that he made if it wasn't too much trouble"-- and that she and other teachers were looking forward to seeing what I came up with...
How could I resist a compliment like that...
Theme of my youngest's class auction is Mexican or Italian- so LOML bought an italian cookbook and I made a stand with my carvewright. It was my first "roubo style" done on the Carvewright and it cut (significantly) down on the time it took to make a stand as compared to chopping them by hand (I did this for my last one)
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...901024x768.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...921024x768.jpg
The wood is domestic conifer with a quick hit of shellac followed by a gel stain (minwax oak)
For my youngest I made a stand that is in line with the school mascot-- I'll judge the reactions by the teachers and it is possible I'll make a bunch as teachers' gifts. The total cost of these (1x8x22 for each piece) is well under $2 per stand and the carve goes VERY quickly (around 30 minutes) I made one with a sled and a 1x8 the other I just skipped the sled and used a 1x10 and carved in the "center"
I'm going to give it a bit of shellac and acrylic paints in the lettering and outline tomorrow.
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...831024x768.jpg
The notch in the front allows me to seperate the top part without bandsawing the entire top-- I only need to cut off about 2 inches. This significantly cuts down on the fudge factor when resawing.
Thanks for looking
Lawrence

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Nice job! but a question and I'm sure it's just me. I don't understand how it gets assembled, I thought about making one for my niece and nephew.

Thanks,
Jim

That's the magic of these stands.... there is no assembly.... you carve it, cut the knuckles free (pic 1), bandsaw the pieces free (pic 3) and bob's your uncle. These assembly pics are from one I made without the carvewright, but you can get the idea from it.

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...451024x768.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...461024x768.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...491024x768.jpg

Chris Schwarz recently did a video on how he made his by hand-- again, the carvewright version is simpler but the idea is the same
Here's a link to the free video
http://www.popularwoodworking.com/te...ding-bookstand

Hope this helps
Lawrence

Lawrence great job again. I liked the idea of the slot and cutting from that part. And thanks for your MPC of the project.

Jim --- Here are two websites you may want to look at

part 1 http://littlegoodpieces.wordpress.co...kstand-part-1/
part 2 http://littlegoodpieces.wordpress.co...kstand-part-2/

Lawrence does a great job of describing it too. Or do searches on the internet, there are many examples available.

2 more pics including the final painted coyote one... THe bucket is a "salsa" kit with pepper, tomato, and cilantro seeds, soil, propogators, and plant tags to make salsa

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...121024x768.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u...061024x768.jpg

Lawrence

Love your creativity and how you get to the basics of a project. Thanks as always for sharing this one.

Ah I think I get it now.I also came across this video http://youtu.be/JU-rncivcdk