Drawing Book Stands

[Phil]

Spent the afternoon drawing some potential book stand for DIL friend.

I am not creative and think like an accountant in square boxes.

The book stand






However ...................

Creativity springs forth from unknown sources.
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The creativity driver
Simonsvlei Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 - it was an excellent year and at 17 years still in excellent condition
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Just find the gout pills! :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Malc2098]

Where are you going to get a dachshund that thin?!

 

[StevieB]

Make it 18mm thick and you can use ready planed timber.....

 

[Phil]

Where are you going to get a dachshund that thin?!

True!
Being in lock-down I am afraid the 8Kg I lost is slowly finding it's way back.


If I had a bandsaw I would have tried a 3D dog.

 

[Phil]

Make it 18mm thick and you can use ready planed timber.....

The SA Pine-crap is already planed to 20mm, it is shelving timber.
I could stick it through the TP and take it down to 15mm, would look less 'chunky'.


I will present 2 alternatives to DIL

1. Pine all round, stained, dog slightly darker, and then sealed with a PU sealer.

2. 12mm MDF for the stand and the dog in 20mm Pine. The dog will be stained darker and sealed with PU sealer. The MDF I will seal with a 50/50 Gorilla and water. I can then spray it with what ever colour or she can do the finishing. DIL is very arty-crafty and does excellent decoupage.

 

[max power]

I'd find some decent hardwood Phil, the end result will be so much nicer.

 

[Phil]

Max, this will probably be a non-paying exercise, so the cost sits with me.

I agree, would look great in some Oak or Mahogany.

Might just do one out of scrap MDF and the see if the proportions look ok.

 

[max power]

Good idea Phil, I just noticed it was for your daughter in laws friend, so mdf is the way to go

 

[Phil]

I have progressed on this, still want to do a write up.

HOWEVER, disaster struck this afternoon.

I was painting the second coat of acrylic, bumped the table and the back end of the stand-dog fell onto the floor.
The dings in the corner are easy to deal with but the tail has a nasty crack.

I packed up as I was on my to losing my temper and would have destroyed the whole lot.

 

[Malc2098]

Phil, I had a dog once with a bent tail, a car it him. The vets kept the tail rather than amputate.

 

[Pinch]

It sounds like you were about to have a John Cleese moment, only with a hammer. :lol:

Interesting little project Phil.

 

[AndyP]

is it worth snapping it off altogether. Reglue, fill, sand and paint.

 

[Phil]

Phil, I had a dog once with a bent tail, a car it him. The vets kept the tail rather than amputate.

Thanks Malc.

"Tail or not to tail" that is the big question :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Phil]

It sounds like you were about to have a John Cleese moment, only with a hammer. :lol:

Interesting little project Phil.

It was Paul, very interesting, until the mishap.

 

[Phil]

is it worth snapping it off altogether. Reglue, fill, sand and paint.

I gave that some consideration yesterday (4lb hammer :twisted: :twisted: ), will leave it for a couple of days till I cool off and see if it can be saved or binned.

The second alternative is re-doing it in Pine.
I used up all the MDF bits and pieces.

 

[Phil]

Did a patch up job, wiggled it up and down, forced lots of glue in, the strapped it in place.

The glue shrinks and will leave a line, so I will do a bit of scraping and sanding and then maybe some filler.

 

[Malc2098]

Good job.

 

[Pinch]

Phil, will you be actually carving the wood to form a figure of the dog?

 

[Phil]

Phil, will you be actually carving the wood to form a figure of the dog?

Paul, this is as good as it will get. Cutting this on the scrollsaw was already a challenge due to the thickness of the MDF.

With a bandsaw and thin blade it could be cut 3D like the reindeer's that I cut for Xmas.


It looks fine in profile from the side.


The patch job looks ok, sanded and undercoat. Will see if it needs more 'fiddling'''

 

[Phil]

Ok, this has eventually been completed.
The tail repair looks fine.

It now has brown felt underneath with the leather piece sticking out. This is for the book to stand on so that the stands don’t move apart.



Completed



Painting the dog ……………..

Tail painted, a bit darker than what I was expecting.



Final coat on the front and back, ready to be delivered to DIL. She will now paint the ears, mouth etc. in black. She has a better steadier hand then what I have.

It is only 4 months later than when it was supposed to be completed.
(when you are retired there is no such thing as a deadline)




Phil

 

[Malc2098]

Nice, Phil.

 

[Doug]

I like them reminds me of a couple of similar bookends my mum had when I was a kid with owls instead of a dog, neat ideal with the pieces of leather :eusa-clap:

 

[Phil]

Nice, Phil.

Thanks Malc

I like them reminds me of a couple of similar bookends my mum had when I was a kid with owls instead of a dog, neat ideal with the pieces of leather :eusa-clap:

Thanks Doug.

The woodwork part is ok. The painting not my forte.

 

[Woodbloke]

I was painting the second coat of acrylic, bumped the table and the back end of the stand-dog fell onto the floor.
The dings in the corner are easy to deal with but the tail has a nasty crack.

I packed up as I was on my to losing my temper and would have destroyed the whole lot.

In my 'shop that would have been known as 'bandsaw fodder' :lol: - Rob

 

[Phil]

I was painting the second coat of acrylic, bumped the table and the back end of the stand-dog fell onto the floor.
The dings in the corner are easy to deal with but the tail has a nasty crack.

I packed up as I was on my to losing my temper and would have destroyed the whole lot.

In my 'shop that would have been known as 'bandsaw fodder' :lol: - Rob

Fortunately/unfortunately I do not have a bandsaw.

However in a fit of temper I have thrown a project on the floor and destoyed it. The cars had a few close misses

 

[Cabinetman]

Bronze bookends from my grandparents feature a lion sat on its haunches, it’s got three legs looking at it from the front and two more when you look at the back, silly thing is it wouldn’t look right without all five.
I do like that idea of a little bit of leather, I shall have to remember that. Ian

 

[Phil]

I do like that idea of a little bit of leather, I shall have to remember that. Ian

I cut some small brass strips, but the issue was screwing them on and then possibly scratching the surface of where they will be used.

This is the bottom with brown felt (specified) and the leather strip (underside).
The leather is A-grade as used in BMW (Blik Met Wiele 'tin can with wheels') seats.
The felt and leather are the same thickness, the felt was cut to accommodate the leather.