This show is all about bending your wood.
Oh yeah, and...
Microjig
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A viewer to the show sent me a bunch of these
hardwood flooring cut-offs.
There's some beautiful pieces here
I've got some wenge and for this project,
I'm going to use zebrawood.
I'll cut off the bad spots and then
cut it into strips.
This scrap 2x4 is going to make it a lot safer
to cut out these thin strips along this board
First I'll square up the edges.
I'm going to stick these together using hot glue.
With my zero clearance insert in place,
I can cut out really thin strips.
The zebrawood seems to bend really nicely.
Some woods bend a lot easier than others.
Oak is a good wood for bending.
The thinner you cut your strips
the easier it's going to be to bend them.
My bending form is just a couple pieces
of plywood with holes in it.
I'm going to stick a dowel in this one
and this one.
And I'll screw this scrap board in place.
This sheet of waxed paper will keep the glue
from sticking to the form.
It's important that you don't miss any spots
when you're gluing up these strips.
I'll start pulling this in with a clamp.
Sometimes there are spots that don't glue together right
so I just give them an additional clamp.
For anything larger, you probably want to make
some curved forms so you and get
more even clamping pressure.
Not too bad, there are a few little gaps in here
but I'll just reglue those.
I'll attach this cutting template with spray adhesive.
And I'll use my sanders to do a lot of shaping.
I'll use this other template to cut out the base.
After drying overnight, I'm giving this a final sanding.
One thing I've done is I've sanded this part down
to a taper. It seems to hold the razor a lot better.
Several coats of spray lacquer will protect this
from moisture.
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I'm thrilled with the way this turned out.
Bending wood is a lot of fun.
If you would like to try to make this razor stand yourself,
check down in the description for a free template
you can print out and cut out.
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Woodworking for Mere Mortals, welcome!
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within them to make just about anything.
It's not that difficult and doesn't cost you a lot of money.
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my outro with that morning sunlight coming right in here.
It's pretty dramatic isn't it?
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