woodworking plans napkin holder

hi, alan stratton from as wood turns (www.aswoodturn.com)mother’s day is approaching. so i asked my wife what she would like for mother’sday. now, she knows that i’m a woodturner. especially since she’s my principal designconsultant. so she said, how about a napkin holder.so let’s make a walnut napkin holder for mother’s day.i’m starting with the base. i’ve mounted a chunk of walnut on a screw chuck. first,i’m flattening the face as the cut across the board was somewhat tapered. then i’mrounding the blank. i find it easier to cut the perimeter by cutting from the face acrossthe edge. that way i’m cutting into side grain instead of end grain. then i’m switchingaround to the other side to cut away the last

flange so that it does not break away andshatter wood on the opposite face. next i’m cutting a mortise for use in mountingthe blank to a scroll chuck in expansion mode. since it’s on the face, i can check themortise with my chuck jaws before i take it off.now, i’ve flipped the stock over and remounted it into the mortise onto my scroll chuck inexpansion mode. i stopped for a bit to drizzle thin ca glue into a crack in the blank. ineed to thin the stock down a lot. with the wood thin enough, i’m startingto profile the edge when …..apparently, that crack was larger than expected. the caglue was not enough. oh well, i put yellow glue in the joint, clamped it, and workedother parts for a while.

the glue is dry enough now for me to proceed.i want the top of this wood to be absolutely flat – so i’m using a sanding board toflatten it then profile the edge before a thorough sanding.now to apply mylands friction polish on the front side.with the top side complete, i’ll mount it into my home-made cole jaws to hollow theunderside just a little bit before applying finish to the underside.now for the upright sides. they are very similar to the basethe blank with corners clipped is mounted to a screw chuck. again, i’ll flatten theface before cutting across the outer rim by cutting into the side grain. again, i movethe tool rest to cut the remaining irregular

flange to avoid splitting good wood. thencut a mortise for mounting. i removed most of the wood with a gouge then cleaned up theedge with my skew as a scraper. then remount the wood to a scroll chuck inexpansion mode. this time, i decided to drill a hole in the middle of the side pieces. afterwards,cutting in a flowing profile that i trust will be pleasing, i’ll sand and finish thisside that will be the outer side of the napkin holder.next, i’ll burn a line into the edge for a little more interest. black against thebrown walnut will be a subtle addition. then touch up the edge just a bit before applyingfinish. finally for the sides, i’ve mounted thewood into my cole jaws to profile and finish

the opposite side that will be the interiorof the holder. i’m using a round nose scraper. with the three pieces shaped and finished,i need to trim off the side pieces to fit flat to the base. i thought a lot about howto cut these round pieces safely. i settled on using double stick tape to mount the sidesto a board. then i can safely cut a flat with a table saw sled.now for the really tricky part where to drill the holes to mount the sides to the base.first, i’m positioning the sides then marking their position before drilling holes downthru the base. then i countersunk the holes on the bottom, then drilled a hole up forscrews. even then i had a small whoops with one screw.and here we are. a napkin holder for my wife

for mother’s day. it’s a nice piece, nottoo heavy not too light. nice color for a beautiful one of a kind, functional piece.she likes it. that’s all for this video. please subscribeto both my website and youtube channel. please always wear your full face shield –gogglesare not enough. until next time, this is alan stratton from as wood turns dot com.