I was playing with the idea of making a napkin holder (not rings) with a lathe. The result would be round but yet hold the napkins vertically. Part of the thought was to make the holder look like two circles standing vertically then attached on the bottom with a block of some sort to hold the circles together. Then I wondered if anyone had ever been able to make a napkin holder of one piece of wood and perhaps cut the center out with a saw after attaching a base at the bottom. Anyone every tried anything like this or know of any plans or pictures? Searching this group brings up lots of things on napkin rings but I did not see anything on holders. Thanks.
napkin holder
Sep 16, 2008
3 Replies
I think that was enough information to be entirely confusing. I think your best bet would be to post a drawing somewhere that give a rendition of what you are thinking, then I'll bet you will get a lot of help.
Robert
I understood. Think clamshell. He wants a big disk with a slot in it that doesn't go all the way through.
Hot glue to a block, or to a jig that rides the table saw fence, and cut in a couple passes to max depth. If that isn't deep enough, similar setup on the band saw, but good luck getting in there to clean it up.
How about turning 2 disks about 6" in diameter with a design that allows finishing both sides, cut off a flat on the edge of each using bandsaw or tablesaw. Then turn a base about 3 - 4" in diameter and glue/pin the flat of the disks to the base.
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