Born out of Boredom

[Bruce Cohen]

Since I finished my last box, "Puerta al cielo de noche" which roughly translates to "The road to your dreams at night" (kinda got a bit poetic there), and haven't come up with another one to build yet. And totally bummed out by Sandy, which only knocked out our phones and tV and internet for a few days, I decided to do something so I didn't start talking to the walls.
For my birthday this past summer, my wife bought me a Nook Tablet. Took to leaning it against a napkin holder to stand it up in the morning. So I built a Nook holder. Took longer to finish than it took to build. Had some re-sawn Tigre Caspi left over from another box (it didn't get finished) so I wasted some time and built a lesser mouse trap.
The ebony was also scrap (if one can ever call it that), and I figured I jazz it up some.
Anyway, here it is, a "non-box"




Bruce

[Bill in Buena Park]

A beautiful piece Bruce. Really like the grain and finish.

[LCHIEN]

looks like the angle is fixed. Did you just measure your favorite angle?

[Two Much]

Since I finished my last box, "Puerta al cielo de noche" which roughly translates to "The road to your dreams at night" (kinda got a bit poetic there), and haven't come up with another one to build yet. And totally bummed out by Sandy, which only knocked out our phones and tV and internet for a few days, I decided to do something so I didn't start talking to the walls.
For my birthday this past summer, my wife bought me a Nook Tablet. Took to leaning it against a napkin holder to stand it up in the morning. So I built a Nook holder. Took longer to finish than it took to build. Had some re-sawn Tigre Caspi left over from another box (it didn't get finished) so I wasted some time and built a lesser mouse trap.
The ebony was also scrap (if one can ever call it that), and I figured I jazz it up some.
Anyway, here it is, a "non-box"

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Bruce

very cool....both the idea and design, as well as the finished product.

[BobSch]

Very nice, I like the combination of woods (you have a scrap pile that's MUCH better stocked than mine!).

Mine if I use your design for my Kindle?

[dbhost]

I am about to upgrade my phone to the Galaxy Note II (Have an HTC Inspire 4G which has been nice, but want an even BIGGER screen. Yeah I know, brick like, but who cares, with my eyeballs screen real estate is king...), anyway I digress, I like watching Netflix on the phone in the shop, but I am never able to get it to stand up without sliding down. Even with the kickstand that came with the Otterbox. This would be a great solution. Maybe add a pair of external speakers to the rig. Catch a little Frazier while doing my measuring / marking...

Consider this idea swiped...

[Bruce Cohen]

looks like the angle is fixed. Did you just measure your favorite angle?

I actually sat down and placed the Nook at the most comfortable angle against my trusty napkin holder and measured the angle with a sliding bevel.

Anyone know a way to cut the dado at a pre determined angle, without using a stacked dado on the table saw.

As to the design, consider it in "Public Domain", I doubt I can lay claim to the design, as I probably swiped it from somewhere.
Or, if you prefer, consider it an early Christmas gift.

Bruce

I also toyed with the idea of making a compartment to hold the charger/A/C adapter. Just ran out of steam when I came to that part.

[Shep]

I like it!

[JimD]

I like the stand and might make one but for now, I use this with my Samsung Galaxy 7" tablet:

http://www.amazon.com/MoKo-Slim-Fit-Samsung-Galaxy-Multi-Angle/dp/B00671L9A6/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1353435431&sr=1-2&keywords=case+for+samsung+galaxy+tab+2+7.0

It works OK but the tablet doesn't stay in the notches that hold it at an angle if you move around (I'm usually using it on my gut in the recliner). I also have a Zagg Flex keyboard for it and the case for the keyboard is a stand for the tablet. It works better as a stand.

A "real" stand would work even better, however.

Netflix works pretty well on my tablet, by the way.

Jim

[Bruce Cohen]

Jim, If I saw that for my Nook, I'd probably have gotten it. And I would have made the stand for holding cook books. Although I'd had to use Poly as the top coat and not just my usual 3 coats of Watco and two coats of Liberon wax.

Bruce

[Zenaca]

That is one nice looking piece you came up with there. I really like it!!!!!!

Now why didn't i think of that! I made something similar a couple years ago for the wife's little hand held poker game just a couple pieces of pine traced the shape of the game and used the router to hollow out for the game to sit snugly in.

I guess i will have to borrow your design kinda, and make one for my kindle to sit in.

Now just where i will find such nice scrap i don't know yet but i will look around to see what we can come up with. Cause a book deserves a little nicer stand .





Bud

[BadeMillsap]

REALLY nice Bruce! Using "scraps"/ffcuts is one of my favorite things.

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[Bruce Cohen]

That is one nice looking piece you came up with there. I really like it!!!!!!

Now why didn't i think of that! I made something similar a couple years ago for the wife's little hand held poker game just a couple pieces of pine traced the shape of the game and used the router to hollow out for the game to sit snugly in.

I guess i will have to borrow your design kinda, and make one for my kindle to sit in.

Now just where i will find such nice scrap i don't know yet but i will look around to see what we can come up with. Cause a book deserves a little nicer stand .





Bud

First, many thanks for the nice words, its good hearing other woodworkers opinions, even if they are negative.

I get my wood from either cookwoods.com or wodworkersource.com. Both are web suppliers and in the two or three years I've been dealing with them, I've always been satisfied. Cook has a better selection and most of the stock is pictured and what you see, is what you get. A bit pricy, but I make mostly jewelry boxes and usually re-saw, so the cost isn't as bad as it seems.

Again, thanks for the kind words and have a happy Thanksgiving.

Bruce

[ironhat]

Utilitarian yet aesthetically pleasing. And, I finally got your wood sources out of you!

[chopnhack]

Wonderful work! I dont know why I didnt see this the first go around, sorry for the late comment.