Turned these tonight, and cut the steel stock yesterday. I'm sure its apparent what these will end up becoming. There's one more in the works to complete a set of 4.
I decided to take a shot at making these based on some Youtube tutorials. The wood is some poplar I bought on the cheap (from 8/4 stock 10in wide, I got a 10 ft piece for $5 because it was twisted) - it is stained with Minwax "Provincial". The steel rod is from the BORG, 3/8in square x 3ft length for ~$7. When done, the handles will be ~13 inches, and the rod will extend another ~6 inches; so I'll likely have $40 total invested for what retails for ~$400 from Rockler, Woodcraft, etc.
Thanks for looking.
I decided to take a shot at making these based on some Youtube tutorials. The wood is some poplar I bought on the cheap (from 8/4 stock 10in wide, I got a 10 ft piece for $5 because it was twisted) - it is stained with Minwax "Provincial". The steel rod is from the BORG, 3/8in square x 3ft length for ~$7. When done, the handles will be ~13 inches, and the rod will extend another ~6 inches; so I'll likely have $40 total invested for what retails for ~$400 from Rockler, Woodcraft, etc.
Thanks for looking.
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