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My daughter Tracey, wanted me make her some plant
hangers which sounded like a nice project. She told me some parameters, how many
she wanted and said whatever species
of wood I'd like to use would be fine with her. There will be two sizes;
8" X 5" X 1.250" and 7" X 4.5" X 1.0". The wood type for the larger ones
will be mahogany and the smaller ones will be alder and black walnut.
And they all will have two holes each for mounting.
Working With Wood
If you look close at the board on the left (alder) you
can see some L shapes that are in pencil. This should give you an idea
what I'll be making. The black walnut on the right will need to be glued
together, so I've jointed the edges of all those pieces. With that being
said, let's get started.
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Before I took this picture, I had already
glued the sides together making my flat pieces that you see below. Now
I'm gluing my 1/2" pieces together to make-up my one inch thickness.
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Here is the mahogany that I'm running through my thickness planer. I
stopped at 1.25" thickness.
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Next I squared my work piece on my table saw.
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I'm using a 1 3/8" diameter Forstner bit at the corner of each hanger.
The third hole that you see was a test to make sure nothing weird
happened.
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Next I cut away the waste, but stayed away from my line.
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Then I trimmed the ends on my table saw.
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To make sure all my pieces were the same length, I used a work stop.
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Here I'm using my milling machine to cut the inside tangent to the
larger radius. I'm using a work stop on the left and two in the rear so
every part repeats.
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Next I switched setups to put in a notch where the plant will hang from.
I'm using a 3/4" diameter end mill for this.
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