Remote Caddie

[lew]

My brother and his wife asked me to build them a “remote caddyâ€. My first reaction- No Problem! But, again, I think I allowed my mouth to override my butt.

This is the design they wanted. It is about 4â€W x 6â€L x 4â€H.

I thought, I could create the layers- with holes- and them glue them together. 

I made mine of Oak, Maple, Walnut and Cherry. I measures about 4†x 6†x 5â€. Finish is oil based poly.

I ended up making a jig to cut out the holes.

 

Rough cut the holes using my scroll saw.

 

Then used the jig to rout to holes to the final dimensions. The router bit was a spiral flush cut bearing bit. This bit worked so much better than the straight cutting pattern bit I first tried. Less burning and a smoother cut.

 

A finished piece-

 

The pieces were cut over sized to be able to better fasten them to the template. I tried double sided sticky tape but that didn't hold. I ended up using pin nails around the perimeter. Then trimmed the pieces on sliding table jig-

 

Once all of the pieces were cut, I had to figure out how to keep them aligned during the glueup process. Ended up making an alignment key from a scrap of poplar. I waxed the surface heavily to keep glue from trapping it.

 

A test fit-

 

 

In the clamps-

 

Then some final sanding and the finish.

 

 

 

If I had it to do over, I would have used lacquer instead of poly. The poly tinted the maple a golden hue. I was thinking white strips.

 

Thanks for looking!

[Harry Brink]

That is outstanding!

[John Moody]

Wow, wow, wow. That is awesome and a nice process to build them. I like the idea of the key to keep them in line.

[Gene Howe]

Way to go, Lew. Great job and a very helpful pictorial.

Color looks real good from here.

[lew]

Thanks for the kind words, Guys, they are really appreciated!

[Ron Dudelston]

I knew you cold do it Lew.  It looks great!

[lew]

Thanks, Ron!!!

[Cliff]

Sweet~!!  nice way to overcome the design issues

[Ron Dudelston]

Lew, are you going to make these to sell or are they too labor intensive?

[lew]

Lew, are you going to make these to sell or are they too labor intensive?

I guess they could be sold- the original picture of the one on the Internet sells for $60+ and I understand why. I don't think I'll add these to the rolling pin line.