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!

That is outstanding!

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.

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

Color looks real good from here.

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

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

Thanks, Ron!!!

Sweet~!!  nice way to overcome the design issues

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

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.