While digging through things this morning I come upon a very bad piece of maple that gets set back time after time cause it was so warped I didn't ever think I could find a use for it until this afternoon....but then a back scratcher jumped on my little brain and said you can turn the warped maple in to back scratchers.

The pin to hold the roller in was a piece of welding rod and I used a small triangle metal file to make notches in the end of the rod that went in first and with a little tight bond 111 it aught to stay there as long as need be but its not removable...I also use number drill bits for the holes so the hole was just right to be a tight fit to start with..

  Since this new hanging place for her Christmas ornaments is right in under the pots and pans and I know for sure wife would start using some of the rod for a heavy pan or something so this is why I was looking for some tempered steel.  

  I might show a picture tomorrow.

 

Cool!

That will work for it heck I've used an old spaghetti noodle wooden spoon/grabber for a long time until I just bought a back scratcher LOL.  I used one of these things for years....

Nicely done Jess.  I have been using a tine from an old bamboo leaf rake for 40 plus years.  Haven't worn it out yet.

Well done, Jesse. I have a 1/2 dozen or so of that exact design laying around the house that I bought somewhere, of course none look as nice as yours...and they're probably made of some other (cheaper) wood.

That's a great use of a warped board Jess, looks super!

Fred this is the one I went by. Its been around for 30 or 40 years. Its bamboo so I made one yesterday out of some bamboo flooring.

@Smallpatch, how do you curl the "fingers"? Are they sawn that way or do you use a bending method?

Lew, they are sawn that way. I guess I could steam the bamboo and bend it but that is way too much extra work for a small item like this. All the ruff maple I have is over 1" thick so a this gives me enough thickness with out having to glue extra pieces on for the curve...The bamboo was flooring so it started out about 5/8" thick then by the time Irun the bottom of the bamboo through the planer it might have been 1/2" so I did have to glue on extra height to make the bend...

  I just wanted to take a picture of the rebar here in the kitchen before I put another coat of paint on and if it stands out too much I would shuck the idea but the rebar don't show so much in the picture. I don't have the two end boards screwed in yet and there is a gap there in the picture but it will go away when I attach them with screws... The 1/2" rebar is in line with the window frame and standing in front of the sink its not noticeable.

 And I expect we will use that rebar for other things when those glass things are out of season.