In fulfilling my promise to Mrs. BlastFromThePast concerning
keeping my model rocketry activities nice and pretty, I have been setting about
fashioning some attractive display stands for the model collection.
Since I also enjoy the pleasures of hand tool woodworking,
the new stands are built completely with vintage tools.
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| Cut is made using a backsaw and a bench hook. |
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| First, a piece of 1x4 pine is marked off for a cut. |
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| Clean up the cut edges with a file… |
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Mark the center with an awl for boring a hole for a support dowel…
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An "Old Timey" brace and auger bit to bore the hole.
In this case a number 6 auger is being used to make the hole for a 3/8” dowel.
Vintage augers bits are stamped with a number that represents how many 16ths of an inch of diameter they are.
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| One edge beveled at approx. 45 degrees using a smoothing plane… |
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| The Completed base. |
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| Cutting the dowel to length with a razor saw…. |
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| Dowel glued into place…. |
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A spent 13mm model rocket engine
casing is glued to the end of the dowel…. |
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Application of little matte
black acrylic paint… |
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| And finally, a few squares of felt glued to the bottom of the base… |
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| Another in a fine and dandy set of model rocket display stands! |
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