CURLY MAPLE PAPER TOWEL HOLDER
LETS GET STARTED
Our paper
towel holder below is at least forty (40) years old and brought it
from the
old home place when we purchased our
current home in 1989. It would
be shocking to know how many rolls of paper towels has unraveled off that
paper towel holder while raising three children and later my bride keeping
our two East Coast
Grandboys until they entered the school system
and then picked them up from school until she went back into the job market again.
Above is the paper towel holder with the spindle made from what appears
to be poplar wood and at least one of the ends is made from white pine.
The base and other end I believe is made from poplar wood also. I have
driven the two brad nails that attaches the base to each end piece in a
number of times and the holder is very flimsy to say the least. It is
made from 5/8 inch thick material and one of the end pieces has an extra
flat spot on the outside edge where there wasn't enough material to complete the circle.
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GETTING STARTED
Below pix of the paper towel holder disassembled:
The spindle is still in very good shape and plan to use it for the new
curly maple paper towel holder since I don't have any 6/4 curly maple material in stock
and do not currently own a wood or metal lathe to turn the spindle anyway.
I am sure I could figure out a way to turn a spindle using one of my routers
but that would take some fixturing, noggin work and doing it the hard way.
I have been wanting to replace the above paper towel holder but could not
find one that I liked or one that was available that I did like, therefore
decided to make a new base and end supports using scrap pieces of curly
maple wood that I have on hand from my
serving tray project.
Above is a tracing from one of the original paper towel holder end
pieces. The curly maple scrap material that I have for the end pieces
is 7/8 inch in thickness and have a piece that is about 1 inch thick for the
back frame member. The back frame member is 2 1/2 x 16 x 1 inch with
11 1/2 inches between the inside of the end pieces, however 11 1/4 inches
would be a snug fit on some rolls of paper towels and have a little more eye
appeal. The spindle size is
20 1/4 inches long x 1 5/16 inch diameter and has a 5/16 inch diameter pin
2 3/8 inches in length through one end to prevent the spindle from dropping through the paper towel
holder end pieces.
I personally favor the vertical mounted design because it frees up
valuable counter top real estate but you have to have enough upward clearance to allow for
the spindle to be removed. Our counter top is definitely crowded and
there seems to be never enough room for small appliances that you only use
ever so often and/or on a regular daily basis. I believe the
paper towel holder was originally for horizontal mounting under overhead kitchen
cabinets only and installed the stop pin in the spindle where it would work
for a vertical installation but not absolutely sure since it has been many
decades ago. I did have a woodworking shop at the time with my musical
instrument repair, parts and accessories part-time business.
I used my DeWalt 3 1/4 HP plunge router and a straight two flute
carbide bit to cut the two circles and used the belt
sander to make the flat portion on each end piece that is screwed into the
back frame member. I drilled the 1.5 inch center out using a Forstner
drill bit. The back frame member was cut to size using the table saw
and cut a 20 degree slope on the edges for eye appeal, whereas the original
back frame member had a slight radius on it.
Click on below thumbnail pixs for a larger screen view:
I used # 10 Phillips flat head wood screws 1 1/2 inches long, predrilled the holes
and countersunk them from the back of the back frame member. I used a
tapered 9/64 inch diameter drill bit to drill pilot holes into the end frame
members. The table saw was used to cut a channel that was about 1/8 inch
deep to fit the flat portion of the end pieces for extra stability and keep
the end piece and the back frame in alignment while I drilled the pilot
holes into the end pieces using a portable hand drill.
A light brown color walnut alcohol based
stain was applied to the end pieces and back frame member followed by
several coats of Deft gloss lacquer from a spray can.
One thing is for certain, this paper
towel holder is as solid as "The Rock of Gibraltar" and the curly maple wood
with the light walnut stain pops out pretty good in my humble opinion in
contrast to the honey color of the knotted pine wood cabinets.
Web published by
Bill aka Mickey Porter on 09-27-16.LEAVING ON A
SPIRITUAL NOTE
If you do not know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, please take
this moment to accept him by Faith into your Life, whereby Salvation
will be attained.
Ephesians 2:8 - 2:9 8 For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: 9 Not of
works, lest any man should boast.
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.”
Romans 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
the word of God.”
Open this
link about faith in the King James
Bible.
Romans 10:9 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
Open this
link of Bible Verses About Salvation,
King James Version Bible (KJV).
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder
of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of
the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of
God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory
of God;”
Micah 6:8 “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what
doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and
to walk humbly with thy God?”
Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me."