Making Pins

Both the angle adjustment mechanism and the height adjustment mechanism have brass pins.  Starting with 3/8" brass rod, I cut to length the rods and filed the ends square.

Then I chucked them into my drill press, (with the drill running at a low rpm) sanded them up to 400 grit, and cut a chamfer on the bottom edge.

Using the edge of a small triangular file I cut notches, finishing with the edge of a flat file (I think the 90 degree angle looks better than the 60 degree).

I then polished the rod by holding my buffing wheel up to it (with the drill on).  They turned out pretty well.  Not bad for not having a lathe!

Final Post

The title of this post may be slightly misleading, as I still have some posts that I want to share, but I want to take this opportunity to reflect back on my project. The biggest success in my project was how the stand came out.  I am extremely pleased with it, and feel really good about presenting it on Monday.  Throughout this project, I have learned a lot about time management.  I wish that I could have done more in the beginning of my project, as I have found that in the past few weeks I have been scrambling to complete my project on time.  I would have liked to be done with the building by now, so I could focus on the magazine article, but that didn't happen, and I still have to complete the woodworking.  Overall I am very glad that I decided to do the WISE program, it has been a wonderful experience.

Stand Lip

Gluing the walnut lip to the stand:

 After the glue is dry I will plane the cherry flush with the walnut. 
With this done the only remaining things to do on the stand are screwing the stand on to the post, finishing the stand, drilling the holes for the adjustment mechanism, and making the pin for the height adjustment mechanism.  So close!