Spool Table

This by far has been one of my favorite projects. I love having this unique piece in my apartment and its functional as well. I use mine as a DVD rack, the best part is it rotates and the shelves are removable and adjustable to you can design it however you want.

Supplies

Industrial wire spool (diameter = 32" , height = 27")

4 half sheets of plywood 1/2" thick

3/4" corner braces
5mm x 1 3/4" straight rod long pins
1 3/4" Screws

1/8th inch 3x3 rubber floor mat

12" lazy susan bearing
String
Adhesive Spray
Sand Paper
Stain

Drill
Drill press (recommended)
Circular Saw
Table Saw
Jig Saw

What to do:

 First off I would like to say I had a lot of help pulling off this project my boyfriend and his dad played a huge part in getting this done.

- Cut four dividers 24"x10" (or what ever the dimensions of your spool are) out of the plywood  using a table saw.

- Drill 3/8" holes 1 inch apart down the length of each side of your dividers. I suggest using a drill press but even this way it is a tedious process. This is where your long rod pins will be inserted to hold the shelf .

Note: For spacing of the holes use whatever you plan to put on the shelf as spacing. We had to go back in and add new holes to make the shelves fit to hold three rows of DVDs.

- Place the four dividers even spaced around the table and screw into place through the top and the bottom of the spool.

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- Using a 1/2 sheet of plywood start by marking the center draw lines from corner to corner to find the center. Put a screw in the center of the 'X' use a piece of string tie it around the screw and a pencil on the other end at the length of the diameter of the spool (Circle 1 in figure below). Repeat this to draw circle 2 by measuring the depth into the center of the spool (arrow in picture below) (this would also be the width of your uprights you cut previously) and subtract this from the diameter twice to get the length of the string.

-  Cut out all four wedges using a jig saw to cut the curves and a circular saw to cut the straight sides.  Then use one as an outline to cut out the remaining number of shelves from the final sheet of plywood (I had a total of 9 shelves but I only use 8). Once you have the shelves, cut 1/4" from each end to take into account the size of your dividers (or 1/2" from one side).

- Cut out a square that is 2'x2' out of plywood. Mark the center similarly to the figure above. Align the spinner with the center and screw to the plywood base. Drill a hole through the spinner and plywood base that will align with the screw holes you will be using to attach to the spool. Align the spinner/base on the center of the bottom of the spool and use the hole you drilled to screw to the spool (you will have to rotate the hole as you go to get to all of the screw holes).

Video of Rotating Spool Table

- Spray the plywood base and rubber with adhesive and let it dry. Then coat them both again and place the rubber on the plywood. Allow to dry then cut rubber to match plywood with a razor blade or pair of scissors.

- Sand all rough edges and existing spool (I went sparingly on the spool as it had ink stamps that I wanted to keep.  Stain with your chosen color.

- Place the long rod pins into the drilled holes on the uprights. Place the shelf on the rods and then use a corner bracket at the back of the shelf and screw it to the bottom of the shelf and the center of the spool.  (This keeps the shelves in place and prevents them from flipping out.)

This is where I got my original idea, it was a much smaller spool and only had one shelf. The spool I got was much larger so my thinking got much larger with that.

http://pinkxstitches.blogspot.com/2012/07/spool-bookcase-tutorial.html





Beard Trimmings Catcher

For those of you who's significant other is sporting facial hair then you understand the pain in finding those little hairs all over the bathroom sink. No matter how hard they try to clean it up some still escape. So when I stumbled upon this clever little trick to help, I rushed right out to buy what was needed to make it. I will also add that I gave this as a funny Christmas gift to my fiancé.

Materials Needed:

Black apron

Two Medium Suction cups

White acrylic paint

Paint brushes

Mustache or beard printout

Scissors

Superglue

White fabric pencil

Ruler

What to do:

First thing is to prepare the apron. I couldn't find one that didn't have a front pocket on it (which I assumed would be a horrible idea as a hair catcher) so I had to remove the pocket using a seam ripper. Then removed the back tie straps, just snipped them right off with the scissors (close to wear the seam holding it on is).

Next step was to add the suction cups to the bottom corners of the apron. On the back side of the apron I made 1 centimeter marks 3 centimeters for the edge both horizontally and vertically. Then I cut along the 1 centimeter line to get a hole to put the knob on the suction cup in. Do a trial to make sure the suction cup will fit in the hole made. After checking the fit put super glue along the edge of the knob on the suction cup (see picture below) and carefully insert into the hole, making sure the suction cup is at the back side of the apron.

The last step is to add the design. I cut out the mustache and used the outline left from cutting out and traced it onto the front of the apron using a white fabric pencil. Once you have the outline I used a fine paint brush to go around the border, then a thicker brush to fill in, it took 3 coats of the white acrylic paint to get it coated.

Let the paint dry and then your done!

How to place the super glue onto the suction cup.

Insipiration for this project was found here: https://www.buzzfeed.com/clairenolan/this-diy-suction-cup-apron-is-the-solution-to-your-beard-gro?utm_term=.deVzRbeQG#.uhqYvNymo