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Practice any art, however well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to find out what's inside you.
--- Kurt Vonnegut

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click on each photo to enlarge. For older projects see Blog Archive. I don't specialize on a particular genre so there is quite a variety of projects for a number of different interests.

Even if you are not a woodworker but you like some or all of the projects, have your local crafts person make them for you from the ideas and photos you see here. For a particular project just click the specific title on the Blog Archive list (right side column below).

For anyone willing to learn or begin to do woodworking for the first time, please read first from the Blog Archive, "How and Where to Begin a Woodworking Hobby.

And it is not for men only. Read my note on "Women in Woodworking" from Blog Archive, April 2010.


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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

The Orchid Plant Stands

The story about the latest in orchid horticulture - that of acclimating these epiphytic plants to survive in water - is something I explained in my blog - https://abreloth.blogspot.com/ - as a way of introducing this new system of caring for orchids that I learned from various internet sites like Pinterest and Youtube. But,  of course, as always I somehow managed to get a woodworking project out of it. 


I used scrap wood. Most importantly was to use the least amount of material possible, yet finish with a robust structure, using glue only. As always the photos are self explanatory.









The next photos show a taller set of legs to elevate the clear container above the enclosure.







Using 3/4 inch scrap plywood, the next stand is far stronger.  Though not necessarily more superior to support the planter, it is just another method worth looking into if the material is available.








The stands, while not necessary to the proper functioning of the clear plastic container, they provide a bit of elegance to the display, akin to the settings for a gem stone.

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