Tea Kettle Stand

I only occasionally drink tea. And when I did it was always from out of tea bags.

It had been cold, rainy during the last days of January. I was going through the cupboards and saw several special tea given to us by friends from Taiwan and Vietnam not too long ago that we've not gotten around to try. So, I rummage through the lower cabinets to find a tea kettle. A gift from long ago that just sat there in the dark corner.

Cold to do anything outside, hardwood scraps lying around, pieces of stuff waiting to be re-purposed, I went to work.

Cut and glued two thin pieces of oak. Two small wooden cones left over from another project.

Made a circle out of a square

From an earlier project five years ago that was waiting to be re-purposed

A planter stand it used to be will have another use.

Cutting the tips of the cones to precise heights was a challenge that took a while to figure out. Aha! I drilled two 3/8 inch holes into a scrap board. Using a level ensured that the two cones will be cut precisely.

With CA glue and accelerator I fastened the two cones, then cut with a flushing saw. 

Below shows the method to the madness.  A spacer circle ensures the desired height for the two conjoined cones.

More detailed method to the madness

The mini round table is what will support the tea kettle ..

.. which makes it look like the outstretched four arms are supporting it.

I cannot help but to call a tea strainer a steeping tool; a weak attempt at a sort of word play on the stepping stool. Corny humor aside, this stainless contraption will strain tea effectively.

Keeping the tea kettle in full view by the counter top will help to make me a regular tea consumer. However, I may not develop the taste to add milk to it, as those from across the pond and in all its past colonies will have us believe is the greatest thing for tea.  I think that idea was lost on that fateful morning on December 16, 1773 along with all the 342 crates of tea that went into the bottom of the Boston harbor.  Just teasing, my British friends 😇 I believe milk-free tea is only true in the U.S. and a few other non-conformist countries.