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Using a coping saw, I cut the handle out in one pass.
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Using a coping saw, I cut the handle out in one pass.

  • This was a pretty simple project, with the bulk of the time spent in layering on the finish. The parts all came together pretty quickly. I started with a few scraps of 3/4in pine of convenient sized, planed them smoother on the end grain, and drilled a hole through the centers. Then on the bottom piece I traced the head of the bolt and routed out the shape of it with a dremel tool so the bolt will be counter-sunk and not protrude at all.
  • For a handle I used my spare change and shaped a knob that wouldn't be too tough to turn.
  • Using a coping saw, I cut the handle out in one pass.
  • With the parts all cut out and another round of carving to add a notch for the nut in this handle, I put some work into sanding the edges smoother, and threw my routing table together and routed the edges of all the components with a quarter-round bit.
  • To create a bit of texture on the handle, I burned it with a torch and then sanded it lightly to balance the burn and grain.
  • After a few layers of glossy poly-urethane, the finished product went to the church and was installed. I missed photographing the mounting hardware, which was a two-piece flush-mount photo hanger with one side mounted to the floor and the other side mounted to the bottom wood piece. Once the handle is loosened a bit, the whole clamp slides freely off the mount, leaving no protruding hardware in the event that the mic stand needs to be moved at some point. My memory failed me on the shape of the mic stand base, so I actually wound up having to do some beveling with the saw blade on my swiss army knife, but it's on the bottom and invisible so it worked out.
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