This week I decided to make 5 wooden jewelry pendants using plywood, drill press, band saw, and sander. Original Design: Raw Materials: I first started out by screwing a holesaw into the drill press to drill 5 circles out of a piece of plywood I found in the scrap pile. The pieces may be a little tricky to get out of the holesaw-I used a screwdriver. I then loaded another drill bit into the drill press to hallow out an off center hole in the circle piece. Next, I decided to cut the circle pieces half in width with the band saw because I felt they were a bit too thick to be worn as a necklace. I used a clamp to hold the piece still on the saw. After that, I took to the sander to get a general smoothing. I then went in and hand sanded the piece down more. Lastly, I stained the pieces and experimented with different ways of using the pendants as jewelry. Here are the final products! Process/ What I Learned:
It was definitely easier to complete each step on all 5 of the wooden pieces before moving on to the next step. I was originally hand drilling each circle, but thankfully shop staff-Clara-came and told me to use the drill press instead. Stick to hand sanding small items. If you're making earrings, don't forget to drill a hole for the earring piece.
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Nice work, they look great. At the point you realized you wanted the material thinner, I would recommend just using thinner material (if you can get your hands on it). That cut on the bandsaw looked a little dicey.
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