Game day coasters

Football season is fast approaching!   For all you fans, or friends of fans out there, I have an easy project this week to get you ready for the game.
  Let's make some team coasters.   Construction is simple using proxxon tools.

Let's get started:    What do we need?

Supplies:
1- sign stake.  Or long wood piece that can be cut into a1/2" x 1/2" strip.
3- 6" long 3/8" diameter dowels
beads and/or spacers of your choice
wood glue
Plaid paints  "Team colors"   I used red and black.

Equipment:
Proxxon mini table saw
Proxxon OZI/E delta sander
Kapro's measure mate 313
drill and 3/8" drill bit.

Now let's do it!  Here are 2 wooden stakes.  They are made to post signs on.  They are  1"x1/2"x36" long.   One post will make 1 coaster.  2 posts will make 3 coasters.  😁

First thing to do is to cut them lengthwise down the center.  This will give you two long pieces measuring 1/2" x 1/2".   I used the Proxxon mini table saw for this.  Just set the fence 1/2" from the blade and push the stick through.  I left about 2 inches uncut at the end. This will help keep the 2 pieces lined up when I go to drilling.     Be sure to use the push stick.  This would be way too close to risk fingers!  

Using the Kapro measure mate 313 it is easy to mark your measurements.  I decided on a 4 " length, found the center and marked off 3/4" increments from the center.  This left 1/2" at each end.  Perfect!!  The centering side of that measuring tool sure came in handy.

Before we cut our segments, lets drill our holes.

I placed our strips (turned on their side so we are going to drill through the 2 pieces at the same time), on top of a scrap piece of wood.  Then I clamped another piece of wood for a straight edge to slide my piece along.  This makes it easy to drill a lot of holes in a hurry.   No need to keep aligning the center. Proxxon makes a mini drill press that would be awesome here!  It's on my wish list. 

Back to the mini table saw to cut our pieces into the 4" lengths

we measured earlier.

   

Now to sand everything smooth with the Proxxon OZI/E delta sander

It even smooths out the little holes!

Now lets put it together.  I think this picture is worth a thousand words.  Simply stated push the dowels through the holes and use the beads as decorative spacers.  I chose black because this is going to be an Arkansas razorback coaster.  Black and red are their colors.  I am going to paint the wood pieces red.  (probably should have done it before putting it together.....😨) 

 Oh well, I know it will work out anyway.

There you go. ↓ It's done, well the first one is done.  I need to make 3 more.  But this was easy enough.  It will be super easy to make some small gifts for your special "fans".

  Hey who drank my beer? and what channel is the game on?

Thanks everyone for visiting,  Thanks Proxxon, for making tools that make it so easy to make stuff.  Thanks Plaid for your wonderful paints. and Kapro, your measure mate 313 which made this project so easy to measure out accurately.  

 Catch ya next time   Take care, have some fun, be brave and make something.  Carol