Friday, February 5, 2016

Oak boards - what to do with them?

The woodworking story continues when my father-in-law arrives one day with a bunch of re-claimed oak boards in varying thicknesses and sizes. So far, my woodworking had been limited to softwoods like cedar and fir, or simply re-finishing the radio cabinetry etc. This delivery opened up a whole new set of possibilities that I had not yet imagined.

The prototype iPhone stand
Being an Apple geek, we have at least a half-dozen iPod/iPhone/iPad devices around the house, and one of the things I thought I could make with the oak was some stands for them. The first one was perfect for my iPhone 5, so I started onto the MkI iPad stands.

One with integrated charging cable, and one standalone holder - both using the same design as the prototype. Once posted on Facebook, the requests started coming in. So I decided to forego the notch for the home button, and just run off a bunch from a single board.

These MkII stands were great for iPhone 6 and the newer iPads, but I found that some recipients were using rubber cases on their phones, and they would not sit properly in the slot. So back to the drawing board!

And so we arrive at the current generation of stands - the MkIII pictured above (unfinished) dual device holders with charging cable access. I've also made them in a slightly lower profile version without charging cable ports in the bottom.

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