Keith’s Bud Vases

BUILDING MY OWN: Single Stem Bud Vases – (13 March 2024)

My wife told me to! She showed me a picture and said can you make that? I said I know a man who can help me ha!

What I made:
Single Stem Bud Vase holders

How long?
The large 6-inch vase took one and a half days, the smaller 4-inch vase took one morning.

Wood: simple scaffold planks – Equipment: Plastic test tubes (bought online), Band saw, Scroll saw. Electric drill, Bobbin (vertical oscillating spindle) sander.

What I did:
I used lots of eye-muscle coordination.
Band Saw to cut them square,
Bobbin Saw and Scroll saw to cut the hole on the larger vase.
On the 4-inch vase, I used a drill bit to drill the hole right through.
Sanded the wood with the bobbin sander which is handy to sand curved shapes.

Note – I originally made the large one 8 inches square which was hard, but had to cut it down to 6-inches square to get it into proportion.

How I felt:
A bit apprehensive making the round hole, you don’t want to do lots of work and mess it up. There was about a team of 1 supervisor and 4 Shedders giving me a hand with the bobbin sander, showing me what to do.

Next Project: My wife now wants 3 different sized vases in a row.

I like coming away from here at the end of the day like I’ve done something good. My wife is going to see these 2 today!