Start of Cupholders

I put the first coat of finish on the corner blocks before assembly. This way if there’s any wood movement in the future, you won’t see any unfinished wood peeking out:

The main event for Saturday was starting on the cupholders:

The cupholder itself is a brass insert. I would have to cut a 90mm hole in a big block of 5” thick Sapele. More on that tomorrow. Today was about making the “box” that the cupholder would side in and out of. I had a little bit of spare wood from my previous part making, but not enough to build these boxes, so I pulled down a couple of boards that were on my wood rack. One was pretty warped, but I was able to cut it into 12” long sections, and the warp was minor enough per-board that I was able to get rid of it on the joiner after just a few passes. I also I had a board with some minor figure that I’ve been holding onto, but nothing too spectacular. It made a worthy sacrifice!

I used my drilling jig on the bottoms to get them ready to attach to the base:

The three sides created today, along with the top and front which were milled out when creating the corner boxes, I was able to dry fit the box and see it on the table:

Sunday will be all about getting the actual cupholder bodies done!