How To Make a Tape Dispenser Out of Hardwoods | Blue Tape Solution | A Glimpse Inside How To

[@rainbowbudgies1129]

Thanks Chris! This was a terrific project. Can’t wait to make one.

[@_WillCAD_]

Very nice. A hardwood project, even just a shop item, is always great to watch. I think you're going to find, however, that now you've got a great dispenser for one tape, you'll want to make something to hold all of your tapes. And being who you are, you'll inevitably make a multi-roll dispenser that hangs on a French cleat and can be easily carried to your various work surfaces, then stored back on the wall when you're finished. Adam Savage made something like this a while back, and lots of other makers have done similar projects, so... it's coming. I think your daughter loves hanging out in the shop with you so much, by the time she is about 8 or 9 years old, she'll be making project vids of her own. I keep expecting to see a vid of you making her a workbench of her own and devoting a corner of the shop to her tools. I give it another year at most before we see that one.

[@AGlimpseInside]

I think all of these things you’re correct about. The workbench for her is definitely in the works. Thanks for the time I appreciate it

[@MixingGBP]

I am a musician and a wood worker. I recently made a mudroom bench from cabinet grade plywood (SW emerald enamel painted) and red oak bench top (GF gel stain with GF high perf. poly). I used some of the scrap plywood to make a very nice looking cable holder/organizer for my music studio. It has 28 slots that are each 1/4" wide. Routed each slot with my trim router and a custom made jig. Each slot vertically holds about 4 or 5 of my music cables and guitar straps, etc. Came out way better than I thought it would especially with GF arm-r-seal applied to the bare plywood. Can't say enough good things about General Finishes products.

[@gregj2647]

Great project. Everyone needs one of these. Another option for the bottom would be a thin piece of craft foam. I tip for your drum sander. I do segmented turning and flatten the rings on the drum sander, but over time there is glue buildup on the sandpaper. When this happens, I take the belt and soak it in a 50/50 mix of Simple Green and water. Overnight the glue residue softens. I use a soft scrub brush to clean off the glue and the sandpaper is almost like new. Enjoy your channel. 👍

[@charliebowen4232]

Hey Chris, Great video!! Looks great, but I was surprised the it did not have a french cleat. 😁😎👍

[@AGlimpseInside]

I’m probably going to put one on but I just didn’t want to ruin the aesthetic of the pure tape holder LOL

[@courtneyfaas1266]

I was totally thinking this thing was going to end up with a cleat on it as well!!

[@matt_williams1015]

I've found the cutting edge off of an aluminum foil box works well on a tape dispenser. Nice project!

[@clieb91]

Another one well done. Prime example as to why I pull the heads off of all of my used foam brushes and put them aside. CtL

[@Rodbuilder109]

I never thought of doing this. I am going to follow your idea and make one or two of my own.

[@melissamccoy5243]

Nicely done I would not have came up with this despenser, thanks for shareing

[@nvz357]

Great idea for when you need a piece of tape and you have the project in your hand you will be able to access a piece with the other...thanks

[@Zogg1281]

Very cool idea and the spinning top side project was cool, even if your daughter wasn't as impressed 😂👍👍

[@Finewoodworkingofsc]

I found you channel a few weeks ago. I enjoy your family friendly videos. Well done on the tape dispenser.

[@craigb8145]

Also I have made tape dispensors that held at one time multiples of various sizes on one holder. I have even had to make one for packing tape because my wife doesnt get along with a tape gun! For your cutter I have used a hack saw blade in place of saber saw blade! worked really good with the multi- roll dispensor! Great video Thanks Craig

[@frankbiondo2476]

Hi Chris, What a forehead slapper project... Dagnabit, why didn't I think of that! Nice job and thanks for another inspiring project!

[@lonewolfdesignsbylarry]

Heck of a neat idea. If I follow your pattern only thing I would change is the tape cutter. I would ??? recycle?? the cutter edge from foil roll....

[@terrybollenbaugh7622]

Very nice. Think I'll use some exotics for some friends of mine as gifts. Good job.

[@BimmerDudeXi]

I'll be making one of these myself. Awesome concept. Thanks for the video.

[@exotictones1054]

Great idea even if you didn't think it up.looks good too n that was on you.

[@marknano4739]

Looks great Chris, the thought went to making it is what counts regardless of how simple it is

[@AGlimpseInside]

Thanks Mark that’s a great point I appreciate you letting me know brother

[@phillipstanfill5392]

You always inspire me. Keep it up. I went out and made a pen holder for my toolbox at work. Took a couple of hours. Nothing special but it works. Ty

[@AGlimpseInside]

That’s awesome I appreciate that sir. That’s the idea just get out there and make something and enjoy it. Thank you for your support my friend

[@gordymarsh2324]

Great idea I thought of a hack saw blade for the cutter. Nice job.

[@allanwilliams679]

Good work Chris. Nice useful project too. Thank you for sharing the idea... 👍🏻

[@AntonioJimenez-yh8yb]

Excelente idea. Felicitaciones. Gracias por compartirlo.

[@pmdinaz]

Sweet! Good job Chris! Grats on 100k

[@jessjulian9458]

Though I wasn't going to see the princess of the channel, finally she appeared. Cool project my friend. Stay safe.

[@brickdaddiy]

We made some Maker's Tape(TM) dispensers to look like lego pieces that stack together. Fun little variant

[@AGlimpseInside]

I have to go check that out Donovan. Thanks brother hope you’re doing well

[@southerncustomcuts729]

Great job! The design element is pretty sweet!

[@gordymarsh2324]

You can also put magnets in it to mount on file cabinet or something for storage.

[@gjensen500]

Now that was fabulous.

[@garydelder]

Great idea, I'll be making one. Thanks

[@walkaround6313]

Amazing! The line and the profile of the tape dispenser looks like if you painted it in black with some Red strips could be a racing-style tape dispenser! Really cool

[@austinstubblefield9907]

I had no idea that I needed this. Great quick project!

[@bevgeigle9166]

i made one similar a few months ago .. i use a hack saw blade for tape cutter

[@suecollado8696]

💓I have an old plastic one that I made a few smaller inserts for different size tapes & some wedges to go 1 side these to stop ones wiggling in big gap💓1 tape dispenser fits all💓

[@SpecificLove7]

It looks really good. Definitely could be a family heirloom.

[@damianbridger7845]

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[@benedictsamir8477]

@Damian Bridger instablaster =)

[@David.M.]

Thanks Chris, nice idea.

[@Crepes_Fusion]

Great 👌 Job Chris 👌 Some day I will have my own shop 😃

[@AGlimpseInside]

You’ll get there man

[@markwatters6875]

Another good one mate. All the best from Australia

[@brianrowe8681]

Chris, You could also use this as a Santa Sleigh at Christmas.

[@TNBushcrafter]

I know it's an older video but two addendums. Create an enclosed cavity in the bottom and add sand or bbs. This turns it into a single handed operation while your other hand is holding parts together. Secondly, save the metal cutting strips from kitchen wrap boxes for this very purpose. I know this as "her" office dispenser got dull to the point it would cut scotch tape anymore and I had an aha moment.

[@claudewilliams883]

I just wanted to let you know that I have made the steering wheel table that you made a cpouple of videos ago. I have used it several times and its great. I had made a small 2 legged table for my wife on the passenger side and it works well too. Thanks for the ideas you present as I really enjoy you content!

[@AGlimpseInside]

That’s amazing. Thank you for letting me know I’m so glad it’s working out

[@MakerBeach]

Nice work! I'm totally inspired to make my own now. 👊

[@choffee]

That's really neat. Thanks for sharing this.

[@InstinctBassin]

Cool dispenser, but man the finish on that out feed table is holding up super nice.

[@budboggs4193]

Nothing but all respect!! love the video!! As I do all of em.

[@hobbyturner6634]

For your workshop you could also apply some magnets in the base in case you put the dispenser on a metal table such as your table saw etc.

[@Vintauri]

I'm a little shocked you didn't work in some baltic birch scraps! :) I was going to tell you to use an old saw blade but you beat me to it in the video! Hacksaw blades work well and have less aggressive teeth. Love it!

[@AGlimpseInside]

This is true luckily we had something comparable. But I was trying to build everything except for the tape. My next project is a flip-flop holder

[@b3ardedbarbarian]

Awesome project! Keep up the cool videos. I can’t wait to have a shop like yours. I’m currently building in a cramped single car garage.

[@AGlimpseInside]

You’ll get there brother just keep on keeping on. Sometimes I got to pinch myself you know

[@b3ardedbarbarian]

A Glimpse Inside I believe it.

[@CrossCutCreations]

That's pretty awesome. I might have to try this.

[@kuravani1963]

Nice work.

[@Mack8907]

I love happy accidents

[@AGlimpseInside]

Me too

[@ChrisBloom]

to find circle center...true, you could have just done it beforehand, but here's another trick my grandpa taught me years ago. Sometimes the old timers are smarter than we give them credit for: Draw a straight line across the circle anywhere (say the upper 3rd or so). Mark the center of that line. Draw a line from that center mark perpendicular (90 degrees) across the circle. Do the same thing elsewhere on the circle...mark the center and draw a perpendicular line from that. Where the 2 perpendicular lines meet is your circle center.

[@stomperthemixer1]

Awesome, a little Mobi Dick great Video Chris. Hope you n yours are well.

[@AGlimpseInside]

It did kind of look like that didn’t it

[@bluesman285a]

Need to modify this for multiple rolls of roll sandpaper

[@Rynomum]

Pretty great idea! You should add some weight to it so you can get tape one handed.

[@coleve8596]

Nice job you should get a branding iron with your logo on it just to give your finished work pieces your identity.

[@miller110488]

Bro that looks amazing. Where did you get the Odies oil at?

[@dotstamatopoulos3620]

Awesome

[@ianpearse4480]

Love it!

[@captainjohn787]

Your fish tape dispenser sides kind of reminds me of a whale's profile --- worked out pretty well. By the way, one inexpensive (somewhat free), readily available source of serrated metal teeth would be the cutoff strip on packaging for aluminum foil rolls/wax paper rolls/etc. . . might take a little bit of imagineering to affix a strip to a tape dispenser, but, hey, that's the fun part. At least you would have a good length of material with which to experiment. Looking forward to more of your projects.

[@AGlimpseInside]

The aluminum foil trick is genius. Thank you so much for sharing that

[@TheManuel0326]

Good job

[@johnleonard5857]

Yep, stealing this.

[@AGlimpseInside]

You’re welcome brother LOL

[@anthonysmith9410]

Drum sander....disc sander....thickness planer.....you need more tools...... just like me!....oh yes....spindle sander.... keep them coming

[@Uscwaller]

How do you like those PJ heavy duty F clamps?

[@AGlimpseInside]

I love them they’re awesome

[@zaidalshammare637]

good job 👏👏👏👏👏

[@tyronepelfrey8192]

Also can be used as a small Santa sleigh. Lol

[@AGlimpseInside]

Ho ho ho

[@ANISH7712]

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[@unamor]

What type of drum sander is that? Thanks

[@Kkuts37]

GREAT!!

[@RIPPER334]

Now drill a hole in the bottom, fill it up with lead shot and CA glue... So it has enough weight to not move around when roll gets low.

[@collinmerrill85]

Love all your videos. Just so you know I tried to use the Total Boat code and it says it is expired. I was really only going to use them from your videos.

[@justsean4807]

Coooool

[@mysticvalleywoodworks2777]

How big is your drum sander?

[@compunurse]

You should make kits like the drill holders.

[@AGlimpseInside]

I do sir. They’ve been online for about three weeks and they sold really well. Turn on my website at www.aglimpseinside.org

[@compunurse]

@@AGlimpseInside No. I mean make tape dispenser kits, like you do the drill holders and now the shelfs

[@michaelgrabstein6423]

put a french cleat on either the back or bottom...

[@AGlimpseInside]

Yeah I’m thinking of the back. But I just didn’t wanna ruin the aesthetic of how nice it looks. You dig?

[@keithspencersr.6806]

You should really make these and sell them, also weight the bottom so it does slide as much also.

[@konamanstudio2447]

🍻🍺🌭

[@tapper1971]

First uk

[@Tensquaremetreworkshop]

I think you should have made a pushstick first... taping your finger back on does not work! 'Make it like a utility blade'. Or you could use a utility blade...

[@AGlimpseInside]

Did you watch the whole vid? I ended up using an old scroll saw blade

[@phampton5410]

Can you just make me one ☝️- I don’t have any of those tools?

[@DARTHPLATITUDE]

HEY! quit playing with it.... you’ll go blind! Lol

[@robertdinicola9225]

But that dispenser is too big! I cant hold it in my teeth like im used to! Lol!

[@AGlimpseInside]

Ahahahahaha

[@bigsparky65]

You have to much time to keep making heirlooms

[@Redthumb45]

Needs weight.