Making a Paper Towel Holder

[@BrianThorstad]

James. I made this years ago…fantastic!! Really solved a problem we were having w/ the prior holder. I commented at the time, and you asked for a photo…alas, as a commenter, I don’t know how to do that… but rest assured your Lincoln-log idea is great, and I’ve shared it with peers. Thanks…Brian Oh yea, first hand cut dovetail.

[@samsalmon5046]

Even though I’ve been in workshop joinery 30 odd years I did think this simple kitchen roll holder was bullet proof and simple to make, I even learned a few little things from it ex- the wedding ring square checker. Brilliant video & I need a kitchen roll holder 👍

[@BrianThorstad]

I made this, it’s been in our kitchen for 2 years. The KEY idea I did not know, the square “Lincoln Logs” style mating of dowel and sides. The dowel has NEVER slipped!

[@kingskidd2369]

Awesome work. Now on to my new project

[@thomasarussellsr]

Rollin rollin rollin, keep them towels flowin... Nice project, James.

[@WoodByWright]

Lol nice

[@DonsWoodies]

Nice. You have inspired me to make one of these for my garage to replace the crapola piece of plastic there now. Great little project to practice my dovetails. Made mine from some Cherry leftover from a project and used garnet shellac for a finish. Thanks for the video.

[@WoodByWright]

that is sweet Don. sounds like a fun time!

[@rjtumble]

Nifty little project, thanks. I'm about to build a small medicine cabinet and need a paper towel holder, so good timing. Doing mine out of old barn wood.

[@WoodByWright]

Sounds like fun. I love the look of barn wood!

[@TheEveryMaker]

What a fun project! I have a towel holder in the house already, but I do need one for the garage and I need to practice my dovetails as I've never actually done one before. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@WoodByWright]

Great place to practice dovetails!

[@FredMcIntyre]

Awesome job James! 👍👊

[@WoodByWright]

thanks Fred!

[@751815218]

Do not never-ever for get your safety goggles for eyes protection, one of the most valuable tools on your shop!! Big hug from Puerto Rico, blessings, five stars awesome job!! Ray

[@JoshBabin]

Nice new production style

[@WoodByWright]

thanks Josh. I am playing with them this month.

[@Thom4123]

Awesome job need to make a few of these.

[@WoodByWright]

looking forward to seeing what you make!

[@wb_finewoodworking]

I need one of those for my shop.

[@WoodByWright]

Got to have a place for the paper towel!

[@MakeBrooklyn]

Cool little project. I wish I had filmed some of the simple projects I've done like my curtain rods and brackets from cherry, they were a nice quick fun build.

[@WoodByWright]

it is the simpal projects that make the difference!

[@BrianThorstad]

I'm in the middle of building this, my first dovetails!

[@WoodByWright]

Sweet. I'd love to see pictures when it's done.

[@crucialjosh5951]

Nice, super fancy haha

[@WoodByWright]

You got to love fake fancy!

[@MDFRESCUER]

Nice.

[@cobberpete1]

Nice and easy, good looking Project. I see from your left thumb, you have been signing your work with a little personal DNA . Carving a few days ago I did exactly the same LOL

[@WoodByWright]

LOL yup slipped with the hook knife.

[@BrianThorstad]

Nice. Subscribed.

[@WoodByWright]

Thanks for the sub!

[@BBQHOUSE]

Awesome

[@yesyoumay]

Dovetail joinery is nostalgic and attractive but in the interest of time and practicality what about just using a glued butt joint reinforced with a couple countersunk screws?

[@WoodByWright]

the glue would not do much there but screws would work just fine. This channel is more about the fun of joinery though. nothing agent screws they are just not as much fun.

[@thoms96000]

the hammer on your bench i have one from an auction but mine needs a new face on one end what i have is raw hide one one what is the other one? its gone where can you get them or not?

[@WoodByWright]

you can find them on amazon. search for split head mallet. I made mine out of wood. one in pine and one in maple.

[@bbrachman]

Next version, you have to have a tear off bar. Something that swings and has enough weight to hold the roll while you tear it off. Made of wood, of course. I hate having to use two hands to pull off one paper towel. PS: what was the 'ring' trick on the auger bits?

[@WoodByWright]

I thought of putting one on this one but the one I made with one I never use it. maybe next time. the ring trick lets you know if you are boring level. you can see my ring on the shaft of the auger bit.

[@maciej9280]

You could put some carved details on the sides to make it even more fancy ;)

[@WoodByWright]

Carving is always an option!

[@tylerkimble715]

Any plans to sell the card scraper burnishers on your website?

[@WoodByWright]

I would love to. But I have not yet come up with how I want to distinguish them from other people's burnishers.

[@tylerkimble715]

Wood By Wright I was thinking about that earlier. It would be nice if you had a way to brand your logo on the butt of it

[@imortaldeadead]

Love the design...but where’s the carving ?

[@WoodByWright]

LOL nothing else in the kitchen has carving, but I might have to change that some day!

[@boltonboy3976]

It’s my first dovetail project Going to buy a lie Nielsen dovetail saw buying the plans to

[@WoodByWright]

Sweet! this would be a good one to play with!

[@buchwaldt123]

It is funny just last week my paper towel holder in my shop broke and I made exactly the same except that I designed it that the rod slides in from the top since mine is mounted on the wall.

[@WoodByWright]

great minds think alike!

[@simpletome_official]

very good, but this paper towel hodler can tear by one hand ??

[@WoodByWright]

depends on how fast you pull it.

[@simpletome_official]

@@WoodByWright you can see my channel video

[@doubledarefan]

2:50 But they're called dovetails, not mantails.

[@WoodByWright]

Lol. In this instance I think it is called an angel tail

[@mvanmeerveld3149]

What no BLO?? Who is this??

[@WoodByWright]

LOL I know right!

[@veeveld268]

Wood By Wright I saw what you did there!

[@63DegreesNorth]

You’ve missed a number of ‘take two’ edits in the last few videos folks.

[@WoodByWright]

If you give time stamps it helps. If not it comes across as trolling.

[@63DegreesNorth]

@8:51 on this one. There's a similar error in each of the last two videos published also. I thought it was just a once off, but it looks more like it's being missed in the effort to bulk produce and queue, as mentioned in the podcast. I'm no troll, but I won't bother doing this in future. This is your business, not mine.

[@WoodByWright]

I hate how those things slip through. after watching them 20 times or more during edit that is the type of thing that is easy to miss. but once a video is up it can not be changed. thanks for the feedback. I will try to improve my editing procedure further. The funny thing is I have had far more time to edit this month with the new methouds, but I ahve been changing the video style and that has made me run into now problems in the system.