coasters
as i've mentioned before, this year's anniversary gift is furniture. i started making coasters a while ago. they're not coasters for cups and glasses. they're coasters for the rolly wheels of the rolly cart. we didn't want the thing rolling around marking up the brand new hardwood floor. so i made some coasters out of cardboard. they worked. but they were pretty ugly. that was nearly seven years ago. oi. i finally got around to replacing them with something nice. the outside is composed of 6 pieces of half round oak cut at 30 degrees to make a nice pretty hexagon frame. the inside is laminated plywood. i probably should have stained it. but i'm still pretty new at this fine woodworking thing. i glued them together before i thought about how pretty staining them might be. but i knew the stain wouldn't take well where i had slopped the glue. oh well. urethane it is. some green felt on the bottom completed the works. happy anniversary darling. i love you.