The Woodshop Shed

Back Scratcher

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


My sweetie mentioned the other night that she needed a back scratcher. I did a quick search, and saw Bambi's take and figured I could knock something together pretty quickly, even without a shop.I bored a hole in a piece of cherry I had laying around, cut it off the board, then glued a piece of broom stick into the piece of cherry. I shaped it quickly on the belt sander, which I dragged outside (who needs dust collection when you've got New Mexico winds to blow the dust away?), then clamped it to a pallet sitting on the tailgate of my pickup, and sawed some teeth in it. Then it was back to the belt-sander for final shaping, and then cleanup with various grits of sandpaper.A quick coat of BLO, and my honey has a new back scratcher. I'll cut the broomstick down to length and clean it up after I give it to her in a bit and can measure exactly how long she needs it to be. Pretty good use of an afternoon, I think.

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