Wooden Spools
12-07-2010, 03:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Randa
My dad made a small table out of the spools when he and my mom were first married. He glued or placed them on a small dowl or both for legs, then put the top and another shelf in there. He then stained it dark. We had that around for many years! I have to wonder what happened to it. I've not seen it (mom passed 4 years ago). Hmmmm....will have to ask the sisters.
Put your thinking caps on and make something useable from these wooden spools. I remember also, having these in the toy box to stack and roll. Wow! That was lots of decades ago!! LOL! Wonder why I can remember these things and not what the movie was I watched last night!!??
12-07-2010, 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Randa
Originally Posted by Randa
My dad made a small table out of the spools when he and my mom were first married. He glued or placed them on a small dowl or both for legs, then put the top and another shelf in there. He then stained it dark. We had that around for many years! I have to wonder what happened to it. I've not seen it (mom passed 4 years ago). Hmmmm....will have to ask the sisters.
Put your thinking caps on and make something useable from these wooden spools. I remember also, having these in the toy box to stack and roll. Wow! That was lots of decades ago!! LOL! Wonder why I can remember these things and not what the movie was I watched last night!!??
:lol:
12-07-2010, 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by sak658
I was wondering if anyone has wooden spools that they want to get rid of. I collect them and have been looking for some. I just love them. Thanks so much ... Thought I would ask. Happy Holidays to all.
12-07-2010, 07:56 PM
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Well, they might not be worth anything money wise but they sure make me happy to look at them and to collect them. I love things I had or was around when I was growing up, that you don't see anymore. And my kids have never seen, like the wooden ice cream makers, that we would put a toe sack on and sit on it while someone cranked it. I have 2 of those, and they are worth some money. So it's whatever floats your boat, as the old saying goes. LOL
12-08-2010, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by GailG
Originally Posted by Randa
Originally Posted by Randa
My dad made a small table out of the spools when he and my mom were first married. He glued or placed them on a small dowl or both for legs, then put the top and another shelf in there. He then stained it dark. We had that around for many years! I have to wonder what happened to it. I've not seen it (mom passed 4 years ago). Hmmmm....will have to ask the sisters.
Put your thinking caps on and make something useable from these wooden spools. I remember also, having these in the toy box to stack and roll. Wow! That was lots of decades ago!! LOL! Wonder why I can remember these things and not what the movie was I watched last night!!??
:lol:
12-11-2010, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Helen Bankert
I made a large spool shelf. I used threaded metal rods. Put the spools over the rods. Then a 1 inch plank which had 4 holes drilled in it, all at equal distance from the edge. I had four shelves. It was over 5 foot high. I used it for plants. The spools have to be the same size on each rod, at the same level to keep it balanced. Different sizes can be used. To keep it all tight, it has a nut screwed to the top and bottom The top and bottom spool was drilled with a larger hole to cover the nuts.
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