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Make a lamp with blue tape & dowels

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Came across this interesting article by Jaime Derringer at design milk on making lamps with blue painter’s tape and wood dowels.  It looks fun and easy to do, especially during a boring rainy day.  If your first one doesn’t work, just rip off the tape and try again!

I might give this a try because I personally own tons of blue painter’s tape for my boat painting projects.  I also have lots of the same type tape in both yellow and green colors.  You only need a saw and the saw you see in the article is a Japanese style pull saw which cuts only on the pull direction.  It cuts better and nicer than traditional western style saws.  More precise.  I have one.  Highly recommended for woodworking, even for little projects.

 

 

Mini Flagpole Project

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Wondering how to make a mini flagpole for desk use or indoor decorations?

I came across this video by Curtos Noir (The Proper Gents @ youtube).  It’s nice but a bit involved if you don’t want to do woodworking beyond cutting dowels or drilling holes.  The easier way to do this is to get our pine wood plaques or wood discs or this candlestick base as a base and pick your favorite size dowel and top.

If you want a bigger flagpole, get one of our 1″ x 48″ wood dowels and one of these varnished flag pole finial with lanyard holes.  A great easy project for Memorial Day or July the 4th!

Miniature Wood Lobster Buoys

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One item that we at Casey’s specialize in is… miniature wood lobster buoys!  They are a popular seller, particularly during summers.  Most customers get this particular miniature wood lobster buoy and add an eye screw to the bottom for strings or hooks.  There are many other miniature wood lobster buoys that’s nice – the full line up is here.  If you’re more interested in lighthouses or lobster cutouts or the like, we have a page devoted only to these items.

Lobster buoys were already mostly hard foam with plastic or wooden handles when I was a little boy during the 1980s but there were still a few of this style lobster buoys around.  To learn more about lobster buoys, check this nice article by LobsterAnywhere (a company that ships live lobsters!).