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Agreed, great installment in the series from John !!

Many thanks to a related post from member Majones1, for an inspiration! I particularly liked the heavier base on that one, and I decided to take it a bit further. Generally you can see development to this point: Early basic "triangle" joinery; these are Oak sides atop a Sassafras live-edge...

Just a side note about my watch tinkering, which frequently employs doo-dads on my Shopsmith. This one was pretty far gone, but a lot of sentimental value. An experiment :) Before: Disintegrated shellac, and pinholes into the nickel dial: IMG_6222.jpeg IMG_6223.jpeg With working innards now, and a b...

I'm working closer to a plan, incrementally.
The flag is wrapped to prevent getting dust on it.

Ideating and tweaking some ....
The finger joints were roughed-out on the bandsaw. The whole rig is fairly constrained already; a triangle is a stable shape!

Teaser picture for the next project, should it decide to complete itself...

I got my 510 brand-new in 2007. Still loving it!

Thank you for this excellent posted project!
I have recently been released from a job, so I'm going to have some additional free time for a spell. I'd like to make something similar for my late Dad's flag.

Your use of a base, along with the triangle, is very well done!

I may contribute a bit more in the coming few weeks... I just got shoved into "early retirement" today. Thanks, Scrooge!

I always enjoy reading this Forum.

Great work! It looks like a very cool re-use scheme for the old door.