Geordie, That is cool! Thanks for sharing. -Derek

 

Great work Geordie, looks great.
Cheers
Pete

 

Great work, Geordie! Neat design.

 

neat design, and well finished!

Looks great!
John

 

A good job well done!! I like the finish.

 

Nice job Geordie, did you come up with the design?

 

Thanks everyone. Rolf, yes it came from my own (twisted) imagination but it owes a lot to the marine buoy I mentioned. I drew a full size half profile of the bell to work out the angles and lengths while trying to keep the size to a minimum. The final picture is actually distorted slightly as I had to rotate the photo. It's taller and (I think) more elegant than the pic shows.

 

Thinking outside the box again,eh Geordie? That is one fine looking bell holder. Kindda rings my chimes.

 

Thanks Doc. It's good to know that at my age I can still ring someone's bell, even if it's only yours

 

Geordie really nice bell holder. The jointery looks great but a little to complicated for me to try. Finish is excellent could I borrow your son for my next finishing project .

 

Thanks Glenmore. There was nothing to the joints really. The legs were mortised into the base using a plunge router to cut the mortises. The top of the legs and the upper plate carrying the knob were notched also using the router and a straight bit. The trick is to do a full scale half drawing to work out the angles of dangle and lengths.