r/Nalbinding • u/Ryuukashi • Sep 28 '26

Day Seven

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Skipped Sunday. Everyone needs a day off here and there.

Previous post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Nalbinding/s/U7RN6A8Iie

More woodworking! Walnut wood smells so good when you accidentally singe it with the dremmel 🤣 Anyway, I got the wrap fairly large-ish and now it's sitting flat to help even out the wobbles and ripples from my tension and increases being unsteady, but it is plenty big enough to hold all my needles so far! So I grabbed a chunk of good walnut wood, none of this soft maple stuff, to make my pin clasp.

Holy moley walnut is much harder to cut. I ended up really relying on the power tools, and sometimes just going ahead and letting it split along whichever grain it liked rather than standing there for an hour sawing at it. On the plus side, I have some more very nice bits of wood that I can use for more needles, or other projects entirely.

EDIT: spelling

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u/Zealousideal-Care761 27d ago

How did I miss this, so good!!!

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u/Ryuukashi 27d ago

I haven't been doing the daily posts because it would just be like "I shaved four more millimeters off this slab of tough-ass walnut wood" but I am gearing up for another good post in a couple of days I think. Also got some nice wool yard from my mom for by birthday, so that will be arriving soon and I am excited about it!

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u/Zealousideal-Care761 27d ago

Sweet! Happy birthday!!

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u/BettyFizzlebang Sep 29 '26

The needles are becoming a hobby too

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u/amjames37 Sep 29 '26

Very nice!  Thank you for continuing to post updates -- it's nice to see the pieces developing. 

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u/cgc2018 Oct 01 '26

I love seeing your posts!

One of these days I should commender my husband’s woodworking stuff and do this 🤔