Custom Wooden Wristrest Build Log

[Snikrep]

Snikrep's Custom Wooden Wrist Rest

So I have had my Quickfire Rapid for a couple of months now and I wanted to get a wrist rest for but didn't really want to buy one from the store.
I perused the threads here for ideas and found the works of The_Beast and tigersharkdude.  This got me into the mood and I decided to make my own.

My Supplies

* Piece of Pine - 48" x 24" x 3/4"
* Gorilla wood glue
* Four metal clamps and Three plastic clamps
* Golden Oak Wood Stain
* Rust-Oleum Painter's Touch 2x Clear Coat
* Table saw, can cut angle
* electric hand sander, with 400 grit and 2000 grit (for finishing/wet sanding) sand paper

I started off cutting the wood down to size:

* One 10" x 14" for the base of the WR
* One 4.5" x 14" for the rest

I glued these together and clamped them together for a single unit, base and rest.





Since this is meant to be a build log, I will post more pics when I take them and update here with a new post.

Enjoy the start for now and as always questions are welcome.

Snikrep

[Snikrep]

As promised, I want to keep you guys in the loop with this little build I have going on here.

Below are a couple more pictures of the staining.

As a great piece of advice, don't just use whatever stain is in your garage.  I used Minmax Golden Oak wood stain and I'm not too sure about the color.

It's not as dark as the pictures have it, it's quite a bit lighter.

So here is just the first couple of layers of stain and sanded with 400 grit in between each layer.




Tonight I will be doing the clear enamel and rest assured I will be putting a few layers of that on and wetsanding with 2000 grit paper.

I'll post more when I take those pics.

Snikrep

[Snikrep]

So I dropped the ball a little bit.
But I have changed my ways and I now present to you all the completed product.

This is my first, and I mean that it really is my first, attempt at something like this.

I don't normally do this sort of project but I love working with my hands on things like this.




I applied the clear coat/enamel and let it sit for 24 hours to cure.
I then wet sanded with 2000 grit sandpaper to get it nice and smooth and prepared for some polish.

I used some Meguiars Ultimate Polish (it comes in a reddish bottle) and buffed it out for a nice shine.

I hope that you all like it since this was my first attempt at this sort of thing.

Snikrep

[tigersharkdude]

That turned out pretty nice. How do you like the clear coat?

[Snikrep]

That turned out pretty nice. How do you like the clear coat?

I like the clear coat actually.

It takes a little getting used to since it's hard, but if I really wanted to I could make another and add some leather around the piece of wood where the wrist goes to soften it.

Overall I like it, for a first attempt at something like this