Watch Stand - Fiddleback Maple and Leather

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My siblings and i have bought a really nice Hamilton Jazzmaster Viewmatic watch (not the ones in the photos!) for my dad’s 60th birthday in a week time, so i made this watch stand to go with the watch we got him.

So i picked a scrap i have of some fiddleback maple for the base

The main strength is from the stainless steel skeleton. I added more stainless to the base to give it more weight for stability as well as make it feel better quality

I added a chamfered angle of approx 10 degrees around the maple base. I used peacock oil for the finish

To form the shape of the top i used MDF to sandwhich the stainless

More to follow…

 

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Dont have photos of the underside of the base, but i used some cut down screws as well as epoxy to fix the stainless steel to the maple.

I ended up using a bunch of spring clamps to glue the mdf halves together

but after a little sanding following the glue up it turned out ok

Next step was to stick on some EVA foam to give it some cushioning. For this I used some 3M super 77 spray adhesive, which did a great job

I cut out some suede leatherto wrap over the EVA foam. And again, i used the 3M super 77 spray adhesive to stick the leather to the foam. Scotch egg anyone?

My first attempt at cutting the sides ended up being blood stained, so had to scrap it

 

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Again, no photos of it, but i treaded the exposed edges of the leather sides with some Seiwa Tokonole leather edge treatment stuff and burnished the edges with a leather burnished i made from some scrap on the lathe.

I also branded one of the sides with my makers mark.

I think it turned out alright in the end. Fingers crossed it does the watch some justice. (Again, it’s not the watch in the photos)