Comments on: Studio improvements

By: Debbi

Debbi — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:43:10 +0000

Gary – That’s funny, I could have sworn you said your caddy was on a lazy susan. Maybe you should try attaching the oak to a lazy susan? Anyways, you had the best idea and thank you!

By: Gary Ruuska

Gary Ruuska — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:13:21 +0000

Well, I know this is ancient history, and I did mean to comment quite a while ago, but I lost track and forgot. Sorry! I’m glad this worked out for you. I should point out that you went me one better. Mine is on a stationary piece of oak, and if I make a second one it will be on a lazy susan.

By: Debbi

Debbi — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:21:25 +0000

Hi Deb, I’m glad you like the pencil caddy. I don’t know where you live, but my husband got the lazy susan at a Containers store, and then some 2″ PVC piping at Home Depot, and used some epoxy glue/cement to glue the pipe sections in place. The two inner circles are elevated with some sort of pipe attachments. Let me know if you need any more information. The entire set of materials cost about $33.00, and I love my new caddy!

By: deb

deb — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:26:03 +0000

Oh wait – found your comment about how you made this caddy. it’s great. I have an old commercial display rack that was made for prismacolor pencils – it’s 8 hexagon containers on an angle, really wonderful – each one a different color so you can grab a color quickly – but I’ve had it 30 years and it’s just started coming apart. I’m so sad . Maybe I can get my husband to be inspired and cut some PVC if I show him your great photo. Thanks – Deb T.

By: Debbi

Debbi — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:14:27 +0000

Thanks Nicole! I still don’t have my DerWent Coloursofts or Inktense in the caddy, and will probably keep them in their nice little tins that they came in, so it’s not really ALL of my pencils, but still, a great improvement.

By: nicole caulfield

nicole caulfield — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:08:53 +0000

Congratulations!

I love the new caddy!

By: Debbi

Debbi — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:54:03 +0000

Hi Liz, I think I would find a carousel as you mention a bit tedious as well – I don’t think you sound lazy at all!

I do two different things with the “teeny-weenies”: I usually glue the smaller pencils onto a new one of the same with gel-type superglue. I learned this tip from Linda Lucas-Hardy at one of her workshops. Those little pencils in the jars, for some reason, never got glued onto another (most likely I didn’t have the same color in my possession at the time), so I will use them in a pencil extender, and get them down to about one inch in length.

Either are a great way to maximize the amount of pencil that can be used.

By: LizP

LizP — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:06:02 +0000

I like it! I have an old carousel with mostly single-pencil sized holes, and I find that it’s too much effort to put each one back. (Whoa, that makes me sound lazy!)
I notice your teeny-weenies there in the jar also… did I hear you say at the workshop that you glue them onto new pencils? What do you use?