I recently bought a cheap globe, and I'd like to make a wooden stand for it, something like:
The glove is 12" diameter.
I'm trying to figure out the best way to make the curved piece that directly supports the globe. I could cut it out of a large piece on a bandsaw ….but I don't think the grain direction would look very nice on it, and perhaps it wouldn't be very strong either.
It seems to me the nicest way of doing this would be bending some strips of wood, but I've never done that before, have no special gear, no special woods or any idea if it is reasonable radius to achieve etc…...
Any thoughts on how to do it, or alternatives would be appreciated.
Thanks
The glove is 12" diameter.
I'm trying to figure out the best way to make the curved piece that directly supports the globe. I could cut it out of a large piece on a bandsaw ….but I don't think the grain direction would look very nice on it, and perhaps it wouldn't be very strong either.
It seems to me the nicest way of doing this would be bending some strips of wood, but I've never done that before, have no special gear, no special woods or any idea if it is reasonable radius to achieve etc…...
Any thoughts on how to do it, or alternatives would be appreciated.
Thanks