legnochegira
Via Costa Alta 61
31015 Conegliano TV
legnochegira
Via Costa Alta 61
31015 Conegliano TV
Legnochegira
tornitura legno
Table wood toothpick holders
Handcrafted wood toothpick holders
Whether used for mouth hygiene or to skewer food without getting your hands dirty, the toothpick remain an indispensable tool. But where to store these little sticks?
Legnochegira offers three types of toothpick holders: a simple barrel, a cylinder fixed to a plate-shaped base, or for those who prefer a more elaborated object, a device made of wood by inserting an ingenious mechanism in a jar that keeps the toothpicks closed with a lid. When you lift the lid, it brings with it a basket containing the toothpicks that open like a flower to facilitate taking the toothpick, when you close the lid the toothpicks go back into the jar.
You might prefer the simpler toothpick holders or the more elaborate ones, the wood production legnochegira offers very comfortable and warm elements to bring to the table. Made with olive, locust, cedar, cherry, and boxwood woods; when you use these objects, you fall in love with them by abandoning the cold toothpick holders in glass, ceramic, or metal.
Turning a toothpick cup
It is a elegantly simple article; it is created by turning a branch or a small piece of wood that is roughened between the spindles to form a cylinder. The cylinder is fixed to the chuck of the lathe, and the inside is excavated, the desired profile is turned, the wood is finished and the base is cut.
Turning a toothpick holder with saucer.
It starts by forming a cylinder hollowed out in the same way as for the small glass but creating a tenon joint at the base that will be inserted into the saucer.
A piece of board is glued to a backing pad, and the base of the saucer is turned with a joint for the chuck jaws. The upper part of the saucer is profiled, creating a hole where the tenon of the cup will fit. The two pieces are finished and glued together.
Turning a toothpick dispenser.
A little more complicated than the previous ones, it requires accurate measurements. A branch is first converted into a cylinder, cutting the segments for the jar, the lid and the basket with the relative sockets.
The jar is turned, perforating the inside with a drill bit, the outside is outlined and the lid is created. The base and the upper part of the lid are turned by making a through-hole in the center.
A delicate cylindrical wooden basket is turned that can enter the vase like a piston, leaving a column in the center in which a blind hole is made.
A rod of wood of the diameter of the holes made in the basket and lid is inserted and glued to the basket and the lid; so that when the cap is closed the basket is at the bottom of the jar. A turned knob or pinnacle is added to the lid, and everything is finisched.