Woodturning Wig Stand For Cancer Patients
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The Utah Woodturners club has a summer activity from April through October where we get together at someone’s shop on one Saturday morning each month. This is a great time to observe and share. We’ve fixed lathes, solved tough problems, and shared experiences.
This year, we’ll add a service project to enhance the other activities, wig stands for future cancer survivors.
While your mileage my vary from this one. This wig stand uses 5″ 8×4 cedar for the dome top; 6″ 8×4 cedar for the base, and 12″ 5/4 cedar for the center spindle. Mine is finished with walnut oil. It will not make it to a end user until the oil has fully dried.
While a wig stand will not relieve their current pain, hopefully, it can help them deal with their emotions.
Enjoy!
Our club also builds stands for Carti. One thing that you didn’t mention which could be important. If the stand is to be used for display only this doesn’t apply. However if it is to be given to patients and those patients have synthetic wigs then they need to be able to breathe. Patients wash them and sometimes remove damp wigs to put on their stands, air must be able to flow. Otherwise bacteria or mold could form. Natural hair wigs don’t seem to have the same issue. I don’t know why, but that is what Carti tells me. Here’s a video I just made and I use dowel pins. check it out, Larry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3L2rmc6pjU
Something to be aware of. Wood and water typically don’t mix.
Alan