
I made the cube a couple years ago for my grandparents but the first stand I made (a little brass pip it sort of balanced on) was rubbish and got lost. I just made the new stand in an hour (although it needs a coat of oil or something to finish it, and some solvent to remove the superglue I got all over the top bit). The base is made from some purpleheart I got in a box of turning blanks at a second hand shop.
What I thought was interesting was that I made it in an hour. I've been filling my garage with a plethora of woodworking tools. I
made a tablesaw a while back and just finished a
Cosmas Bauer style router lift.


Something like this stand would've been more of a project to me in the past, squaring up the wood and stuff by hand. But with the table saw (equipped with a crosscut sled) and router table it took next to no time at all. Machining the brass nuggets was probably the most time consuming part.
Make's it all worthwhile!