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4th August 2013, 05:57 PM #1
Magic Wands
My kids are going to a Harry Potter based cub camp next weekend, so I thought they should have some good wands for it.
SO I started with some basic pine I had lying around.
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It was a good prototype, lets see if we can do better.
I grabbed an old broomstick (I liked the irony)
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Lets see, what else have I got laying around, how about some Red Gum
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Two happy kids, one happy wife, and I had some fun. Good all round
NeilI may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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4th August 2013, 06:28 PM #2
hi neal
thats a great job for the kids,well done
hope the kids have a great time,and i think you may
get a few more orders to come
cheers smiife
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4th August 2013, 06:34 PM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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But do they work ??
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4th August 2013, 06:43 PM #4I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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4th August 2013, 06:51 PM #5Retired
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Last Christmas we had all the relos round for dinner (lunch).
With about 10 kids under 16 they decided that Grandad, Uncle Ian could make a magic wand.
They did. If they wanted a wand then they had to make them with a little help from me.
They thoroughly enjoyed it, got them off their I-whatevers, they learnt something and they made something with their own hands.
Great day all round.
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4th August 2013, 07:09 PM #6
A couple of years ago at the height of the HP craze I made may of the wands. Several different styles and gave each style a HP character name. All where accepted with great pleasure. The only magic I saw was the faces of the kids.
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5th August 2013, 07:30 AM #7Senior Member
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Great job there Gra,i was watching some tube stuff the other day on turning wands,thinking of having a go myself....be good seeing the kids thinking they were HP....
Mick!!!
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5th August 2013, 12:15 PM #9Senior Member
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Predrill a center hole, glue in a spring, add some sort of mini trigger, and load up on glitter.
Then they could really be magic.
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5th August 2013, 12:29 PM #10I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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5th August 2013, 09:03 PM #12
All up its about a foot long, the handle is about 90mm long. The handle is about 25mm thick
hope that helps. They were sized for my kids and the sizes were determined by the kids playing with the prototype
one thing I did find was the handle worked better with a concave as opposed to being straightI may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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