Balvi Mind Exercise Bookend. The pair was a gift to older daughter Jenny and this one came apart. I have had it since bringing it home in June. The metal text panel has two [very] small tabs that fit into slots of the metal, L-shaped component (i.e., the actual bookend piece). I really didn’t want to have someone weld it, and I was uncertain how sturdy soldering would be.
Finally, I hit on providing additional structure on the back side with some custom-shaped pieces of wood that would be [largely] invisible from the front. We leave in two days, so here it is clamped and drying.* Then it has to survive packing and a 1200-mile drive…
» Here’s the pair at Balvi
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* On a 40-year old Black & Decker Workmate! When we first moved to Carbondale and lived in an apartment, it served initially as a nightstand until we bought our first (and current) bedroom set! Wow! They’re still made, although they have gotten super fancy. Our 40-year old unit looks like the current WM125, which sells for $40–60.
… Of course, I had to go to the garage and see if there’s a model number on mine.
And of course, there is: No. 79–009. See it here.
Retired economics professor (“dismal scientist”). Married 40+ years to the love of my life; we have two grown daughters, both married, two granddaughters and a...
@corinnec I had about three months to ruminate on it but this prospective solution just hit me recently. I wish it hadn't taken that long but there it is.
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