How about a pair of cast iron industrial styled cog book ends – maybe a bit of a steampunk themed item for your book shelf?
Having made some cogs for clocks, it struck me that these could a great compliment to some of the cog based clocks I’d been selling. So, take a quarter of a cog, mount it to a base and an upright and hey presto a book end.
Again, these are made from a quality MDF and machined using a Workbee CNC machine. The rusting process is as my other projects and I try and add a bit more interest by dropping other ferrous items, such as old nuts, on to the surface being treated. The image is of a book end in the process of being rusted which can take over a week of treating, drying, re – treating etc.
These bookends are on sale via my Etsy shop and come in three sizes, medium, large and extra large – the medium stand around 150mm tall and 80mm wide, the large are 200mm tall and 100mm wide and the extra large is 220 tall. They all feature a quarter of a machine gear wheel that is around 35mm wide.
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- Medium book ends £46
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- Large book ends £49
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- Extra large book ends £53
You can find a bit more in my Etsy shop here:
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1440447127/cast-iron-style-bookends
The above prices are for UK delivery and included 2nd class tracked postage via Royal Mail. If you are outside of the UK and would be interested in purchasing some of my book ends than please drop me a message via my e mail: daveworxwood@gmail.com
These bookends have been well received, here are a couple of recent reviews from my Etsy shop:
I ordered the medium bookends. As far as I’m concerned they are indistinguishable in look from actual cast iron.
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- Item quality 5
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- Delivery 5
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- Customer service 5
Listing review by katherine
Very pleased with purchase. Dave made the bookends a little larger as they are for design books so on the large side. Work perfectly. Well done you! Highly recommended as Dave appears to be a perfectionist with an eye for detail. Thank you again for your work.
