Scout's Ghetto Warping Board
Materials :
wooden board - 11?x30?x1? I used
Poplar - you just want a hard wood
7/16 wood
boring bit
3/16 drill bit
2 - 3/16 steel plate round - 3 feet metal rod
# 8 washers
bottle of Gorilla Glue
hacksaw or something to cut the metal rods
metal file to file down the cut metal rods
some sort of varnish/poly to coat the wood once done
Directions:
I simply asked the nice man at Lowe's to cut the board for me. Then, follow the diagram below to mark the board for the pegs. (click for the bigger image)
Obviously I'm not a carpenter so hopefully this all makes sense! Once you have measured & marked the holes with a pencil, using the wood boring bit, go ahead and drill all of the holes. (When yarn is dyed it shrinks and that's why the one side has two holes. You can wind the white yarn on the outside holes and once it's dyed & dried you put it back on the inside ones . However, I don't do this as I simply lay the yarn on the floor and wind it VERY CAREFULLY onto a swift)
After using the wood boring drill-bit, I then took the 3/16th bit to make the hole a bit deeper for the metal rods to be able to go in deeper. Be careful not to go too deep and keep it straight while you drill!
Get out the Gorilla Glue and make sure to use rubber gloves as to not get that on your skin. I was warned it is crazy-strong glue. Dab a little bit of glue on the flat side of the washer and insert into each hole. It should then look like this.
I then applied a clear varnish coating to seal the wood.
The next step is probably the hardest part of the whole process. You need to cut the metal rods into 5? pieces. Once you have cut them, use the metal file to round the edges so they are smooth and won't catch on the yarn.
And then? That's it! Then you can go ahead and warp your board to dye up to six colors. Obviously you can do as many colors as you want. Here are a few pictures of the last skein I dyed.
