An ability aid for cards

Hi everyone,

One of my co-workers recently approached me about a small project. She has a friend that was involved in a pretty bad car accident this summer. After everything the doctors could do, she had to face the tragic reality that she was now a partial quadriplegic. She has retained partial movement in one arm and hand.

Anyway, I was told that she missed being able to play cards with "the girls", and asked if I could build something to hold the cards for her. Here's what I came up with.

Not being sure what to build,I did some web searching and found some simple ideas, but I figured that I could do something a little bit more creative than a 2x4 with a saw cut in it. Not to downplay that, it looks like it works like a charm, and sure wouldn't take as long to build!

Image from Pinterest

To the shop I went, got my little box of scrap exotic woods to see what I had. A little bit of zebrawood left! Yay! I made a couple little feet.

Then I cut some Walnut, from somewhere in Central America, I believe.

Figured out the angles I'd want and did some gluing.

Now for some less exotic, probably very exotic in some parts of the world though, poplar. I made a sort of base for the cards to sit.

Added some more small walnut pieces to hold the bottom of the cards.

Sanding and sanding, then a bit more sanding

A few coats of oil really make wood look great!

I hope that in some small way, this person's life is made a little better. Maybe some day I can meet her and have a game of cards.

Take care everyone, thanks for reading my little post!
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