re: Rattle

Thanks for the nice comments. Cherry is good gnawing wood!!! But with no teeth...no worry!

Hi Ryan. Yes, I put 4  round pockets in , half of the finished depth, using a 7/8" ball end router bit. Add 4 balls to each end and then glued the halved together. The one thing I had to record was the distance of the center of the pockets from the end  so when it started out totally round, I knew where to  turn the balls on the ends centered on the pockets.