Pinch Rods

A little late to the party, but I finally got around to making some pinch rods.

I could have made the block a bit thinner and more elegant, but these will work fine.
I went with a more traditional design and all wood hardware as I'm allergic to metalwork.

Start off with some premium lumber (This is part of a pallet the stone for my kitchen floor turned up on).

And neaten it up a bit

Cut down to size

And final dimension for 3 x pinch rods.

Same for the blocks

Dovetail into a open cube

Tap for the screw

And finally make the screw

And that's it - quick and dirty pinch rods.
Smallest one will go down to 1 foot, and the largest up to 4 foot.
Although it's simple enough to just make new rods, I could have just made 1 block, but then I'd probably lose the rods for when I need them.