How to Make a Dreidel Out of Wood
Dreidels have been a wonderful item for entertainment. People have been playing with these items for centuries. The Jewish people loved playing with the Dreidel during the holiday of Hanukkah. If you want to continue this tradition and enjoy the real fun of this game, you can also bring these items home.
If you have the permission of the authority, you can begin by replacing the panel. You can even ask the company to help you with that. They can replace it for you so that you can work with your sidings. And after you are done working on the sidings, they will help you restore the panel like before. This is by far the best and safest solution, so if you can, you should do it.
Tools Needed
- Blades (of choice)
- Drill (3/8″-diameter bit)
- An eyeliner pencil sharpener
- Woodburner
Materials Needed
- Hard woodblock
- Paint or permanent marker
- Baltic birch plywood or wood of choice
- 3/8″-diameter by 4″ dowel
- Sandpaper, (220, 320, and 400 grits)
- 3⁄4″-diameter wooden bead
- Shellac or varnish
- Assorted grits of sandpaper
How to Make a Dreidel Out of Wood
Step 1
Take a square-shaped timber deal and mark 21/4 inches of length from it. Then cut it down. Now take another piece of timber pole and cut two inches from it. Now make a 45-degree angle cut at the end of each of these pieces.
Now join the two pieces together at the 45-degree angle cuts to form a right-angle. This is your basic frame for the door.
Step 2
To find the center of a block, put the measurement scale on its surface and draw an “X.”
Step 3
First, find the center of the object you want to drill a hole through. Then, put the drill bit at the center and drill through slowly. Make sure not to rush and miss the right spot. Also, be careful not to let the drill come out the back end.
Step 4
Now it’s time to sand the wood. You’ll need a sanding machine for this. Put the machine on the wood and push it along the surface. You want to make the bottom of the wood round, so stop when you get to the center point. Slowly move the machine from one end of the wood to the other.
Step 5
Once you have a round shape on the bottom, you need to sand the edges properly so it can spin properly. Keep sanding until you get a smooth surface. Once you have a smooth surface, you need to attach the small pole you cut earlier. Before that, apply some glue inside the hole and then push the small wooden pole inside. That’s it; your dreidel is ready to use now.
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