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Quoits Game

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Remember playing quoits?   Basically,. it's a game where you throw small hoops (Quoits) over wooden pegs, like small skittles.  It was popular - and possibly still is - on cruise ships, where it was called "Deck quoits" and the quoits were usually made from rope.   I decided to make a set, from some old table legs and a flat base, using rope for the quoits too.

I found some nicely-shaped legs from an old oak table, and used the pole lathe to turn off all the old brown varnish.

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Turning very dry, seasoned wood needs patience and very sharp chisels.  Fist I honed up the turning chisels to a mirror-finish using a leather strop.

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Then cut the legs to a suitable length.

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Then the last side was fitted and the whole thing glued up.

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Removed all the brown stain and polish, then shaped a double tenon in the middle.  This created two pegs from one table leg (one facing each way - joined at what will be the base of the peg).

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See the pairs of pegs, then sawn in half to make the individual pegs.

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I found a good solid piece of oak offcut, and measured it up to make the base.   I drilled holes half way through the base to take the round tenons on the bottom of each peg.

These rescued oak strips will be ideal for making the tray:

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A good coat of wax polish and some numbers on the top.   I made a set of rope quoits to suit.

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