| All you need to make a teapot stand is pegs and No | | | | frustrating because you apply pressure to make the |
| Nails Glue. You can varnish your finished teapot stand | | | | pegs stick, but the other pegs slide out of position. |
| but you would need to use a marine varnish because | | | | More haste, less speed! |
| normal varnish will spoil if on contact with water, with | | | | The following day join the clusters of four peg halves |
| water being an essential ingredient of the tea making | | | | together to form clusters of eight. The following day |
| process. An accident is very probable. | | | | join the clusters of eight to form clusters of sixteen |
| You will need approximately 23 wooden spring pegs. | | | | and so on until the peg halves form a star like circle, |
| You may need a couple more or less because the | | | | with a hole in the centre. You may need to add |
| peg sizes may vary. | | | | additional peg halves to achieve this. |
| First dismantle all the pegs. Remove and discard the | | | | Allow the glue to dry completely before you |
| metal spring, you just need the two pieces of wood. | | | | continue. |
| You will notice on the shaped side of the peg that | | | | Use sandpaper to stand the two flat surfaces to the |
| one end tapers and becomes slim. This is the area to | | | | teapot stand to smooth, clean and remove any |
| apply the No Nails Glue from the tip to the | | | | excess glue. Now you can apply a couple of coats of |
| indentation of where the spring once was. | | | | marine varnish if you choose to. Read the varnish tin |
| Glue the peg halves together in groups of four so | | | | for directions of how to use the varnish. |
| that all the shaped surfaces face the same way. | | | | An interesting artistic looking teapot stand that would |
| Allow these clusters to dry overnight. Trying to make | | | | give any teapot that wow factor. |
| the teapot stand in one go makes it fiddly and | | | | |