Set your table saw so the thin piece noisee the cutoff so you don't have to place the rip fence right next to the blade. I love the design, it's much better than any one I have used before. Next, I chiseled the holes into wooden things to make noise rectangle so the peg could slide into it. For the moment, mine seems to hold together well without any glue. Couldn't resist that one! Introduction: Wooden Ratchet Noise Maker.

You can then hold the whole thing together, and drill through the two sides and the middle piece and hold it together with the same wooden peg method we've been using. I kept my pegs toward the top, so the hole ran through only one of the sandwich pieces, rather than running through the stiff board. I should mention that before making everything permanent, you should check the length of your stiff board.

It should be short enough that it is not rubbing against the gear at its thinnest point. But it should be long enough that it slaps the next gear tooth after slipping off the previous one. Experiment a bit to find the optimum length for maximum slappage. With everything assembled, you can give it a spin and see how it works.

For the moment, mine seems to hold together well without any glue. I like having the middle piece bolted together in case the stiff board ever cracks or breaks; then I can just unbolt it and put a new stiff board in. My noisemaker is fairly loud, and it spins freely in either direction. Have fun!

I made a bunch of them, and found the design to be excellent. The only significant change I made was to drill through the gear and dowel and peg through them, rather than carving out the groove in the gear. It's difficult to get a good glue joint there, and I had a couple of years break loose. Drilling through the gear was faster, too. Otherwise, great idea - thanks! Reply 10 months ago. That "stiff board" could also be a length of steel strapping. It comes in various widths and is free.

Good Ible, might make a few. I made 18 of these for my wedding. They were fun to make, I had a poor shop set-up, and I was still able to cobble them together because of the ease of the instructions.

They are LOUD! I would've Thought you would've used a router for the hear But your way is very Simple.. I like it. If you want to make it 'double noisy', you can add an ekstra gear and stiff board, - symphony orchestra style - with the gear wheels slightly offset. Reply 11 years ago on Introduction.

Wow, that would be pretty loud. I wonder how many stiff boards you can get on one and still have it work? As many as you like I think the best wood for the stiffboard would be ahs e. Its durable, bends well without cracking, and beeing a "soundwood" commonly used for electric guitar and bass-bodies it would make a louder, - mayby more 'musical' or pleasing sound than the very hard and stiff oak. I'm Jewish, so I've seen and used many graggers before, and by far this looks the best. I love the design, it's much better than any one I have used before.

The design looks really original, and it probably makes a sufficient noise. I'd love to use this at Purim this year. You could use it in a bar when requesting more rum, and be grogging for grog.

Couldn't resist that one! In the verse in Alice in wonderland referring to Tweedledee and Tweedledum loosing their "rattle" this is what they were referring to. Really nicely presented. These things were used in the UK for making noise at football soccer matches, whether or not they were introduced by Jewish immigrants I couldn't say. But the British designs usually had a square-cam, if I remember it correctly.

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