Shop update #397 (6-18-25) Wishing Well update

Do you remember the Wishing Well that I made a couple of years ago?
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The solar lights from the dollar store died last year and they didn’t have any more when I looked. I remembered about them this week so I picked up 8 new ones. 4 for the well and 4 for my walkway. It turns out that the old ones are smaller in diameter than the new ones so I had to drill out the holes and make them bigger.

I started by placing a piece of scrap plywood on top and marking the size of the old hole.

I drilled a new hole with a 2″ holesaw. You can see the difference in the light sizes below.

I clamped the scrap plywood over the existing holes and used it as a guide for the holesaw.

I received a decorative lantern as a gift from a co-worker last year for Christmas and it’s been floating around the shop for 6 months. I decided to make a cross post to hang it from.