Why not just hot glue two boards about 3/4" thick by 6" square together.
First finish sand the inside of the gluing. Glue with a spot at center and
at one end. Mark the end with the glue spot. Turn it round, sand and finish.
Turn another disc for the base. Insert the end of a chisel at the maked spot
on the glue up and rap with a mallet. This will separate the discs and andy
marks fromthe chisel will be removed as a flat for gluing are cut on the
disks. pin and glue to the base with white or yellow glue and you are done.

Alternately, use a screw chuck to turn each of the discs. The glue up will
hide the hole.

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God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NS Canada
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"hwahl" wrote in message
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On Sep 16, 7:57 am, TWW wrote:
I was playing with the idea of making a napkin holder (not rings) with
a lathe. The result would be round but yet hold the napkins
vertically.

How about turning 2 disks about 6" in diameter with a design that
allows finishing both sides, cut off a flat on the edge of each using
bandsaw or tablesaw.
Then turn a base about 3 - 4" in diameter and glue/pin the flat of
the disks to the base.