Wooden Ratchet Noise Maker

Step 3 Body and handle

For the two side pieces, I decided they would be 10 inches long, and 1 inch wide, made out of 3/4 inch thick oak as well. I started with a piece around 2 1/4 inches wide, and drilled a hole through the end where the dowel holding the gear would pass through. Then, I ripped this piece into the two 1 inch side pieces. Doing it in this order enabled the hole for the dowel to be in the exact same place on both side pieces.

With a larger piece of dowel (around 1 1/4 diameter), I made a handle. I drilled a hole through the center which the smaller dowel could slide into. I then drilled a small hole through both pieces which I could slide another peg through to hold it all together. You can see it before it is assembled in the picture below.