Since I started making pads at home fifteen years ago, I’ve counted them up.
Based on that count, this is Pad Number 18.
Made from scrap wood, 1/4” gum rubber, wood glue and a few stabilizing screws.
The number is from an old telephone pole numbering system that dates from the 1960s. I scored this when an old pole was replaced and I asked the workers if I could have the old numbers. They shrugged and told me to help myself.
Why eighteen?
In the Jewish tradition, the number eighteen carries significance. Its Hebrew spelling translates to the word “life.” Multiples of eighteen are seen as multiplying life.
Since practice pads are a significant part of my pleasure in life, I saved those tin numbers for my eighteenth homemade pad. Here it is and it’s a keeper.
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