Pecan offering plate

[Dennis Ford]

A very interesting piece of wood, makes me think of a landscape. The lettering was cut with my home-made CNC router. It is just under 15" dia.

[John Keeton]

Pretty neat project!! I agree on the landscape impression - nice wood.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Very nice work Dennis! Beautiful wood! Good form and really nice work on the lettering!

[Mary Thompson]

Of all the items I have been viewing on this website, that seems like the best money maker!!

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really pretty plate. It does have a landscape impression to it. Well done.

[Greg Just]

that is fabulous - well done

[Michael Jasani]

Hi Dennis,
Beautiful 'landscape' effect of the wood but I love the clean look of the lettering! It looks like embossing with 3-dimensional effect. I had eroneously pressumed most turners would engrave. Would very much appreciate if you could pls educate me on the process. Thanks in advance.

[David Hostetler]

Excellent work! I think when I get to the point where I can reliably duplicate my projects, I am going to make a dozen Pecan plates for my church... The wicker baskets we use are to say the least, funky....

[Sid Matheny]

A great job all the way around and great piece of wood.

Sid

[David E Keller]

It's beautiful. Gorgeous wood and wonderful form.

[Tim Browne]

What started as a beautiful piece of wood was nicely enhanced by your use of it. Well turned and skillfully lettered. I'd also like to hear more about that.

[Dennis Ford]

Thanks for the compliments.
The lettering was done once the plate was removed from the lathe. The plate was clamped face up to the table of my CNC router and a 1/32" end mill was used to cut the letters. I don't have any fancy software, just used a CAD program to layout the letters and a free-ware program to convert DXF file to G-Code. This is about as large as my CNC router can handle without relocating the work in the middle of a job.

Using a CNC machine makes this piece no longer "hand crafted" but I feel that this was a good combination of hand work and automated work.

[Brian Effinger]

Beautiful Dennis. And I'd call it hand crafted - you did make the cnc machine, so I think that qualifies.

Brian