Tom Winship
03-01-2012, 12:20 PM
I am not real proud to show this platter as my second segmented project, but I went ahead and signed it anyway.
It is cherry (don't waste mesquite while learning, correct) 11" in dia. about 1" high. I made it with a lot of collaboration on here and with my Hill Country buddy, Robert McGowen.
I cut and turned the center disc round, then made what we call ring #2 (the outer diameter of the plate) and tuned the bottom side of it to receive the disc (floated).
Glued in the disc (only 2 drops on end grain), then tuned bottom of platter and disc flat.
Made ring #1 and sanded flat to hold in disc and serve as platter bottom resting place. Glued in, keeping glue off disc.
Turned platter bottom entirely and finish sanded.
Glued glue block to bottom and reversed to finish inside of platter.
Major mistakes I made (confession is good for soul)
1. On outer ring I tried to join the 2 ring halves by flattening on my oscillating belt sander. Never succeded in getting it flat as evidenced by two obvious glue lines in top view. (Disc sander will be ordered while on vacation next week)
2. On bottom ring, I sanded flat after glueing 2 halves together. I then glued it on to ring #2 upside down (unsanded side). This is visual in bottom view.
I did write an Excel SS to calculate segment dimensions.
The other thing I will change when I make the next one is to finish the bottom ring with a dovetail in it so I can chuck there instead of having to part of the bottom after it is finished.
As I say, it was a learning experience.
I would appreciate your comments, especially from a design point of view (and technique as well)225865225866
It is cherry (don't waste mesquite while learning, correct) 11" in dia. about 1" high. I made it with a lot of collaboration on here and with my Hill Country buddy, Robert McGowen.
I cut and turned the center disc round, then made what we call ring #2 (the outer diameter of the plate) and tuned the bottom side of it to receive the disc (floated).
Glued in the disc (only 2 drops on end grain), then tuned bottom of platter and disc flat.
Made ring #1 and sanded flat to hold in disc and serve as platter bottom resting place. Glued in, keeping glue off disc.
Turned platter bottom entirely and finish sanded.
Glued glue block to bottom and reversed to finish inside of platter.
Major mistakes I made (confession is good for soul)
1. On outer ring I tried to join the 2 ring halves by flattening on my oscillating belt sander. Never succeded in getting it flat as evidenced by two obvious glue lines in top view. (Disc sander will be ordered while on vacation next week)
2. On bottom ring, I sanded flat after glueing 2 halves together. I then glued it on to ring #2 upside down (unsanded side). This is visual in bottom view.
I did write an Excel SS to calculate segment dimensions.
The other thing I will change when I make the next one is to finish the bottom ring with a dovetail in it so I can chuck there instead of having to part of the bottom after it is finished.
As I say, it was a learning experience.
I would appreciate your comments, especially from a design point of view (and technique as well)225865225866