Small Cherry Plate

[John Timberlake]

Had a piece of scrap cherry with a crotch in it. Decided to make a plate. The crotch had a gap, so I needed to fill it with something. Used a combination of epoxy and turquoise Inlace beads. Had to glue a scrap to the bottom of the blank first. Rough turned the top of the plate before filling the crack and cleaned out any bark inclusions. After the epoxy cured, I turned the rim of the bottom by glueing a block to the face of the plate. Then flipped it, turned the inside, flipped it again to finish the bottom. Here are top and bottom views.

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[Barry Stratton]

Very nice and beautiful outcome! Is it as big as it looks or is it simply perfectly proportioned?

[Dick Parr]

Great save John, looks very nice. How hard is the inlace to turn and sand?

[Ernie Nyvall]

Nice job John. Glad you could keep it together.

Ernie

[John Timberlake]

The plate is only 6" across. The Inlace in epoxy turns well, but you have to be careful not to overheat the Inlace. Since it is polystyrene, it will melt.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Nice save John. Beautiful plate.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Beautiful recovery! Where do you purchase inlace? I am unfamiliar with it.

[Henry C. Gernhardt, III]

John, that's absolutely lovely. I like what you've done with the void, and the figure on that piece is beautiful.

[Kurt Rosenzweig]

Very nice! I'm gonna get me some of that inlace.

[John Timberlake]

Beautiful recovery! Where do you purchase inlace? I am unfamiliar with it.

I got mine at the Woodcraft store in Orlando while in Florida on vacation, but not all Woodcraft stores carry it any more. If found a web site (http://www.turtlefeathers.com/text/inlace/inlace-main.html) where they sell it. I like using the granular material with an epoxy better than the liquid that Inlace sells - personal preference.

[Tom Sherman]

Knock em Out John! That looks great I like the inlace great contrast and good method for saving an awsome slab of cherry.