Dennis Daudelin
08-21-2006, 4:19 PM
This post and my turning are based on the stimulation of reading Andy's recent tutorial on platters!
I've made many small platters and plates in the past. I have struggled through the vibrations of 3/4" wood and luckily had good results. Most have been cherry although I have used walnut and butternut too!
Andy's tutorial got me to thinking that I had not turned any platters in a while and that I did have some lumber put away just for that purpose. So, I glued it to a maple glue block about 4 inches in length and had at it. Here are 2 of the results:
http://www.daudelin.net/assets/Extra/tn_maple-platter.jpg
12" Maple cheese and cracker platter with 6" green marble tile and curly maple cheese knife. This one stands about 1.5" tall.
http://www.daudelin.net/assets/Extra/tn_mahogany-platter.jpg
15" Mahogany cheese and cracker platter with 6" white marble tile and mahogany cheese knife. This one stands about 2.5" tall.
These were both fun projects. I like to turn the face as the first step while it's on the glue block and then move the tool rest to the back and finish up all but the actual foot. Then I put the maple into the cole jaws and finished the foot. The mahogany was too large for the largest Oneway cole jaws so it was finished on the vacuum chuck.
Both are finished with Tung Oil Finish, about 6 or 7 coats and then Beall buffed.
They were both put into the woodturning show at the Brewster Ladies Library here on Cape Cod today. If you're nearby, the local club is set up there all week.
Since they were so much fun, I've got 2 more drying on the glue blocks!!
Dennis Daudelin
Cape Cod
I've made many small platters and plates in the past. I have struggled through the vibrations of 3/4" wood and luckily had good results. Most have been cherry although I have used walnut and butternut too!
Andy's tutorial got me to thinking that I had not turned any platters in a while and that I did have some lumber put away just for that purpose. So, I glued it to a maple glue block about 4 inches in length and had at it. Here are 2 of the results:
http://www.daudelin.net/assets/Extra/tn_maple-platter.jpg
12" Maple cheese and cracker platter with 6" green marble tile and curly maple cheese knife. This one stands about 1.5" tall.
http://www.daudelin.net/assets/Extra/tn_mahogany-platter.jpg
15" Mahogany cheese and cracker platter with 6" white marble tile and mahogany cheese knife. This one stands about 2.5" tall.
These were both fun projects. I like to turn the face as the first step while it's on the glue block and then move the tool rest to the back and finish up all but the actual foot. Then I put the maple into the cole jaws and finished the foot. The mahogany was too large for the largest Oneway cole jaws so it was finished on the vacuum chuck.
Both are finished with Tung Oil Finish, about 6 or 7 coats and then Beall buffed.
They were both put into the woodturning show at the Brewster Ladies Library here on Cape Cod today. If you're nearby, the local club is set up there all week.
Since they were so much fun, I've got 2 more drying on the glue blocks!!
Dennis Daudelin
Cape Cod