Maple Burl Platter with Rim Detail

[Don Fuss]

I've been having some fun with platters lately and I ended up taking a perfectly nice piece of wood and putting a bunch of dents in it. It doesn't look as good as it did when I pictured it in my head (of course), but I'm relatively happy with the result and it was fun to do.

The diameter is just under 12" and it's a little over 1" thick.

[Travis Stinson]

Simply beautiful Don....great job!

[Alex Cam]

Very nicely done.

[Mark Pruitt]

Looks great to me! Well done!

[Gordon Seto]

Don,
Beautiful! You knew when to stop. Adding more would be too busy for this piece of burl. I like it.
Gordon

[Steve Schlumpf]

Very nice platter Don! Just enough embellishment to enhance the piece. Nicely done!

[John Timberlake]

Very nice platter. Love the piece of wood and like the detail you added.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Very, very well done Don! I'm with Gordon on this one......You knew when to stop! Stunning!

[Gary Butterfield]

Nice platter Don!

[John Hart]

Wow! That is just plain gorgeous! :)

[Jim Ketron]

Beautiful job!

[Jim Becker]

Yummy!!! Very, very, very nice!

[Keith Burns]

Excellent platter Don. The rim detail is just right:) :)

[Mark Cothren]

Looks great, Don - nice work!

[Christopher K. Hartley]

Don, you can be proud of it! It looks wonderful. I like the work you did on the design.:)

[Bernie Weishapl]

Beautifully done Don. I like it.

[Brodie Brickey]

Don,

A beautiful and elegant piece. What finish did you use?

[Jonathon Spafford]

That is a really awesome platter... you did a grand job on it! Love that piece of wood!!

[Joe Tonich]

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/jt6089/flaming_wow.gifhttp://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b156/jt6089/9.gif Beautiful!!

[Ed Scolforo]

Don, I'll add to what others have said, beautifullly done on a great piece of wood.
Ed

[Don Fuss]

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement all!

I'll suggest to anyone to give something like this a try. It's hard to take a nice piece and possibly destroy it with one slip-up, but the possibilities are almost endless of what can be done. I simply ground the end of an old flathead screwdriver into a rice-like shape and pounded the details with a mallet.

Brodie: Thanks! I used a coat of boiled linseed oil, two coats of danish oil, and I buffed a coat of paste wax on by hand.

[Glenn Hodges]

I like the wood and what you did with it.

[Tom Sherman]

That's pretty cool Don, I believe you've got a winner there.

[Bruce Shiverdecker]

Looks Beautiful to me, Don. I,too, like the added detail.

Bruce

[Gilbert Vega]

That is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!!!!