Project by DustyS06 | posted 03-07-2019 09:16 PM | 886 views | 0 times favorited | 5 comments | ![]() |
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Added a cheese serving tray to my wife’s kitchen today. Made the tray from cherry and mahogany with purple heart and canary accent strips. It’s overall dimensions are 7” W x 15” L, with 7” x 10” dedicated to the cheese serving area.
As with all my food safe projects I used three coats of mineral oil followed by two coats of beeswax and orange oil.
-- Dusty
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bruc101
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#1 posted 03-08-2019 04:14 PM
Pretty tray, and a good marriage of the different woods you used.
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ChrisK
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#2 posted 03-11-2019 10:19 AM
Looks great, nice work.
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#3 posted 03-12-2019 06:59 AM
I saw a bit of an optical illusion with this when I first glanced at the cheese tray. It looked like it was sunken into a very lacy pillow. Had to look twice and I see now that it’s a beautifully made tray too! I love the contrast of the different grains of wood and I’m sure your wife is very pleased with it also!
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Prodgex
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#4 posted 03-13-2019 06:44 PM
I was going to make something similar with a cross grain piece on the end to make a “breadboard end”. Mine is going to be 8” wide so I’m thinking the usual method to allow for cross-grain expansion is unnecessary on such a narrow piece. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
michaelmaloney
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#5 posted 03-28-2019 03:51 AM
I saw a bit of an optical illusion with this when I first glanced at the cheese tray. It looked like it was sunken into a very lacy pillow. Had to look twice and I see now that it’s a beautifully made tray too! I love the contrast of the different grains of wood and I’m sure your wife is very pleased with it also!
-- Michael Maloney: https://supercheapselfstorage.com.au/facilities/gold-coast/
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