Maple wood tray

Looks like a clock that’s correct twice a day.

Nice bitta timba O’hill...

-- If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD

beautiful piece of wood. you say this was routed.. how did you do the edges, it looks like they are flowing different radiuses? That would be difficult with a router. Unless they are just round over and flat.

was the tearout tough to deal with?

BTW, it doesn’t look birdseye, I’m not sure what it looks like, but it’s beautiful.

-- Jeff NJ

beautiful slab of maple,nice tray.

-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

Fantastic use of a beautiful piece of wood. My favorite part of woodworking is finding out what is hidden underneath. Nicely done.

-- There are rarely any mistakes made in turning, but there are a lot of on-the-fly design modifications!

DCooksey beat me to it. Revealing what’s inside a piece of lumber is half the fun. Nice work.

-- Dave, Downers Grove, Il. -------- When you run out of ideas, start building your dreams.

Beautiful work!

The slab from which the tray was made was incredibly dense. To some extent this resisted tear out, however I roughed out the tray with the router, then used my carving experience and tools to achieve the final shape I desired. Yes! It took a considerable time, but I used sanding attachments for the router that allowed me to shape and eventually polish the project. About your comment on the shape! Good catch!! Most would not notice it. I was concerned that at some time in the future someone would attribute the work to an automated process, besides which I liked the idea of (slightly) shifting the interior oval of the tray bottom off-center and adjusting the edges shape/curve to hide the difference except to the observant! Thanks for your comments!

Gorgeous!

I always like a little-of “HAND-MADE” showing too.

-- Wood rescue is good for the environment and me! just rjR

Overthehill that’s a work of art! It looked like it was turned on a lathe to me. Must have been a lot of work routing and carving. Love the grain and Birdseye. A bit of bark in there too?

-- John, Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada.

I know some people have a problem with integrating “Nature” and human perspectives, but I try to accommodate both in my projects. Yes! There’s “bark” in the finished project, how could I not incorporate what nature has granted me!
From a former contact, I’m primarily a wood carver, but am reluctant to display my all “projects” because they don’t fall (easily) into the “woodworker” category. Besides the “normal” router bits, and the sanding tips/tools attributed to routers, I also used “grinding” bits usually associated with “powered” wood carving tools, .. though I prefer knives and “chisels”.

I know some people have a problem with integrating “Nature” and human perspectives, but I try to accommodate both in my projects. Yes! There s “bark” in the finished project, how could I not incorporate what nature has granted me!
From a former contact, I m primarily a wood carver, but am reluctant to display my all “projects” because they don t fall (easily) into the “woodworker” category. Besides the “normal” router bits, and the sanding tips/tools attributed to routers, I also used “grinding” bits usually associated with “powered” wood carving tools, .. though I prefer knives and “chisels”.

- Overthehill

You ought to post the rest of your projects (as should I- I’ve been making wood projects for decades, but you wouldn’t know it from what I’ve posted in the projects section- I’ve even had people gripe me about not posting projects. That was a lack of camera ability, though).

That’s one hell of a nice project! Don’t be shy, and by saying that, I should do the same. ;^)

-- Steven.......Random Orbital Nailer

To Steven ….. “Random Orbital Nailer”, .. you show me yours, .. and I’ll show you mine!

To Steven ….. “Random Orbital Nailer”, .. you show me yours, .. and I’ll show you mine!

- Overthehill

Is that a Close sexual encounter of the outer space kind?

-- If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD

At my age, ..? What was I going to say?

To Steven ….. “Random Orbital Nailer”, .. you show me yours, .. and I’ll show you mine!

- Overthehill

lol. I’ve been contemplating posting my old projects. Some are just stuff I made to get things done in the shop. Guess I’ll post some. 8^D

-- Steven.......Random Orbital Nailer