My Mom mentioned to my wife a few days ago that she wanted me to make a square plate set for her birthday. Well hers birthdays today and she mentioned that on Thursday so I didn't have a ton of time but I think I got it done!
The plates are 7×7x1" made from Poplar, all the plates were cut from the same board of poplar. My hand carving skills need some work so I turned them on my lathe between centers. I didn't want to use a glue block as I'm running low on cut offs and wood is expensive lol. I finished turning and sanding on Friday and started applying Tried and True Friday night followed by several coats. I had never successfully turned a square plate before this, I've tried several times but always break the wings. After the second one was done the other two were pretty easy, what I wish I did differently was sand it off the lathe. I wasted a lot of time think I could sand the core of the plate on the lathe, eventually I realized it was a lot more efficient to just sand by hand. There was a few other people there who wanted me to make things for them as well, so that's nice! Thanks for reading.
The plates are 7×7x1" made from Poplar, all the plates were cut from the same board of poplar. My hand carving skills need some work so I turned them on my lathe between centers. I didn't want to use a glue block as I'm running low on cut offs and wood is expensive lol. I finished turning and sanding on Friday and started applying Tried and True Friday night followed by several coats. I had never successfully turned a square plate before this, I've tried several times but always break the wings. After the second one was done the other two were pretty easy, what I wish I did differently was sand it off the lathe. I wasted a lot of time think I could sand the core of the plate on the lathe, eventually I realized it was a lot more efficient to just sand by hand. There was a few other people there who wanted me to make things for them as well, so that's nice! Thanks for reading.