Making a Dinner Plate from a piece of wood - (Short)
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- In this short video Jake is making a dinner plate from a piece of birch wood.
Then he uses beeswax as a top and final coat after sanding the surfaces.
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Special thanks to Walker and Rasar for the music.
Thank you for this excellent short video. The scraper is unappreciated and often overlooked.
Charles Stromme good sharp scraper can make impossible things possible. Last year I turned two Japanese bowls with extremely thin walls measuring one millimeter at the thickest part. It wouldn’t be possible to achieve that without my other scraper, which is basically an old thin blade made to a rounded scraper that is held inside the bowl without a tool rest-just by hand. It has a back support which eliminates chatter. It cuts thinnest shavings ever possible without tearing wood fibers.
Thanks for the appreciation
A plate holding jig... I hadn't even considered this. Thank you so much, Jake. I'll be making one this weekend and transition from bowls to plates. :)
You're very welcome, Dave!
Beautifully turned Jake.
Cheers
Mike
Mike Waldt thanks Mike! I love the way you’ve organised your studio!
Thank you:)
I want to make a mug. Is there a varnish that is safe for it to be used to hold hot liquids and to drink from?
Nice job.. i'm wathing in the middle of pandemy.. is great.
Saludos desde Lima Perú.
Beautiful, and a simple technique for doing the backside. I enjoyed watching it, and shared it with my wood turning father. "Hey Dad! Know what I want for my birthday? I'll buy the wood. :D"
Thanks for sharing.
That’s so wonderful, Ron! Dads love when we keep ‘em busy :)
Cheers
For the average dinner plate, what size thickness do you start with for the blank? Also, what are the top two or three woods to use for dinner plates and other dinner ware in terms of their long term use and durability. Obviously it must be a hard wood but what about withstanding the use of them?
Ross Nanfito typically I make these plates out of a ¾” wood. As you said, hardwoods are great. As for the longevity, as long as it is washed with warm water and dried immediately and kept with care, these will go on forever. I think, however, people like to use the wooden plates on special occasions... one thing to note-it’s not very suitable for steak dinner because the knife can damage the wood eventually.
+Ross Nanfito as for the wood species birch wood, beechwood, maplewood, marone would be good starters.
Great work!
BUK thank you!
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Thanks Jake, you have just saved me a huge amount of time when making plates. I was cutting a mortice to hold the plate but a tenon makes much more sense because I won't be stressing out about going through the bottom and spending most of the time measuring thickness. I was taught to turn plates with a mortice so never even thought of using a tenon.
Best Wishes, Brendan.
baconsoda you are very welcome Brendan! By the way, I used to keep measuring the thickness before, but it really becomes unnecessary after some time. Basically, what happens is that I make the tenon about 2-3 mm and when I turn the inside of the plate, the very outer edge (also about 2mm) tells me that before getting closer to the base rim, I must keep going flat from that point on. The only major benefit of making a tenon instead of a mortise chucking is time consumption, since I have plenty of space around the tailstock to cut the tenon, which wouldn’t be the case with cutting the mortise. Another benefit is that we tend to make a dimple when we are finessing the inside of the plate or a bowl...so the tenon actually gives us the last chance to correct our “mistake” in the end.
GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK ON YOU TUBE TURNING AGAIN. HOPE YOU DO MORE.
+LANEY REECE thanks! I’ll probably turn more around the Christmas as I am working on a few projects that consume all my time and I’ve little or no time for woodturning.