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This is a serving tray that I was commissioned to make for a customer. It is walnut and maple with 12 segments inside a 4 segment ring. It just fit in my lathe. Finish is Mylands friction polish followed by Deft gloss lacquer and scuff wax with Butcher's wax. I was glad I bought that 12" digital caliper at Harbor Freight for the fitting of the two pieces..

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Nice tray very nice…....................................Schloemoe
 

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Jim,

That is a very beautiful tray, the customer should be very happy with this. Great Job,

Thanks for sharing!
Chuck aka 'The SedcoKid'
 

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Jim that is very cool! Looks great.
Your projects are always so beautiful, Thanks for sharing.
 

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AWESOME! This is really a nice pattern. You should be proud!
 

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Hi Jim,
Very nice. How many hours do have in it?
Hope you client appreciates all the work that goes into something like this.
Great idea. I'll have to show it to my buddy who's a turner.

Thanks for posting
jb
 

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Hi Jim,
That's really a nice work you have done there.
You will have one happy cutomer there.
Best thoughts my friend,
Mads
 

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Looks great.
Functional too.
Thanks for sharing
 

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That is so beautiful Jim. You make it look so easy.

Thanks for sharing Jim.
 

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Looks like a professional made it Jim. Looks even better with the finish
 

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I made a segmented dressing stool for my closet redo. (Earlier posting). Yours came out prettier!

Jim, I really like this piece. The color contrast and execution is first rate. Your client should be tickled.

Michael
 

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Thank you all for the kind comments.
Rimfire, it took about 12 hrs not including waiting for the glue to dry. I always seem to make mistakes and this is no exception. If you look at the halves of the center, I had put the last piece on the wrong side. I had to run it through the planer to get a good flat side on the front and then flip it over to glue it together. I remembered I had to do that but did the opposite. I must be dyslectic! I'm getting to be good at rescuing a project from things like that!!
 

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Darn nice job, Jim. Looks like you got a perfect fit and glue up on all the pieces. That great finish really makes it glow. I'll bet they are really happy with it.
 

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Hi Mary Anne. The customer loved it and picked out a number of other wood items before leaving.
 

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It's beautiful!!! How in the world did you make to ring? That is something that has always confused me.
 

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Very nice work Jim.
 

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Hi Kristoffer. I made the ring by gluing 4 blocks together on a piece of MDF that I screwed on a faceplate. I turned the inside diameter and took the faceplate off the lathe. Then I mounted the segments on a spiggot I pre turned and had to get it right on center. I only turned the outside diameter on that to fit inside the ring. Then I glued it inside the ring and turned the whole platter on the faceplate. Once the front was done and a radius partiall arund to the back, I parted it off by turning away the MDF- none of the walnut or maple- to release it from the glue joint. I had a real hard time turning the bottom because I did not have a center to work from on the bottom. I made a big jam chuck for the inside and used a flat nylon plug over my live center and it ran out a bit. I had to finish the bottom entirely with an orbital sander
 
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