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Turnings on the lathe #1: Oak and cherry oven rack pullers

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Blog entry by oscorner posted 2149 days ago 2325 reads 3 times favorited 5 comments Add to Favorites Watch
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Hello everyone! I wanted to share another item that I have been turning on my lathe. How many times have you are your significant other opened up the stove to check that roast or turkey baisting in the oven, only to be met by a burst of 475 degree heat in the face. Not fun, is it? Well, this is my solution to that problem.

The top oven rack puller is what I call my commercial grade. It is longer and thicker than the other two. If you grab the rack from underneath you can support the weight of that twenty plus turkey while pulling the rack out . Here is a closer look at the handle:

And the business end:

Now for the other two:

This style is preferred by my wife, because it has a notch on the end that helps when pushing the rack back in:

The finish is several coats of shellac. I made the grooves with my bandsaw and finished them with a round file.

-- Jesus is Lord!





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Don

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#1 posted 2149 days ago

Interesting idea, Mark. Doesn’t the shellac burn when place on a hot rack?

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hillsbiblechurch.org/

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oscorner

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#2 posted 2149 days ago

Don, I haven’t had that problem. Of course, I only keep the holder in contact with the rack long enough to pull it out or push it in, no longer.

-- Jesus is Lord!

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Bob Babcock

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#3 posted 2149 days ago

Slick idea Os. Suzanne is going to want one for sure.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

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oscorner

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#4 posted 2149 days ago

Thanks, Bob. It isn’t hard to do and a very useful gaget.

-- Jesus is Lord!

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Dusty56

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#5 posted 334 days ago

Nicely made : )

-- When did quiet and quite become the same word ? I'm guessing about the same time as your and you're did.

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