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My wife asked me to build this cake holder for a friend anniversary at the end of the month.
The plates are 1/4” plywood rough cutted with a jigsaw and routed on my router table with a simple jig : a scrap of 3/4” runner with a pin in my miter slot.
The pole is 4/4 cherry laminated pieces and rounded with 3/8 round over bit. I’ve drilled a hole in the center for a dowel so that the tower can be stored in three compact pieces.
The plywood was very smelly when cut so I sealed it with shellac for the odor, then finish with “salad bowl” finish and a coat of wax.
I can tell you that I am looking forward to see this one in use :)
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savannah505
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#1 posted 1461 days ago
Now to make the wooden cake with caulking icing. Good job.
-- Dan Wiggins
a1Jim
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#2 posted 1461 days ago
I don’t know were the plywood came from but the fact that you said it had a strong odor I would be concerned that it could be plywood made in china were some plywood has a very high formaldehyde content. and of course this would not be something you want to contack food. other than that concern it looks great.
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loupitou06
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#3 posted 1461 days ago
The sticker on the plywood said “Made in Ecuador” and my hope is that the combination of shellac and salad bowl finish will seal the wood real good.
I’ve also ask my wife to place the cake on some cardboard anyway.
Thanks for watching
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scrappy
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#4 posted 1461 days ago
Looks good. That would hold a lot of cakes. Looks bery functional.
The plywood sounds like a concern that you have addressed with the finish and cardbouard.
Keep up the good work.
Scrappy
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jockmike2
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#5 posted 1461 days ago
Yea, these days ya never know what yer gonna get.. I heard on here I think someone found a razorblade inside a piece of plywood. Would’nt bother some of these kids nowdays. Go right along with the ring in their nose.
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Bubba95966
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#6 posted 1460 days ago
Based upon the coloring and grain of the plywood, I am guessing that the specie is perhaps a Virola or Pine type from Ecuador. One of the problems with South American material – Virola specifically – is that the logs pickup bacteria as they are floated to the mills in the rivers. Thereafter the bacteria die and give off a stinky odor. There are also certain species that do give off a strong odor. For example California White Fir is used extensively for pallets in California and the material stinks to high heaven. The nickname of the White Fir is “Piss Fir” for obvious reasons when you are within smelling distance.
So fear not, the smell is not necessarily the moder day boogey man formaldehyde.
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