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Lattice Trivet

Project by Bob posted 11 days ago 295 views 2 times favorited 8 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I found a trivet like this at my mother-in-laws house and thought “I can make this!” So I brought it home, looked at it, and looked at it … and looked at it somemore. After about two weeks of just looking at it my granddaughter and I figured out how to set up the router and proceded to make dust.
We used recycled maple (from the first furniture my wife and I purchased 44 years ago) burr oak and walnut.

-- "How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatos, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?"


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cabinetmaster

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posted 11 days ago

Great looking trivets. I found the exact same thing the other day and my wife wants me to make some. Guess what I’ll be doing in my spare time this week….........LOL How big are yours? I’m looking to make mine about 6” sguare.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

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Bob

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posted 11 days ago

Mine is a 7” by 7” it works for most casserole dishes. and the old lady’s fry pan lol!

-- "How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatos, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young?"

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cabinetmaster

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posted 11 days ago

Thanks. Sounds like we are in the ballpark as to size….................LOL

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

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pknight

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posted 11 days ago

very nice. I like those.
My Grandfather used to make some with the Radial Arm saw and a dado stack, also about 6 by. The grooves on his were kicked over about 45 deg. (I like those better, smoother, more finished look)

-- -Peter

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ChunkyC

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posted 11 days ago

Love it and I need a trivet or two! Perfect timing!

Looks great!

-- Chunk

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tomakazi

246 posts in 173 days


posted 11 days ago

Nice… sometimes it takes a while for the light-bulb to warm up. hahaha

-- I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine - Johnny Rotten

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Charlie2

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posted 11 days ago

These are similar to ones I made 15 or 20 years ago from plans in Woodsmith Magazine, but the grooves were rounded with a core-box bit. Yours look squared. you might try the core-box bit instead – easier to clean tuna noodle casserole out of rounded grooves… They also had a modification of the design for round trivets. Those were the challenging ones. I made a lot of kindling getting that process down. (But only because I don’t follow plans very well. I take “short cuts” that either cost me time or even the project itself.)

Nice work…

-- Many things in this life can be taken from you. Your integrity is not one of them. It's yours until you give it up... Steve, Bakersfield, CA

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BobbyIronsights

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posted 2 days ago

Neat, they cover this in therouterworshop.

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