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just finished this tray today. walnut frame with a veneered quilted maple. finished with a blend of tung oil/boiled linseed oil/poly (6 coats). I made for a christmas gift for some dear friends of my wife and mine. Let me know what ya’ll think.
bty made matching spatula’s out of the scrap wood. never had thought of that before until friday night while playing dirty santa at a party, someone brought a handmade spatula that they had bought. Everybody went nuts over it. Got up Saturday and cranked out 9 out of scrap walnut and cherry and by that afternoon had sold 5 for $10 apiece. Live and learn
**An update—- I think because of the cold and humid weather this week, the tung oil didn’t dry right and was a little rough after the 6th coat. So I tried something new and rubbed down the surface with 0000 steel wool and rub on a coat of paste wax. Had heard of this but never tried it. Wow did it really bring out the grain of the wood and the figure in the maple really ripples now. I’m going to do it this way from now on.
-- Joey, Magee, Ms http://woodnwaresms.com
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19 comments so far
schwingding
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posted 264 days ago
WOW! That is unbelievable wood and you chose the perfect way to display it!! Fantastic.
-- Just another woodworker
Thos. Angle
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posted 264 days ago
Very well done
-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon
Russel
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posted 264 days ago
Quite attractive. I really like the contrast.
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mrtrim
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posted 264 days ago
great work . that is an exceptional piece of maple ! well done
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USCJeff
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posted 264 days ago
Not to take away from the tray (love the veneer), but I’d be interested in seeing the spatula’s as well. I too have never thought of making one, but I can see the potential appeal.
-- Jeff, South Carolina
lyle
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posted 264 days ago
Thats a great project. the maple is superb.
cajunpen
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posted 264 days ago
Very nice – I like the quilted maple and of course walnut always looks good. One of these days I will get around to trying to veneering something.
-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/
Dorje
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posted 264 days ago
Beautiful tray!
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
Karson
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posted 264 days ago
Great veneering. A beautiful tray.
-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com
snowdog
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posted 264 days ago
$10 dang that sounds way to cheap for such a nice piece of work.
-- "so much to learn and so little time"..
Joey
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posted 264 days ago
it’s scrap wood and i made 3 in an hour using a bandsaw and oscillating sander. spatula’s that is
-- Joey, Magee, Ms http://woodnwaresms.com
TreeBones
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posted 263 days ago
Very beautiful, love that wood.
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TomFran
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posted 263 days ago
This is a very nice tray! Nice work.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 263 days ago
Fantastic wood, and you did a great job putting it together!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
cronk
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posted 263 days ago
that is about the pretty piece of quilted maple as I’ve seen. the wood combination is truly super. you really did a wonderful job of finishing the tray.
-- cronk, oregon
MsDebbieP
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posted 263 days ago
awesome.
do we get to see the spatulas?
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rikkor
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posted 263 days ago
Geez Louise that is awsome grain on (in) the maple. It’ll be a shame to put anything in it.
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Joey
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posted 263 days ago
i’ve got the spatulas posted
-- Joey, Magee, Ms http://woodnwaresms.com
Dusty56
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STUNNING GRAIN and AWESOME CRAFTSMANSHIP !!!
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