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mom's "lazy susan" turn table

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Project by larryw posted 825 days ago 1574 views 2 times favorited 8 comments Add to Favorites Watch

This lazy susan was made for my mother. It’s made from red oak boards that were tongue and grooved and glued together, and then planed flat. The radius was then cut using a cirlcle jig and router. A red oak veneer was applied to the top for continuous grain. The edging is strips of steam-bent red oak ( made a steam box just to do this project)with a groove running the center and length of each piece that fits a tongue routed in the table. A wide groove was routed on the underside to accomodate the large turning mechanism and lower the height a little. A strip of steam-bent walnut was added around the edge for interest, I also placed an inlay of a leaf made from walnut crotch with a circle of steam-bent walnut around it. I finished it with 3 coats of oil based poly (sanding between coats) and rubbed it out using 0000 steel wool and paste wax. It’s 30’’ in diameter

-- "everything is beautiful, but not everyone sees it" ~confucius-551-449 b.c.~




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Tommy

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#1 posted 825 days ago

This is pretty sharp and seems like a well suited project. I see some of these cool lazy susans in my future. Nice job on the inlay by the way, well done.

-- Tommy, ---- It's Never Crowded On the Extra Mile.

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sgtq

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#2 posted 825 days ago

Nice choice of woods and the finish looks fantastic

-- There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. ~William J. Clinton

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steliart

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#3 posted 825 days ago

Beautiful table

-- I am not so rich to buy cheap tools.

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peteg

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#4 posted 825 days ago

Larry that lazy S under looks like it can do the job for a right old family gathering. What a beautifull gift for “who elese” but Mum, certainly up to the usual standard we have come to expect :)))
Well done

-- Pete G: If you always do what you always did you'll always get what you always got

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itsmic

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#5 posted 824 days ago

Very Nice, beautiful combination of woods, and crafty combination of skill sets, your work is definitely an inspiration for us all. I have been wanting to make one of those steam boxes, the results of your efforts show in the quality of your beautiful projects, thanks for sharing

-- It's Mic Keep working and sharing

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#6 posted 824 days ago

Great job, Larry. It’s always smart to stay on Mom’s good side. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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#7 posted 824 days ago

Nice!

-- Dan ~ Texarkana, Tx.

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#8 posted 824 days ago

Great work Lary.
? – How did you build your steamer?

-- Sptfish, Naples, Florida, http://www.ckherzer1@comcast.net

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