Paper Plate Support

Nice job Jim. Most likely every family needs a few of these.

-- Tom Godfrey Landrum South Carolina (tom@thcww.com) 864-384-4938

Nice. Looks better than a lot of plates.

-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability

COOL WOW!

Awesome!

NICE!

Thank you!

-- Have Fun! Joe Lyddon - Alta Loma, CA USA - Home: http://www.WoodworkStuff.net ... My Small Gallery: http://www.ncwoodworker.net/pp/showgallery.php?ppuser=1389&cat=500"

Nice idea and well made.

-- Vince

Nice idea. I have made several plates, but I never thought to make holders for the paper plates. Just went to a friends house for BBQ yesterday and I sure could nave used on then.
Do you mean that the holders are .800” high? They don’t look .800” thick from the photos.

-- Mel

Neat…

-- Drink twice... and don't bother to cut... @ larrysworkshop.wordpress.com For lovers of all things timber...

Thanks for all the nice comments.
Mel, the overall height of the plate is about .800. From the top to the deepest part of the inside it is around .680. That leaves the bottom about .120 thick.
I used it already today!!
...........Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

Great idea for when you’re “on the road” Jim.
Always the Practical Man :))
Pete

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

Great idea Jim, could save a lot of washing dishes. What is the Bedan tool, sounds like you have mastered it’s use.

-- Bob C, Australia. I love sharing as long as it is not my tools

Jim…..the idea that I would receive recognition/credit from the turning world is a little bizarre !!.....but thanks all the same !!

G’day, Bob.
The Bedan is like a one sided parting tool. It is 3/8” wide and swept back sharply in the front and the sides are tapered in to leave a 3/8” wide straight edge to remove material by cutting straight in with it. I did both of those plate supports in 1 1/2 hrs because I had to meet someone at 4:00 so I had to hurry. I plunged the Bedan in about .600” and then snuck up on the final dimension of .680 deep and 6.8” wide for the center . Then I used a bowl gouge to finish it to the right radius. I cut a paper plate in half and used it for a gauge for fit. I finished the back and then used a big jam chuck to remove the tenon.

Cheers, Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!

Thanks Jim, looked up on the net, Robert Sorby has one but a bit dearer than 22 bucks. Could even have similar in the heap of chisels I have. Will post a couple of turnings shortly. Cheers Bob.

-- Bob C, Australia. I love sharing as long as it is not my tools

nice plates. Penn State is currently out of the bedan. I was going to order one this weekend.

-- www.carvingandturningsbyrick.com, Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

It’s all been said Jim, it’s the sort of turning that I aspire to. Better take out a patent before China sees them and starts to churn them out in plastic by the millions!

-- Harry, Western Australia

Roger, thanks for turning me on to using a Bedan. I owe it to your, my friend!! I had never heard of one before we talked in your shop about it!!...................How about coffee next week?............Jim

-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!