A little serving tray

Nice project Al. That QS Sycamore looks nice. I have never used it before. People tend to use sycamore for firewood around here.

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

Beautiful work. I love the tile work as well as the dovetails.

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

Clean and beautiful design and augmentation, Al.
How did you find the QS sycamore for planing/sanding?
I have a hunk which alternately tore-out (even when moistened with mineral spirits) or fuzzed up fiercely. Nothing beats that grain pattern though.

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Nice execution. Thank you for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Looks great

-- Glenn, New Mexico

Great looking little tray! I really like the joinery.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

That is one sweet tray.

Wish I could offer a suggestion about the silicon. I seem to remember reading somewhere about using mineral spirits to clean it.

Lew

Al, very nicely done even with all the trials and tribs of ‘playing in silicone’. I was envisioning a similar ‘tile’ based project as there are so many beautiful tile designs around here and they most definitely add another dimension to the fininshed project

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Thank-you all for the wonderful comments!

Scott,
I know what you mean – that is ALL I remember sycamore being used for, too!

Douglas,
I use quarter-sawn sycamore quite a bit; the DW735 planer handles it very nicely. No trouble sanding at all. First pass is always the drum sander, followed by the ROS. I finished this tray with 5 coats of Waterlox, and buffed with 0000 steel wool between coats, so it is very smooth and velvety to the touch. Even with hand planes the QS sycamore planes beautifully – but one must go with the grain.

I look forward to seeing others with tile work, too.

-- Al Navas, St Joseph, MO, http://sandal-woodsblog.com

A beautiful well crafted tray.

The Sycamore looks great.

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Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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Very nice. Great dovetail work.

-- Garyb6, “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler” - Albert Einstein

A beautiful project! Choice of sycamore perfectly matches the tiles.

-- Randy, Tupelo, MS ~ May I become more like the Master Carpenter every day.

AL, I have not yet worked withe any tiles although I have bought some for future use so this may not work but, these tiles are intended to be included into a kitchen, so what about using the mastic that is used to apply tiles to walls and then grouting (of which there are several types available) ?

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Guys,

I am humbled by all the wonderful comments! Thanks again – I learn something from y’all everyday (is THAT proper here???), and that is pretty cool!

-- Al Navas, St Joseph, MO, http://sandal-woodsblog.com

Beautiful work and photography there Al!

How did you adhere the tile?

-- Chris

Al, this looks great. The DTs look very tight.

I’m sure you’re daughter loves it!

Thanks for posting it.

-- Martin, Kansas

Chris,
I used high-temp silicone, and made a huge mess in the process! On the photography: I like to use a mix of tungsten lights, and flash as fill-in when possible.

Martin,
Thanks! The sycamore machines very nicely, and holds the edges very well.

-- Al Navas, St Joseph, MO, http://sandal-woodsblog.com

Beautiful work.

-- jeanmarc manosque france

Thank-you, jeanmarc!

-- Al Navas, St Joseph, MO, http://sandal-woodsblog.com

Great job Al. Good luck in the contest.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Al a great looking serving tray. Nice job.

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