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bainin
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Trivet

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My mom visited during the Thanksgiving break-nice to see someone after 2 years! Especially her. Had a great get together.
She had brought along a bag full of corks that she claimed were the result of time alone due to Covid - haha - she didnt need to bring any- i already had a bag of my own ! - but she asked me to think of something to do with them for her.

Anyways-the one thing i found cork seems to be used for is trivets (sp?) ...hot plates for pans.

So-i proceeded to build up a simple trivet for her.

As usual with woodworking - i needed something i didnt have - a kind of fixture to get a flat side on a cork for later gluing/mounting
to the trivet base. Maybe the most interesting part of the project.

Here is the fixture- with an inserted stick-it pushes the cork flat against the hole created by a forstner bit-that was then slit open on one side with the bandsaw. The protruded cork could then be sliced off easily by guiding along the bandsaw fence.
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Running this against the bandsaw fence allowed for flat slices to be removed from the corks without the cork spinning during the cut.
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Here's the curly maple base I started with to receive the corks.
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The top ..
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and bottom..now with my logo :)
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Happy New year everyone !


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Pretty neat use of those corks. Nice job.
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Nice job on both pieces . I could be wrong but I believe that is Ambrosia maple . a highly sought after and very expensive wood in these parts . a
huge thumbs up !! https://www.wood-database.com/ambrosia-maple/
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That's pretty ingenious! Great job!

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Nice!

Gluten fer punishment? (making that holding jig in the area of that knot) :eek:

My thought re the wood was spalted maple (same thing as ambrosia???).
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Clever!
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Hobbyman- yes it may be Ambrosia maple, it was an offcut chunk I found in a local wood store in their last chance box ... I think I was told it was "curly" maple, but maybe "wormy" maple , or Ambrosia maple as you say- TBH - I'm not really sure ! I'll take your ID so I feel like I got a good deal.

JPG- I guess I don't pay much attention to the wood before I start...goin thru knots and nails and what have you. I will endeavor this year to pay more attention to grain and imperfections before I begin :)

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JPG wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2022 10:35 am Nice!

Gluten fer punishment? (making that holding jig in the area of that knot) :eek:

My thought re the wood was spalted maple (same thing as ambrosia???).
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Close they are both caused by a fungus however one is do to the Ambrosia beetle and the other happens as part of decay .
https://www.woodshopnews.com/news/getti ... the-forest , http://www.wood-database.com/ambrosia-maple/
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b,

I like your cork cutting jig. I may just be the thing I need to use some of the corks we have waiting to be used in a project.
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That logo is great! :) I wish I'd thought of it!
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