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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.
Running this against the bandsaw fence allowed for flat slices to be removed from the corks without the cork spinning during the cut.
Here's the curly maple base I started with to receive the corks.
The top .. and bottom..now with my logo

Happy New year everyone !


b

Pretty neat use of those corks. Nice job.

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/

That's pretty ingenious! Great job!

Chris

Nice!

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

My thought re the wood was spalted maple (same thing as ambrosia???).

Clever!

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

b

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

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

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/

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.

That logo is great! I wish I'd thought of it!