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Broken Coffeepot / Burlesque Tray - C. in Indy - 08-19-2016
Since our coffeepot turned into a mere "steam generator" yesterday, and I haven't got that resolved yet, this morning I got local Starbucks stuff to take to my wife. So I got out the serving tray I had made during the Great Recession, when I was building a lot of stuff and re-using every scrap of wood I came across.
This was built when I was reducing power-tool usage and taking up handtools for the first time. The dovetails are pretty sloppy, but they filled up nicely with dark epoxy! The tray-bed was based on a very old scrap plywood slab which did warp again stubbornly later, so I trued up the base on my wife's "granite test slab" as shown, using a block plane. The hand-grips were based on drilled holes rather than a router pattern. I did rely on a router for the inlays. I had a 4-up matched set of veneers which I roughly glued onto the plywood. Rather than try to 'butt' all the veneers precisely, I did the rough-install, then routed out precise 1/4" channels for the decorative strips.
Happy woodworking!
Chris
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RE: Broken Coffeepot / Burlesque Tray - AgGEM - 08-19-2016
Very nice!
I like the drilled handholds.
Ag
RE: Broken Coffeepot / Burlesque Tray - hbmcc - 08-19-2016
Cool! (Maybe, smokin'!)
Does the filler imply epoxy glue, too? Every time I read about using original sawdust and glue for filler, I think: let's just fix it using channels and accent materials.
RE: Broken Coffeepot / Burlesque Tray - tshiker - 08-19-2016
Very nice! I like the inlay, it's something on my bucket list!
RE: Broken Coffeepot / Burlesque Tray - Window Guy - 08-20-2016
Nice job I like it.
Steve