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Cheese and Cracker Platter
with granite tile and custom knife

by Dennis Daudelin

 

Step 4 - Cutting the Cracker Holder

Cut the edge to make the platter round

Here I'm cutting the edge of the platter so that I round up the blank. As I write this, if you have any vibration when you first mount the blank, you should do this before doing any cutting at all.

I'm using an Ellsworth ground bowl gouge laid on it's side. This allows me to enter the wood (on the right) and to cut across the blank. In this picture, I've got the handle of the tool down so it's a finishing shear cut and if I had the handle cut (parallel with the ground), it would be a roughing cut. You can see how nice the mahogany in this picture looks from the shear cut. Very little sanding is needed and I would probably start with 180 grit.

Removing material

You can see that I'm now removing the body of this blank to create my cracker holding area. I'm using a bowl gouge since it's a faceplate turning.

Checking depth of wood

I like to check regularly the depth of my cutting. I use a double-side gauge for this purpose. I want to leave about 1/4" when I'm done, so I've got a little more cutting to do!

Finished cracker holder

Here is the look of my finished cracker holder. I've created a bead on the outside lip of the platter to match the inside one.

Now we can prepare the foot and finish our project.

Click here to go to Step 5 - Prepare the Foot and Finish the Project

 

 

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