Popular Post kmmcrafts Posted February 3, 2023 Popular Post Report Posted February 3, 2023 I’ve been scrolling for nearly 20 years now and always thought about making a trivet when I see others post about them. I seen a book while shopping with my wife last fall that had trivets and put it on my Christmas list. This is fresh off the saw. Cut from 1/2” cherry using a Pegas #3 MGT blade. I had to modify the pattern slightly due to the drill bit got off centered in the center hole, there was supposed to be some other cutouts around the drilled hole but it went off center so I just cut the hole out larger and recentered it. Think it’ll look good once dipped in Danish oil to make the color pop. I intend to finish with DO, but was curious how others finish their trivets? Does anyone make trivets with a backer? I’m just wondering because I feel like this is going to be quite fragile. Originally designed to be about 10” diameter but I didn’t want to piece the pattern together since I no longer have my large format printer and I would have needed to do a glue up going that large so I opted to size it at large as I could on a single sheet of which makes it around 8 inch ish. One more question, how thick of material is best for trivets? I was going to go down to 3/8 but with the details of this and how fragile it could get I went with 1/2. Scrappile, JackJones, stoney and 9 others 12 Quote
OCtoolguy Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 Very nice! kmmcrafts and scrollingforsanity 1 1 Quote
preprius Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 I like it. The different length of pedals give it a natural non-symetric look. But over view shows symetric. A good combination. Daisies? OCtoolguy, kmmcrafts and scrollingforsanity 2 1 Quote
Dak0ta52 Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 Wow that looks delicate! Great job. kmmcrafts, OCtoolguy and scrollingforsanity 2 1 Quote
BadBob Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 I think you have just opened a can of worms. OCtoolguy, barb.j.enders, kmmcrafts and 1 other 1 3 Quote
kmmcrafts Posted February 3, 2023 Author Report Posted February 3, 2023 9 hours ago, preprius said: I like it. The different length of pedals give it a natural non-symetric look. But over view shows symetric. A good combination. Daisies? I think it's daisies but not really sure, I just used one of the patterns from the book I have and the pattern was called Spring Flowers or something like that. scrollingforsanity and OCtoolguy 2 Quote
stoney Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 Beautiful trivet Kevin. The finish choice depends on what you want to do with it, display or actually use. I have found that using a trivet for hot pans or dishes it's better to not use any kind of a film finish. scrollingforsanity and OCtoolguy 2 Quote
barb.j.enders Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 Looks great. I haven't made any trivets, but if you want to make a backer, try cork. kmmcrafts, OCtoolguy and scrollingforsanity 2 1 Quote
daveww1 Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 awesome job scrollingforsanity, OCtoolguy and kmmcrafts 2 1 Quote
John M Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 Top notch. OCtoolguy and kmmcrafts 1 1 Quote
Scrappile Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 To pretty to sit under a hot pan! That is a wall hanger for sure! Very nice work. scrollingforsanity, kmmcrafts and OCtoolguy 2 1 Quote
scrollingforsanity Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 Vey nice and very detailed work kmmcrafts and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote
Roberta Moreton Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 I always finish them with mineral oil. I don’t want a finish to mess up my kitchen pots or casseroles. I usually make them from 1/2 material. Kris Martinson, kmmcrafts, scrollingforsanity and 1 other 3 1 Quote
rjweb Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 You did a beautiful job Kevin, RJ scrollingforsanity, OCtoolguy and kmmcrafts 2 1 Quote
Kris Martinson Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 Really nice work. scrollingforsanity, kmmcrafts and OCtoolguy 2 1 Quote
Pancho Posted February 4, 2023 Report Posted February 4, 2023 Just "WOW"!!!! scrollingforsanity and kmmcrafts 1 1 Quote
Peter N White Posted February 4, 2023 Report Posted February 4, 2023 Top notch. kmmcrafts and scrollingforsanity 1 1 Quote
kmmcrafts Posted February 4, 2023 Author Report Posted February 4, 2023 On 2/3/2023 at 9:08 AM, barb.j.enders said: Looks great. I haven't made any trivets, but if you want to make a backer, try cork. Wouldn't cork be flimsy and not really add any strength? The only reason I would add a backer board is to get more strength for the project.. those outer flower petals don't have much wood support because there is only like 1/8" of material on either side of them to hold them in place and I can see them getting broken off pretty easy.. Maybe cork is stronger than I thought but I always seen cork as a flexible material rather than more rigid.. I contemplate making another batch of these from 1/8 - 1/4" and stack cutting them and then gluing to a square or round shape contrasting wood.. such as maybe making them out of Maple with a Walnut square or round backer that is maybe 1/4" larger.. Not sure a trivet is a piece that would be glued / laminated as such though? Maybe I'll be the one to invent that? OCtoolguy and scrollingforsanity 1 1 Quote
barb.j.enders Posted February 5, 2023 Report Posted February 5, 2023 17 hours ago, kmmcrafts said: Wouldn't cork be flimsy and not really add any strength? The only reason I would add a backer board is to get more strength for the project.. those outer flower petals don't have much wood support because there is only like 1/8" of material on either side of them to hold them in place and I can see them getting broken off pretty easy.. Maybe cork is stronger than I thought but I always seen cork as a flexible material rather than more rigid.. I contemplate making another batch of these from 1/8 - 1/4" and stack cutting them and then gluing to a square or round shape contrasting wood.. such as maybe making them out of Maple with a Walnut square or round backer that is maybe 1/4" larger.. Not sure a trivet is a piece that would be glued / laminated as such though? Maybe I'll be the one to invent that? I thought cork mostly because of it's insulating factor and it would be better against a wood table. I put cork on the back of this project.This has a hanger on it for hanging on a wall. Not sure how much strength it provides but it is better than nothing. kmmcrafts 1 Quote
Scrollshrimp Posted February 5, 2023 Report Posted February 5, 2023 A beautifully cut trivet, I have the same pattern book and am about to start the Butterfly pattern. May take me a while though ! kmmcrafts 1 Quote
kmmcrafts Posted February 5, 2023 Author Report Posted February 5, 2023 5 hours ago, Scrollshrimp said: A beautifully cut trivet, I have the same pattern book and am about to start the Butterfly pattern. May take me a while though ! I've got the easter bunny and Shamrock patterns printed for the next ones but it also might be a while since I just got some new toys for the CNC to put together and set up. That seahorse one looks like it would take a while to cut, LOL Quote
Scrollshrimp Posted February 6, 2023 Report Posted February 6, 2023 19 hours ago, kmmcrafts said: I've got the easter bunny and Shamrock patterns printed for the next ones but it also might be a while since I just got some new toys for the CNC to put together and set up. That seahorse one looks like it would take a while to cut, LOL I'd forgotten about that one ! Quote
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