Popular Post kmmcrafts Posted February 3, 2023 Popular Post Report Share 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. barb.j.enders, GrampaJim, BadBob and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 Very nice! scrollingforsanity and kmmcrafts 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preprius Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share 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, scrollingforsanity and kmmcrafts 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak0ta52 Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 Wow that looks delicate! Great job. OCtoolguy, kmmcrafts and scrollingforsanity 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBob Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 I think you have just opened a can of worms. kmmcrafts, scrollingforsanity, OCtoolguy and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted February 3, 2023 Author Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barb.j.enders Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 Looks great. I haven't made any trivets, but if you want to make a backer, try cork. kmmcrafts, scrollingforsanity and OCtoolguy 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 awesome job scrollingforsanity, kmmcrafts and OCtoolguy 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 Top notch. kmmcrafts and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 To pretty to sit under a hot pan! That is a wall hanger for sure! Very nice work. scrollingforsanity, OCtoolguy and kmmcrafts 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrollingforsanity Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 Vey nice and very detailed work OCtoolguy and kmmcrafts 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberta Moreton Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share 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. OCtoolguy, Kris Martinson, kmmcrafts and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 You did a beautiful job Kevin, RJ kmmcrafts, OCtoolguy and scrollingforsanity 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Martinson Posted February 3, 2023 Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 Really nice work. scrollingforsanity, kmmcrafts and OCtoolguy 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancho Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 Just "WOW"!!!! scrollingforsanity and kmmcrafts 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter N White Posted February 4, 2023 Report Share Posted February 4, 2023 Top notch. scrollingforsanity and kmmcrafts 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted February 4, 2023 Author Report Share 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? scrollingforsanity and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barb.j.enders Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrollshrimp Posted February 5, 2023 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted February 5, 2023 Author Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrollshrimp Posted February 6, 2023 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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