Platter for critique

[DougieH]

Thought I would jump in with both feet and put my platter up for critique and comments. When I read the rules I thought the 75% flat was a minimum and the other 25% you could do what you liked with. So... my rim just happens to be flat but its 25% in total honest. My mistake. Will try to be more careful next time.

Doug

 

[mike s]

i personally think its too simple
what wood is that?

 

[DougieH]

Hi Mike, not too sure of the wood. I bought it with a few other blanks, but none were labelled. I thought maybe teak. Yes its simple, but I was working towards a decent finish top and bottom as its just under an inch high. Thanks fo the reply.

Doug

 

[gus3049]

Hi,

I can't see that yours breaks any rules. I think the 75% was indeed the minimum that could be flat. The problem with many of the entries was that it was much less than that.

The wood looks like Iroko or teak. Design wise I reckon its OK although the side view looks a bit vague if you know what I mean, not very crisp. How did you finish the bottom? It looks as though it may have been done on the sander rather than the lathe. Saves a bit of time remounting!

I do this quite a lot as the punters don't seem to mind but the cognescenti don't really approve you know!

I would be interested to know how you remount natural edge bowls and vases to do the bottom! Perhaps a recess instead of a spigot is used?

 

[Blister]

Hi Doug

Your platter looks to be well turned , I cant see any chisel marks from viewing the photos

The top face looks very flat with one small bead on the outer edge all good

only other comment , it looks a tad on the small side for a presentation platter

Thanks

Allen

 

[CHJ]

Finish is fine as far as the fact that there are no tooling or sanding marks visible that I can see.
As already said a little small on diameter but that may well be because of lathe size limitations and you can't do anything about that.

To me the side view looks too heavy, and it would have looked a lot more delicate if you had taken the top underside in much sharper.

 

[DougieH]

Thanks for the replies. Gordon, the bottom was shaped and finished, then reversed on to the double sided sticky tape that was holding it from the start. Face shaped and finished, peeled off the tape and repolished foot to get rid of slight adhesive marks. Chas, I`m really glad I put my platter up for comment. You are so right about the underside. I cant believe I didnt see it for myself. I will try something similar on the next platter challenge. Allen, yes it was a little on the small side, as it was all I had suitable, due to messing up my 9in diameter platter by having it slightly sloping into the centre, as in diagram number 1 in the discussion thread. 9 inches is the max my old Clarke CWL6 will manage. Saw a Draper WL12A for sale, would that be a step up fom the Clarke? Thanks again.

Doug