3 ply..

[Jonzjob]

A week or so back I realised that I was going to have to do some repairs on a couple of our window shutters. So along to our local wood supplier, Audoise d'Bois, and got what the French call trois ply for the horizontal and diagonal battons. It's ply with attitude, 3 ply at 1 1/4" thick!. After I had done the repairs I had a bit left. About 6" X 14"



and wondered what it would turn like. So I cut it in 1/2 and glued the 2 bits together to form a 2 1/2" 6 ply square, hot glued it to a chuck and spun it up. It's just pine and not a lot to loose. With the plies being so thic there's not much glue so not much of a turning problem and this was the result



Just less than 6" diameter, finished with a couple of coats of hardwax oil and microcrystaline wax. I like it :mrgreen:





I had to make a new one for the second side, si I have some more to play with now. It turns quite nicely too 8) 8)

 

[NazNomad]

I like it a lot, especially as it's made from leftovers.

 

[mayo.mick]

I really like it! Great thinking, I'd never think of it!!

 

[CHJ]

Well worth the off-cut salvage, that's certainly a 'block board' with an attitude.

 

[Jonzjob]

Ta for the comments folks. It certainly has got attitude for ply!!

You can see one small dark patch on it. That was the only void in it so I stuffed hard it with fine shavings, dropped a few drops of runny cyano onto it, let it dry and sanded it down. Even close up it looks good!!

 

[woodpig]

I like it a lot, especially as it's made from leftovers.

+1. That turned out (pun intended) very well.