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    A Simple Plate

    Aug 17, 2022 4 minutes
    Story by Terry Martin.
    Photos: Terry Martin

    A woodturner with basic skills can easily turn a range of items suitable for home use, or as gifts for family and friends. For example, I have a number of flat wooden plates that we use every day for morning toast and snacks. Here I will show the basic steps so you can turn some for yourself.

    Choice of wood

    My wood of choice for plates is jacaranda. It is easily available because jacaranda trees don’t live long, so they are regularly felled. Jacaranda is easy to cut, stable, sands well, and doesn’t lose its nice creamy colour. When it is finished it is hard and durable. Some of my jacaranda plates are nearly 30 years old

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