Wood blank about 280mm dia by 30mm (40mm if using tenon)
Mount on faceplate with short screws
- Bring wood to round and on the rim mark where to top of the plate will be.
- mark a line 8mm from the rim line just marked.
- Level up the bottom
- Decide on holding technique (recess or tenon) and form holding position.
- Mark the diameter of the base – as this is a plate or platter it needs to be bigger than the normal rule of thirds. In this case about 80% of the overall width. This will leave about 55mm for the outer edge.
6 Remove wood in a straight line from between the 2 lines (55mm line and 8mm line) – leave the lines don’t turn them away.
- Mark a line half way on this cut
- Create an ogee by cutting a slight concave on each side of the middle line.
- Shear cut a finish on the bottom then sand.
10 Reverse wood into jaws and clean the top surface down to the top line.
- Work out the width of the rim on this size about 30mm
- Begin to hollow but leaving enough wood to stabilise the cutting of the rim bead.
13 Work on the bead – true up the rim. Measure the rim thickness (should be about 5mm) Measure 5mm on the top edge of rim.
14 Start forming the bead – make a small v cut with the point of a skew at the 5m mark then using the skew as a scraper form the top of the bead then move the rest and finish rounding the bottom. Tidy up the rim.
15 Continue hollowing to a thickness of about 5mm – Sand and finish
17 If using a tenon reverse the plate and remove the tenon – sand & finish.