Frisbee Season - coudn't help myself

[Robomanic]

See this is what happens when you keep an eye out. I was at my uncle's for a family reunion on the weekend and cast an eye over his wood heap. He is on a few hundred acres and this is one serious wood heap. Long story short I twisted another friendly uncle's arm and 10mins later I had a number of great fiddleback redgum blanks. This one cried out to be made into a platter so I couldn't help myself.

Unfortunately I liked it so much that I did not want to risk a big piece on the rim breaking off from a crack, so it's a bit heavier than I intended.

I have been reading up a lot on food safe finishes here but I would like something that would go hard and preserve the colour rather than a patina. It will only be used for dry chips and bickies. Any ideas?

[tea lady]

Hey! Nice frisbee. I like how the circles of the grain and the dip-dint line up across the middle. Bringing it to the fly off?

Don't know about the finish. I am currently using WOP on my functional stuff.

[nalmo]

I talked to a turner who was selling bowls at the Esplanade market recently. He told me he finishes his bowls with Grapeseed Oil - won't go rancid like olive oil. It gave a nice satin finish to his work.

[Robomanic]

I see a lot of people are voting for grape seed or paraffin oil, but neither go hard as far as I know because they are not cross polymerising.

[DJ’s Timber]

Nice frisbee

I'd probably used shellawax cream or HBO myself

[tea lady]

I have also used a product called "eco wood wipe" from ye olde Bunnings. It is made for finishing chopping boards and kitchen stuff. It smells very orangy at first but smell disappears after a while. It goes hard rather than just oily, so maybe has tung oil in it. Which is also food safe I think.) Organoil Hard burnishing oil is also food safe, and if you are not after a reeeeeally shiiiiiny finish you don't have to do all that hard burnishing. But is you haven't already got some of that in the shed, the eco wood wipe is around $10 for a small bottle, rather than $29 for 1 liter if HB oil.

[Ed Reiss]

It will only be used for dry chips and bickies.

What....no cup holders for the beer?

Lookin' good RBM.

Walnut oil is used a lot here in the states as a food safe finish. It has been reported that tung oil finish (not pure tung oil as that never dries) is also food safe once it has completely dried.

[ss_11000]

Nice peice mate

Like Dj, I would go for Shellawax (cream).

[Ad de Crom]

Very nice work on the platter Robomanic, why they call it all the time a frisbee, it isn't a frisbee but a very nice looking platter folks. Can't give you not another advice than the finish I use all the time,Glitsa. I swear by that product.
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[Robomanic]

Bringing it to the fly off?

an idle moment had me thinking about launching mechanisms - does 's lathe have a Blood alcohol interlock? better behave myself

and if you are not after a reeeeeally shiiiiiny finish you don't have to do all that hard burnishing..

Well if it was a pole lathe I might complain but really I just stand there...

Nice peice mate

Like Dj, I would go for Shellawax (cream).

I started out with the Organoil Oil (echo...) and their furniture wax years ago and I was very happy with it at the time. I can't remember if the wax could stand up to water very well though. I will look into the tung oil and shellawax I think


Thanks for all the comments and suggestions guys. - oops and gals

[RETIRED]

Very nice work on the platter Robomanic, why they call it all the time a frisbee, it isn't a frisbee but a very nice looking platter folks. Can't give you not another advice than the finish I use all the time,Glitsa. I swear by that product.
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[Grumpy John]

.......Can't give you not another advice than the finish I use all the time,Glitsa. I swear by that product.
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[Rum Pig]

Nice frisbee/plater

I normally use Shallawax but I'm about to try Shallawax cream so that is all I can recommend for your finish.

[Robomanic]

What....no cup holders for the beer?

The dip lip will keep hold of a stubbie once the nibbles are polished off I reckon Ed. Maybe some clip-ons

I am eying off a bandsaw at the moment and I would like to make a yin/yang type bowl for the center, or maybe an off-center turned and carved bowl if the bandsaw is not forthcoming.

[Manuka Jock]

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Weren't the first Frisbees tin pie baking dishes and platters , until some enterprising people started moulding them out of plastic ?


We missed our chance there folks , we shoulda done em with lacquered balsa-wood ........
bugga we coulda been zillionaires