Zebrawood Platter Medium
The large platter measures a whopping 18.5″ x 2″ and ranks among the largest pieces I have ever made. It was so large in fact that it stretched the limits of the Big Easy Jaws with Extension!
Zebrawood Platter Large
I did enjoy working with Zebrawood this time more than I did long ago and that I think is mostly due to experience and practice with lots of different woods. There really is nothing that looks quite like Zebrawood, especially with heavy figure and chatoyance such as in the platters, but I am reluctant to use Zebrawood again because of its vulnerable status. And besides, I have so much wood that I don’t really need to be buying more although I did buy these platter blanks in the last two weeks as they were a rare find and I had a request for something made from Zebrawood and the platters seemed like the perfect answer. Each wood worker will have to search his or her own conscience about endangered species when choosing to work, or not work, with Zebrawood.
All cuts were made using the Easy Wood Tool system on my Robust American Beauty lathe. Forward chucking was in a Nova Chuck, while reverse chucking was done using a Easy Wood Tools Easy Chuck with Big Easy Jaws and Extension. Sanding was with Gold and Green Wave sanding discs from Packard Woodworks.
As always, I wish all my readers a great experience in whatever your wood working interests happen to be and to those who like working with lathes especially, do a good turn today!