Saw this in a on-line article

[Packard]

These pricey dishes from Crate & Barrel come with wood bases (but no lids), so that they can be used oven-to-table.

I have several Corningware pieces (casarole, etc.) with lids but with no wood bases. I am thinking of making wood bases like these. Looks like a good project for small pieces of oak or cedar.

The hard part will be getting the radii correct.

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[rvieceli]

@Packard Use CAD, (cardboard aided design) make a carboard template. Fairly easy to cut to fit. then when you get it right transfer to somwething more sturdy if you are making a lot or just trace the carboard for a few piece production.

Ron

 

[rmhinden]

Interesting. After I read the post, I started thinking how I could use my Shaper Origin to make similar wood bases for dishes we already have. Then, I decided maybe it's not so good to dish specific bases and better to have ones that work for a variety of dishes. For example, I made several of these.

Bob

 

[Crazyraceguy]

You can get a simple profile gauge (some call it contour) from Amazon, easily under $15.
Use that to get the shape right and make a simple MDF template, that can guide a router.
At that point, you could make them in batches, as many as you want.

Shaper Origin could do this without the physical template, but you would still need to get the proper shape entered into it.
The major advantage is that it could be easily adjusted, for other sizes.
Disadvantage is that it really isn't any easier to get that profile in the first place. I think I would still go with the gauge, then draw it out on paper, capture with Trace. However, that adds yet another tool/expense to the mix. If you already have it, great. if not, the analog way works fine.

 

[Packard]

I was thinking of using one of my Forstner bits to make the radii.

I was just planning on trial and error with the bits or perhaps making a template with all my available bits.

If you don’t have a CNC, I think a Forstner bit would turn out tthe most workmanlike result. Once I have the distance between centers, I think I would drill the two holes and then rip them apart to make the two separate pieces.

A half-lap joint would seem to make sense to join them, except the thickness of the laps would be thin enough to be worrisome.

 

[Mini Me]

A length of resin cored solder will work to plot the radius.

 

[MacBoy]

Interesting. After I read the post, I started thinking how I could use my Shaper Origin to make similar wood bases for dishes we already have. Then, I decided maybe it's not so good to dish specific bases and better to have ones that work for a variety of dishes. For example, I made several of these.

Bob

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Beautiful

Did you have to sand in-between the grooves?

 

[rmhinden]

Beautiful

Did you have to sand in-between the grooves?

Thank. Yes, somewhat, depending on how sharp the router bit is.

BTW, I can't take any credit for the design, it designed by Leah K.S. Amick and is available here: Correlate Trivet .

 

[Packard]

If you don’t mind an entirely linear version, those can be made with a table saw (with a dado head) or less easily with a router in a router table.