The Trouble with Trivets!
We rent the house that we live in so I’m wary of doing anything that would damage it. The counter tops aren’t all that spectacular but I still have zero interest in damaging them. I also need to be use that surface for pots and pans from the stove. So a couple of trivets are in order!
The designs
I used two different designs. One is super simple as it’s just two sticks. Jill and I have seen an number of this design in hotels in New Zealand. I really like them and they tend to sit on slightly uneven surfaces well. The loose half-lap joint for them makes them easy to throw together and throw aside.
The second design is one I like a lot and wanted to try with hand tools for a while. I didn’t sharpen my chisel before doing this and I think that had a huge part in the rough walls of the grooves/dados. While I think this one turned ok and it is very usable. It’s not pretty at all.
How they were made
Please check out video on my Youtube channel here. Let me know how you would approach making this trivet.
I’ll probably make a number of the simple ones and add some carvings too them. I may try the second one again in the future but with all the dadoing and grooving I can’t see it being a short build. I may try to used a plow/plough plane to create the structure and wrap that with some edging. Or I may just make something more ‘hobbit-y’ since I’m living in New Zealand now. Though there will be no furry feet.
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