Making a Routered Trivet

[@Scott2148]

nice work, nice screw ups. Well done.

[@alexisherrera2048]

I liked this video. Very clear instructions. I also liked the objects on the back wall. I suppose that all of them were produced in your workshop. Thanks a lot.

[@atteljas]

This was nice video. I liked the pace and host is someone all of us would like our grand father / father to be. Good simple project, but you need to be precise to make this look good! Very nice indeed!

[@timberworks]

So nice of you

[@joewhitaker5981]

Thank you Jim. This is a help and blessing for me. I’m making a lot of cutting boards with trivets to match for family and friends. God Bless !

[@timberworks]

Thank you. Your positive comment means a lot to myself and Jim.

[@hailuwoldemichael6840]

Great!! Thanks for sharing. Planning to try it. Thanks for not only sharing your wisdom, but also the mistakes so we can lear from that as well.

[@timberworks]

Glad it was helpful!

[@victorcharlie7491]

Very nice work, great video tnx Jim.

[@jimjakosh2506]

Nice. Real straight forward!!

[@ToolMetrix]

Great video, Gary!

[@timberworks]

Thank you. This is the first video I did with someone else, so I am glad that it is OK.

[@craftycouplecreations4310]

Great video

Parabéns...belo trabalho!

[@richardduby1404]

Why do you need a spacer? Why not make the jig 3/4" thick? I know there is an easy answer to this that I am simply overlooking.

[@robertnorthrup1914]

I am building your jig but noticed a discrepancy in dimensions. I did a screen pix of the dimensions and materials list. It says the 3 frame pieces should be about 3”x5” but when trying to attaching the fences they do not fit. So I carefully watched the vid again and see what I missed. You state the blank is 6 3/4” square and I noticed the frame pieces are the same at 6 3/4” long and look to be about 5” wide with the 2 corners cut at 45 deg. I will be reworking my jig and will be making extra frames and fences for several shapes and sizes. But I do want to thank you for the good instructional vid.

[@timberworks]

I talked to Jim. Here is what he said: Will you please replace the old "Tools and Material" at the top of the video with the attached revision and send Robert Northrup the note below with the attachment? Many thanks, Robert. And my apologies for the delay in getting back to you. You've probably figured out the fix by now and I hope have good looking trivets as a result. Yes, the "Materials" sheet should not have called for 5 x 3" frames, but 7x 5s, in order to allow enough space to properly attached the fences above to them. I've corrected this and cleaned up and explained some of the other material in the original. Also, and I hope you didn't discover this the hard way by blowing a good trivet blank: the bottoms of the two side trivets need to be mounted low enough to prevent the 1" fence spacer from sliding past the bottom as a result of friction from the router base in motion. I had this happen on, approximately (!), my 27th trivet, which gave me another decision to make. Do I toss this one in the scrap pile or the "What not to do" pile? Any rate, thanks for the help. Please let me know if you discovered any other areas needing correction or just better clarity.

[@timberworks]

I have added a revised material list in the description.

[@robertnorthrup1914]

Thanks for the update to the material list. I did make the jig with the 7”x5” frames and it worked pretty well. My router is a Hitachi 3 1/4 hp plung router and the distance from bit to edge of base is different. I do have registration issue to resolve as the back side slots didn’t quite line up precisely with the front side slots. I used poplar for the frames and fences and poplar for the first trivet blank. The poplar tended to splinter a bit by leaving “hairs” to sand and clean up but overall it looks very nice. Using 1# clear shellac as finish.

[@mrnobelnigel]

Look great. Definitely going to give this a go. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@timberworks]

Have fun!

[@timberworks]

The Material List has been revised. Revised list is in the description.