Huge woodworking project....

[John Rumm]

Not!

[spuorgelgoog]

A matching condiments tray for the other end of the table?

Owain

[John Rumm]

I think she has already suggested a condiments cupboard of some description, to save them all ending up on the windowsill.

[Tim Lamb]

Nice job. Not sure about contrasting wood.

[John Rumm]

IMO it would have looked nice all done in walnut, but I did not have enough in that offcut[1] to do it all. So I thought it might be an interesting experiment to make a feature of the finger joints and see how that looked.

I just need to think of another small project now to use up the spare bit of maple now ;-)

[1] I have got about 6' of a 7x2" board as well, but given the silly money they charge for it, I was saving that!

[Tim Lamb]

I've got a couple of split rounds from when our (English) Walnut got annoyingly big way back. Another Tim's daughter had the trunk but I kept these back for a friend who was woodturning. Still taking up space in the barn but ISTR you are well North of Hertfordshire.

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[John Rumm]

SE Essex is only North of if you go the very long way round ;-)

[Tim Lamb]

Ah! The brain cells have aged more than I thought. Not just names, now it is places as well:-(

I'm a bit West of Hatfield. I'll look them out if you are interested. Should be seasoned but they might be split all over. With a fresh blade, my bandsaw should convert them.

[Andrew]

Or the missing handle. When you pick it up all the contents will fall out.

[John Rumm]

I guess that depends on how limp wristed you are! ;-)

(just how heavy do you expect a pile of 20 paper napkins to be?)