Making Wooden Trivets From Scraps

Growing up my mom always had these wooden trivets that she used nearly every night when she would put a warm meal on the table.

I was wanting to make some of these and had some scraps laying around that were begging to be used on a project so I decided to get to work.

I used an 8" wen jointer and Bauer planer that a buddy of mine has left at my house in order to get the walnut and ash that I selected for this project to the same thickness.

After I got all of the wood to the same thickness (3/8") I used the miter saw to cut each piece to 9" long and the table saw to cut it into 1 1/2" strips.

Once all of the strips were cut I used two for the base and five for the top. I used a scrap piece of cedar that was just the right thickness to keep a consistent gap between each slat. I used titebond 3 and brad nails to hold everything together.

After everything was finished I finished it with walrus oil. I am very happy with the way these turned out and look forward to using them for years into the future.

If you want to see a video of me making these trivets follow this link:

https://youtu.be/FmjfNYgROcA

Tools and supplies used during this project.

Brad Nail variety pack 18 gauge https://amzn.to/3obiuyt

Walrus Oil https://amzn.to/3tzWX3k

Titebond 3 https://amzn.to/2RFXinJ

Wen 8” Jointer https://amzn.to/2R4AZZ5

Ryobi Table Saw https://amzn.to/3vLogZY

Dewalt Goggles https://amzn.to/3xWsq30

Dust Mask https://amzn.to/2Q2mpAX

Ryobi Brad Nailer https://amzn.to/3o1hBIk

Dewalt Sander https://amzn.to/2RFUVRR

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