Mike Stafford
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Another platter from my stash of blanks that have lain ignored in the shop for the last 10 years or so. For a while I turned a lot of platters and accumulated a lot of blanks then I moved onto other things. Under the dust and grime I found this 18" by 1 3/4" platter. I learned to turn the multi-axis base from Frank Penta when I took his class on embellishing platters. It has been a while since I had a piece of wood this large swinging off-axis Gotta love how well sapele cuts and finishes.
Here are top and bottom views.
![IMG_2171 mod (Custom).jpeg IMG_2171 mod (Custom).jpeg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/107/107121-399ee07bc95b715b81a7c2a724f8cff5.jpg)
A detailed view of the multi-axis base. It is always fun to see the reaction of someone when they turn the platter over and see the base. Almost always you get a "How did you do that?"
![IMG_2171 detail (Custom).jpeg IMG_2171 detail (Custom).jpeg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/107/107122-5b1233805ea43493051e13f809d52ab8.jpg)
Here are top and bottom views.
![IMG_2168 mod (Custom).jpeg IMG_2168 mod (Custom).jpeg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/107/107120-c8542be629bd4832a74c0c2d8dd2792c.jpg)
![IMG_2171 mod (Custom).jpeg IMG_2171 mod (Custom).jpeg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/107/107121-399ee07bc95b715b81a7c2a724f8cff5.jpg)
A detailed view of the multi-axis base. It is always fun to see the reaction of someone when they turn the platter over and see the base. Almost always you get a "How did you do that?"
![IMG_2171 detail (Custom).jpeg IMG_2171 detail (Custom).jpeg](https://familywoodworking.org/forums/data/attachments/107/107122-5b1233805ea43493051e13f809d52ab8.jpg)