Perpetual trophy

[Mark Tokheim]

It's been a while since I've posted here. I thought I'd share my latest creation.

The IT department where I work is starting up regular contests (chili cook-off, salsa cook-off, etc.) and wanted to have a perpetual trophy that will rotate around the office. They requested that I build the trophy. There are going to be 6 different contests each year, each contest winner will get an engraved plate with name, date and contest. I got pretty lucky and was able to find plexi-glass in the right colors to duplicate the company logo for the top. This is cherry with curly maple.

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A nice gloss finish really helps pop the curl.

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Since I don't have enough room in my shop for a lathe, I had to get a little creative with jigs and my router table.

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I had fun and learned a few things in the process. Hope you enjoy. All comments welcome.
Mark

[Matt Hegedus]

Brilliant use of the router table and jig! And the trophy looks great.

I hope they paid you for your work! To big IT companies 5 grand is nothin! They pay more than that for coffee each quarter. Next year, capitalize!

[Jim Becker]

Very nice...and great idea to mill it using the router table to hog off the material!