$30 Cookie

[lowpolyjoe]

Anyone out there getting $30 for something like this    ?

[delvis]

I saw pine planters for sale at the greenhouse the other day that ranged from $5 to $9 and they were made from what I would use for stickers.  I need to get a market like that!

[dboyt]

Those cookies doubled in price at least twice (probably three times) after they left the mill.  Still, that would be $3.25 at the mill.  Yeh, I'd do it for that.  Just need a good way to clamp them.

[ladylake]

 The easy way to make those is with a crooked log, leave the crooked end stick up and cut.   Steve

[Jeff]

Cutting on the bias that way is how they keep them from cracking like a cookie will. Technically, they are not a cookie. There used to be a plaque factory in Frederick Michigan that made all the plaques for the little tourist trap places in Northern Michigan. You could go over there and get a car trunk load of cracked white pine ones for a buck to use for campfires. 

I'm getting old. That was 35 years ago.

[lowpolyjoe]

I was wondering about that Jeff - how they kept from cracking.  I cut about 10 cookies last summer and only 2 survived the drying process without turning into PacMan
I thought it might have something to do with a diagonal cut (i assume that's what you mean by bias?).   I'll have to give that a shot next time i have something to cut up.

[Ianab]

Now to the untrained eye that's an overpriced wood cookie.

But if you call it a natural ecofriendly Dutch cheeseboard  ;D

http://www.boska.com/en/nature-schorsplank-m

It's worth at least $30  :D

Ian

[lowpolyjoe]

Now to the untrained eye that's an overpriced wood cookie.

But if you call it a natural ecofriendly Dutch cheeseboard  ;D

http://www.boska.com/en/nature-schorsplank-m

It's worth at least $30  :D

Ian

Ha!   I was too lazy to track it down online   That's great.

Funny, under the "Usage" tab it says "Dishwasher : yes", but in the care tips it says no dishwasher.  I don't imagine that thing would do well in a trip through the pots-and-pans cycle  :D

Also like "Material : Bark"   

I was looking for house warming gift ideas when i came across this thing.  I just picked up some beer and wine instead   8)

[AdamT]

Out of curiosity, what is the procedure for cutting on the bias? I have an idea in my head, but would like to know how it is actually done.  Also drying procedures for such?

[Jeff]

Rather than cutting straight across the log for a cookie, you cut on a steep angle.  I've done it on my lt30 with short logs and sticking one end down in the frame and securing it so it would not move.

[Ianab]

Yup, that's the trick. According to the web page they are ~17" long, but only 7 or 8" wide. So it's an 8" "log" that's sliced on a shallow angle. Then you use a wood that's not prone to checking, I think those a Ash, but something like Cedar would probably work well too.

The discs might tend to warp a bit as they dried, but you sort that out with a sander once it's dried and stable.

Ian

[AdamT]

Thanks Jeff and Ian, that's what I was thinking.

[woodmills1]

all of my round ones crack


you are saying the ovals do not ???

[Ianab]

Ovals are a LOT less prone to cracking. The steeper the angle, the more it starts to behave like a board as it dries. It may cup or twist from the drying stresses, but you can fix this later.  The wood can move a bit, without tearing itself apart like a round cookie usually does.

Species of wood makes a big difference too.

Ian

[woodmills1]

nice


the brides I deal with will be way more happy


mold and cracks make the brides get stress

[Sawdust Lover]

What about soaking them in denatured alcohol? Doesn't that help them from cracking?