UNC Pizza Peel
This pizza peel was a gift for a friend of the UNC Orthodontics Department. The head is roughly 18"L x 14.5"W x 0.4"T, and is made from of what we think is poplar. The walnut handle is inset into the head with a half-thickness lap joint, and is an additional 12" long. The poplar had some interesting peculiarities, so I set two butterflies to prevent it from splitting along the grain lines. "UNC ORTHO" is inlaid using some scrap oak.
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24 kBPP_Paddle.svg
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Materials
1) Poplar, or other wood for body - need at least 18" x 14.5", at thickness of finished peel.
2) Walnut - 24.5" x 3.5", at thickness of peel.
3) Some extra walnut for butterflies, as desired.
4) Thin material to inlay text - I used 1/16" thick white oak.
Tools
Shaper Origin
Random Orbit Sander
1/4" Upcut Bit
1/8" Upcut Bit (for butterflies, depending on how big you make them)
1/16" Upcut Bit (for inlaid text)
Exacto Knife (for inlaid text)
60 deg. Engraving Bit
Wood Glue
John Boos Mystery Oil