I recently bought a glass cake dome, it need a base to sit on, so I made a timber base for it to sit on for cakes/muffins/donuts, etc.
I bought a a timber plank from Bunnings to cut and router to fit the glass dome. I could have used Tasmanian oak timber, and glued up to the size required, however with the current price of timber, I decided to purchase pre glued timber board which was close enough to Tas Oak, just a lot cheaper.
Material, Specrite FJ GLULAM, 1000x405X18mm
To cut the circle I cut a 3mm piece of mdf timber and used double side tape joined to the 18mm board.
I marked the diameter of the size required , then cut access on my mitre saw.
Using a circle cutting template with a plunge trimmer and a 6.5 router bit I cut the perimeter of the board.
When the perimeter was cut, I readjusted the template to cut the groove on the timber for the glass dome to set in.
Router circle cutting template.
Test fit dome , before removing the 3 mm mdf board, the board was used so I did mark the center of the base board.
Mdf board removed.
Three coats of satin varnish.
Finished product.
