Anyone have an ASH tray? (yes it's a trick question)

[cfc1016]

My inner 'dad joker' is having a field day with this...

I've been delving back into woodwork during quarantine. Felling, milling, slabbing, making charcuterie boards, carving wizard's sceptres, designing furniture, etc, etc.

A buddy of mine works for a tree removal company, and hooked me up with a nice big trunk slice of White Ash (Fraxinus americana, to be precise). I've been toying around with what I'm going to do with it. There's a big chunk that is damaged by borer insect larvae (not 100% sure if they're the invasive emerald ash borer, or one of the native species), and I've been trying to figure out how I might be able to work around it.

Well, today, after chiseling out about a gallon of dust and bug frass and spongy wood, I was left with the conclusion I was hoping not to come to. A large chunk is just going to have to come off of this piece, completely derailing my original project design for the piece. Bright side - I'm going to have some usable chunks leftover to do something else with (it's still really gorgeous wood).

It dawned on me. I'll make an ash tray. I'll make an ASH tray. I'll make a WHITE ASH tray. It's too perfect. I've been googling to see if anyone else has made an ash tray from ASH wood, but I think it's just confusing the search algorithms. I haven't found anything.

So I ask again... do any of you have an ASH tray? ?

[StogieSteve23]

Big fan of the dad jokes here.. 

[Habana Mike]

Found some Ash trays! 

An Ash and walnut ashtray

And an Ash ashtray!

My Google skills are strong - search has been my career for over 30 years......

[cfc1016]

Wunderbars! My google fu is pretty strong,too, so i was disappointed in myself for not overcoming this algorithm-confusion dilemma. I'm usually quite adept at sussing the most productive query for my search. This one vexed me. Kudos to you for finding what i could not.

 

I must admit, though, that i am not even remotely impressed with the craftsmanship or aesthetic of that piece. It is clearly produced by someone with a well developed woodworking skillset, but i daresay little, if ANY experiential knowledge of what makes a GOOD cigar ash tray. I might be jynxing myself here, but I'm willing to boast that my finished product will be something that any exlerienced cigar smoker would choose, without hesitation, over that one, were they presented with the choice.

Stay tuned. I will post pics in this thread, of the finished product, after it is completed, and delivered to its intended recipient (i have a feeling he's reading this, and he knows I'm talking about him).

 

To said FOHer: Stop "shaking the presents". This is only your First Night Chanukah gift, ya lunk. Don't start planning a retaliation. There's more in the works. I'm not even going to hint at what your Eighth Night gift is going to be...

 

[cfc1016]

On 5/13/2020 at 7:02 PM, Habana Mike said:

Found some Ash trays! 

An Ash and walnut ashtray

And an Ash ashtray!

My Google skills are strong - search has been my career for over 30 years......

Sorry I forgot to quote you in my last message - it was a direct response to yours. On mobile, i have a hard time getting my message edits to go through, and i can never successfully "@ mention" someone on mobile, either.

JohnS - i know that duplicate responses are the bain of your [site mod] existence, so i apologise for this one.

[dominattorney]

@cfc1016 pics or it didn't happen. 

[cfc1016]

2 hours ago, dominattorney said:

@cfc1016 pics or it didn't happen. 

Well it hasn't yet. I'll quote you again when i post em ?

[Habana Mike]

7 hours ago, cfc1016 said:

I must admit, though, that i am not even remotely impressed with the craftsmanship or aesthetic of that piece. It is clearly produced by someone with a well developed woodworking skillset, but i daresay little, if ANY experiential knowledge of what makes a GOOD cigar ash tray. I might be jynxing myself here, but I'm willing to boast that my finished product will be something that any exlerienced cigar smoker would choose, without hesitation, over that one, were they presented with the choice.

Stay tuned. I will post pics in this thread, of the finished product, after it is completed, and delivered to its intended recipient (i have a feeling he's reading this, and he knows I'm talking about him).

@cfc1016 Agree it is not the most aesthetically pleasing design. Look forward to seeing yours!