COFFEE CUP

This looked like a fun project to try.

I figured that I could make the cup using small staves. I decided that 5/8” wide staves would be a good size for rough shaping the cup. For the size cup that I wanted, a 10° beveled cut was perfect.

My one concern of having a cup with scalding hot coffee, was that the glue joint on the cup’s handle could fail. That could be drastic if that would happen. To put my mind at ease I decided to make one of the staves extra deep, so that I could just shape the handle in that stave.

I needed to be a little creative in taping up the staves, for the glue up.

I didn’t worry about the excess glue inside the cup, since I was going to sand it all into a round shape anyway.

I made sure I sized my cup under 4” tall, since my oscillating sander uses 4” sanding drums.

I sanded the inside rim at the top so that it wouldn’t be too thick for drinking.

After sanding the inside, I cut a disc to match the inside diameter, for the bottom of the cup. I sanded the outside of the cup to give it a smooth round shape also.

I had to do filing and hand sanding at the handle.

I used some figured maple for the bottom of the cup.

There are lots of opinions on what is the best sealer/finish for hot liquids. I am trying “Tru-Oil” on this. I applied four coats. I will update this post if I find this isn’t a good fit.