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Good point, Stick. And potentially, at some point, getting transferred to the surface of your ceramic cook top. 
It doesn't do either one. We have about 4 trivets that we've been using for years and they've never left any residue or markings on pots or the glass stove top. And I recoat them every year with fresh mineral oil. Not a problem - ymmv.Good point, Stick. And potentially, at some point, getting transferred to the surface of your ceramic cook top.
David
Well, I finished the prototypes. What I learned about the finishing is that bare wood is not a good idea. I finished the rounded one with mineral oil then put the unfinished one next to it. Turns out I didn't wipe my hands well enough and some of the mineral oil got onto the unfinished one. Looked like crap. That told me that a raw wood trivit would suck up any liquid that came near it so I mineral oiled the other one.
I made three mistakes with these trivits, all on the router. I used my router table with start and stop blocks. I moved the fence twice to cut all the slots. In the second picture, upper right hand corner you can see where I wasn't able to cleanly pick up the trivit and the bit cut out chunk. Also, if you look at that same groove you'll see it's not a clean cut, it's wobbly. That's what happens when you forget to lock down the motor after adjusting the bit.
In the third picture you'll notice that the length of the dados is not even. I didn't realize that when I move the fence back an inch it moved slightly laterally so my start and stop blocks weren't where they were supposed to be.
My wife likes them and doesn't care about the mistakes. I do, so I'll probably make another set being more careful and taking into consideration the lessons learned with these.
I made three mistakes with these trivits, all on the router. I used my router table with start and stop blocks. I moved the fence twice to cut all the slots. In the second picture, upper right hand corner you can see where I wasn't able to cleanly pick up the trivit and the bit cut out chunk. Also, if you look at that same groove you'll see it's not a clean cut, it's wobbly. That's what happens when you forget to lock down the motor after adjusting the bit.
In the third picture you'll notice that the length of the dados is not even. I didn't realize that when I move the fence back an inch it moved slightly laterally so my start and stop blocks weren't where they were supposed to be.
My wife likes them and doesn't care about the mistakes. I do, so I'll probably make another set being more careful and taking into consideration the lessons learned with these.
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