After making the last one of these, and attempting to stump y'all with the production method. I was asked by some to show the process in more detail, and I said that I would take pictures of the next one I made.
So here you go:
Ripped and jointed stock ready to be planed- Padauk and Purpleheart
After planing I glued the boards back together and trimmed to a uniform size.
Taped together and ready for the first set of cuts on the bandsaw.
After cutting and ready to have the Maple pinstripe strips added
A bunch of Maple strips ripped on the bandsaw and drum sanded to 1/16" thickness ready to be glued in place.
The first glue up
Stacked and taped and ready for the next set of cuts on the bandsaw
The final glue up.
Trimmed, planed and sanded. Still determining the finish to use, and waiting for the Purpleheart to turn purple (hopefully before the Padauk turns brown
)
As usual I am not trilled with the outcome of the project. Somehow my first set of cuts didn't line up well on one of the boards and I had to scribe and recut the curves and that is why my horizontal lines don't line up. And I had a few issues with gaps not closing up fully, so they got filled with epoxy. But if I did everything perfect then I wouldn't be learning anything and that wouldn't be fun and challenging.
Dave
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Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile
Honestly Honey, that will cost around
$100 $150 $200, and I need a few more tools.
Heard from a client..."If I had your tools and experience...I could do it myself"
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
--Dr. Seuss
08-27-2006, 10:35 PM
what do you use for a finish for something like this
Jeff, man you crack me up with your avatars
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