Heads up Today

Re: Heads up Today

Dick Coers

Worship? What is the God of Tools name?

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Keith Newton

It’s God Pohs ,,,,,,,,, errrr, that’s shop dog backwards. ;-)

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John McGaw

That's fine but I'm holding out until Pi (or pie) day on the 14th.

I have done my part

Bill Tindall, E.Tn.



Test pattern for other dresser. As you can see the points on the diamond are not as good as I want them to be on the drawer. I know how to fix the error.

The transition on the "tulip" is hard to get right. I was lucky on this test pattern.

Line and berry looks good on cherry I think. Don't know why it was not used on cherry.

Obviously.....Lee

Bill Tindall, E.Tn.

Or, at the very least God's disciple. (There is another branch the insists Lie, but they have fewer followers. )

Re: I have done my part

kneale brownson

I can't see an issue with your points, Bill. I'd be tickled pink to be able to add that to a drawer front.

what wood?

David Weaver

What was it done on historically? Mahogany or something else that carves and cuts across the grain more neatly?

A couple of years ago, when I started making guitars, I noticed that the manufacturers are ultra sensitive about the workability of wood. So, too, are some of the small makers who have come up with a process that they don't want to deviate from (at all).

African substitutes for honduran are often described as difficult to work (to an average person who hasn't used honduran manhogany all their life, they're actually very easy to work), and I was advised not to make an electric guitar using solid spruce because it couldn't be planed and it would be splintered around the edges.

I've made two bodies with solid spruce so far, and I'd guess the penalty in time is probably an extra half hour for the entire guitar. But I definitely wouldn't want to try to manually cut a channel for inlay across its grain.

Standard for line and berry decoration

Bill Tindall, E.Tn.

This discussion is for anyone ever doing this work to set a standard to strive for.

Picture 1 shows how the lines should come together. Given that the lines are only 0.030" wide the tolerances for the scratched troughs are small.



The lines at this point didn't taper to a point. The cause could have been improper centering of the compass or what was the case here, they were not extended far enough to get the proper intersection.

I have done better on the actual drawer.

walnut

Bill Tindall, E.Tn.

All the decorated Chester County furniture I have seen has been walnut. I was pleased how well the decoration displayed on cherry.

Re: Standard for line and berry decoration

kneale brownson

I could not see that in your original photo, Bill.