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Splined tiles, solid mahogany, with radius faces to mimic weaving.

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[-] curioushom@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

That's amazing!! This stuff always breaks my brain, I can barely cut a 2x4 square.

Thank you! Figuring out the process the first time around was...challenging. My first brilliant idea was to use a carousel jig with a big straight knife head on the shaper. All it made for me was splinters as every piece I ran through grenaded on me. After I cleaned out my pants, it was back to the drawing board.

[-] curioushom@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

Wow! Safe adventures to you. Looking forward to the finished product.

[-] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Very nice. Please post pics of the finished piece!

Thank you. Will do.

[-] corroded@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

How did you make the individual tiles? They all look very uniform in size and shape. Clever use of chamfer bits on a router maybe? Looks very nice.

Thanks! I jointed the stick straight, planed it for thickness and width, used a shaper to chamfer and the side dados. Sled jig with stop to cut to length, then sled jig with shaper for end dados. I built a carousel jig for tha bandsaw for the rough radius, then used a belt sander with a right angle table to smooth them out. I make extensive use of micrometers and digital readouts in my shop; very accurate sizing is the key to getting something like this together without gaps.

[-] Mutelogic@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Wow looks great! Do you have any pics of alternate angles?

Thank you! I do. I'll work on getting some other pics of the piece up.

[-] DavidP@toast.ooo 1 points 1 year ago

How did you make the curved tiles?

I jointed the stick straight, planed it for thickness and width, used a shaper to chamfer and the side dados. Sled jig with stop to cut to length, then sled jig with shaper for end dados. I built a carousel jig for the bandsaw for the rough radius, then used a belt sander with a right angle table to smooth them out.

[-] DavidP@toast.ooo 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, so for the carousel you oriented the tiles vertically on a large circle?

Ya. I think the math worked out to about an 18" disk.

[-] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Gotta ask.. Why not use veneer and actually weave it?

Primarily longevity. This is for an exterior entry door. Also, I find veneer work tedious. I stick with solids whenever possible.

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