Project Information
Thanks to Scott (SASmith) for the inspiration here. This was glued up and set aside during "the coaster project" without considering adding the optical illusion.
Scott's post was based on this design.
So I was sanding away on this Maple and Walnut end grain board and remembered Scott's post on the "the bulge".....
First realization was I have the wrong number of blocks, or more specifically, no center block…...oh well, went for it anyways, thinking that I could cut off a row on 2 sides…....decided to leave it as is…...the off center bulge…...
The last pic shows the mortising machine setup using a homehand router table fence to elevate the workpiece above the fence and other bits that obstruct the full depth of the machine…. At first I clamped every hole but it seemed like time stood still so ended up just eye-balling them and it turned out ok…..
The effect turned out pretty well, better than the photos may show. It seems that the farther away you are the more pronounced the effect…
Photos 1,4 and 5 with mineral oil.
This was a fun one….........thanks again Scott…......
Jeff
Scott's post was based on this design.
So I was sanding away on this Maple and Walnut end grain board and remembered Scott's post on the "the bulge".....
First realization was I have the wrong number of blocks, or more specifically, no center block…...oh well, went for it anyways, thinking that I could cut off a row on 2 sides…....decided to leave it as is…...the off center bulge…...
The last pic shows the mortising machine setup using a homehand router table fence to elevate the workpiece above the fence and other bits that obstruct the full depth of the machine…. At first I clamped every hole but it seemed like time stood still so ended up just eye-balling them and it turned out ok…..
The effect turned out pretty well, better than the photos may show. It seems that the farther away you are the more pronounced the effect…
Photos 1,4 and 5 with mineral oil.
This was a fun one….........thanks again Scott…......
Jeff