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#1 ·
How to make the "Spiral Lazy Larry"

You will need 12 pieces of timber roughly 5'' by 12'' whatever thickness you want. [ I milled mine to 5/8"]
The first one I made was PH and SA-6 of each.
Place timber in the jig and cut the first arc.

Move the piece into the fence, clamp and make the second arc cut.


Repeat 12 times.

Glue it up and cut it into a circle.
Put on a little tung oil finish

Thats about It.
 
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#48 ·
Assembling the jig

Drill two holes in the fence . one a little larger.. to take 1/4 " bolts . Mark these positions on the base and drill these holes to attach the fence to the base. One bolt is held with a nut and other with a Knob.[for adjustment in fine tuning the fence if necessary].
Drill two addition holes in the fence to accept 1/4 " bolts for tightening the bridge clamps.[These holes got through the fence only] Refer to the photo.


In his pic you may see that I inserted a bearing to serve as a bushing so that the hole would not wear with the amount of use it will be seeing.[the jig pivots on the bolt in the circle cutting jig..

A few different angles.

If you don't get a good fit on all twelve pieces you can undo the knob at the back and adjust the fence in or out

Thats about It not really much to it at all
 
#79 ·
A quick sneak peak of some new timber combos

Just a quick peak at what I got up to today when I was not checking the hundreds of emails from all the LJs who commented on my last few posts.. Thank you very much.. I did not realize how much of my daily routine now revolves around this site.. Addictive…
I also had time to drive the twenty odd miles into the big smoke..Brisbane and go shopping at Carba-tec..I know I have all the fun..
A coupla new router bits..some very expensive toggle clamps [for a new jig to make the sunburst design that Patron aka David makes so effortlessly] and enough lazy bearings to make a heap of LLs on order. As well as a new toy called a 'bevel box.'. more on that in a later blog.?
My first choice..
Ok second choice new guinea rosewood and purple heart with 3/32" accent stripes of silver ash.

Second pic is made from the off cuts of the LL in the first pic sans stripes.. not sure If I will put them in.. what do you think?

Third pic is just some …...this time you guess..?? tell me what you think the LL is made of…also thought that an accent stripe of you know… PH..

again what do you think of that combo?

This a shot with some turps on to bring out the grain and color to help you figure it out [PUN intended].
Last one is just a silly Idea I had. Again opinions welcome!
 
#99 ·
We are not finished yet.

Next step is to make the ends of the segments curved. Shell-like if you want.
For that we need a new jig.. Yeah I know some of you haven't finished the first one..!
This is ultra simple.

Firstly a fresh piece of ply .. 1/4 " is fine.
I inserted a bearing to make this more durable .. same same as last one.
This was positioned 4.5 " from the end[centred on the width] and an arc cut on the end via the circle cutting jig.. same same.
Cut two fences same as the one of the first jig … yes same same.
Told you this was simple
Measure back 10" or so.[centred on the width]. this is for a 20" diameter LL .. feel free to change this to what ever you want.
Make a mark at this point for the apex of the two fences.. refer the pics.. looks just the way it is.
Place a segment on the base with the concave side just over the pivot point and the pointy bit at the mark 10" of so from the curve of the base.. with me so far.
Glue the fences on either side of the segment and screw from underneath.
I cut a small finger slot to enable me to get the blank out once it had been cut.
To use the jig just place jig on pivot of the circle cutting jig.

Place the segment to be cut on the jig.

Very slowly cut the end arc on the bandsaw.

These pics are just a quick dry fit.


With all the segment now of similar size a clamping band is able to be used then some clamps.

This last pic shows some gaps due to me being cocky and cutting too quickly.

Thats the end.,. so far.. will think a little more and have a few more insprtational sherberts.
Thanks for looking .. hope I have explained this enough.. if not give me a bell and I will try to be clearer.
One more pic with a little turps to bring out the color and grains.

Regards Larry
 
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