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Ripping the stock.

I am about to make an open weave Lazy Larry…similar to this one.

I have ripped some Tasmanian Blackwood into the required strips….. these are just over 600 mm long and 50 mm by 20 mm

For our American cousins… 2 feet long and 2 inch by 3/4 inch..
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Tomorrow I will be ripping some thin stripes of Huon Pine and Tasmanian Blackwood to make the accents… Strips will be only 3 mm thick [ 1/8 inch]

The background will be Huon Pine….. cut into 50 mm squares…

This is not a set class but I will be pointing out some tips and tricks to make the build easier… at least for me…so if you want, you can come along for the journey…
 
#8 ·
This should really be GOOD!

Looking forward to seeing this!

Cutting the pieces… has got to be the Key…

Thank you… GO GO GO Larry!
 
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A couple of days late, but I'm on-board! Looking forward to your documentation of the process.
 
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A quick question Larry. With your material dimensions above, I'm assuming that the final thickness of this board will be slightly under 3/4", is this correct? Thanks.
 
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Design changes already...

The open weave Lazy Larry is going through some design changes… already… I have decided to use Purple Heart and Silver Ash for the accents… while still maintaining the Huon Pine for the background…

The timber is being milled…
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The purple heart…...
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and the Silver Ash….

Milling will be completed tomorrow as I am off to Toowoomba this morning with Aaron….. to do a demonstration on the TWC for the Toowoomba woodworkers club…

Getting to be quite the jetsetter …..hey….

More soon…
 
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Thin strip ripping...

Well, all the timber is now dressed and ready to have some strips cut…
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I use the Incra TSLS 32 fence system and this makes thin strip ripping a breeze..

Note the feather board to the left of the table…
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For the first cut I set the blade to shave the rough edge… then set the hairline cursor to a starting position… I chose to use 4 on the auxiliary scale purely as a reference point..The cursor is then move 1/4 inch on the scale…
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This will give a strip 1/8 inch thick… taking in the width of the kerf of the blade..
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All the strips are cut in the same way.. move the cursor 1/4 inch each time…In all there are 16 strips of Silver Ash
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and 16 of Purple Heart.

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This shows the dry fit of the first 4 lengths..
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On to the glue up…

Editors note… if you do not have the Incra system … there are many different thin strip ripping jigs posted here at Lumberjocks for you to make your own..
 
#33 ·
The glue up

Here you will see the steps in the glue up of the weave strips…
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The strips are ready for assembly..
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After applying glue to the various surfaces, I assemble the 5 pieces in order and secure with blue painters tape.. this is easy to remove later…
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While just using tape can be enough, I like to clamp between two cauls to ensure that the width of the piece remains constant along the entire length.. and it aids by applying even pressure on the strips being glued..
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As each set is glued and taped, it is added to the clamps..
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This is the slab of Huon Pine ready for ripping … for the background of the Open Weave LL..

Everything out of the clamps and the Huon Pine dressed to size…
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After a quick clean up of the glue joints…. It will be time for the most awaited part... the cutting of the various pieces to form the pattern…
 
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Once you posted this, it occurred to me the need to get very accurate cuts so this will all go together as it should. Keep it up and THANK YOU for sharing with all of us.
 
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Setting up for cross cutting.

To start we need to ensure the blade of the table saw is at 90 degrees.. for this I use a Wixey digital angle finder..
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Fortunately I have an Incra Mitre Express and Mitre 1000 se…. turns a normal table saw into a sliding saw… and oh so accurate …
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You will notice the Magswitch magnets being used as stops…this will become clearer when you watch the video…. just lay the background strip along the blade of the table saw and place the magnet to act as a stop… this will give a square piece for the back ground and also the smaller piece of the weave…
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After a few test cuts, I managed to get the cross cut piece the same length as the width of the blank…
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The second stop magnet is set by using 2 background strips and 1 weave strip…
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Got lucky with this one… first attempt… same length as the width of the three blanks…

I have just finished the video and when it is edited I will post… should not be too long…
 
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becoming quite the video producer Larry…weaves are on my to-do list..only problem is that list keeps getting longer not shorter!!
 
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Waiting for the glue to dry...

While I was waiting for the glue to try on the weave blanks….. I made a few wine bottle balancers ..
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These were made from some of the European Walnut and Cherry I bought a few years ago..the one on the end is Camphor cut across the grain
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The group shown here are all Camphor Laurel… with Australian Pennies inset in them…
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A close up shot…

There is no finish on any of them… I will be spraying a water based finish shortly… and then watch the grain pop…
 
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The glue up

Got out nice and early this morning… and here is the glue up video you have all been waiting for …

The whole video is actually only 9 minutes long… intro and ending included… the glue up took around 8 minutes and a further couple to fit and adjust the clamps..


So a realistic total of under 10 minutes… not too shabby…
 
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Out of the clamps.

Well the glue has had time to cure… now to take the weave out of the clamps.
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A quick trip through the drum sander…
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Reasonable flat… now it is off to the bandsaw… onto a circle cutting jig..
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A quick pivot..
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Now we have cut all the corners off… there will be less to sand so back in the Drum Sander
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To show the colour and grain a little mineral spirits..
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Tomorrow… a base and bearing… final sand and a few coats of poly.. Might use the Earlex 5000 and a water base finish..
 
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