I am greatfull to Steve (spalm) for sharing his building techniques for this board. He blogged about this board here: http://lumberjocks.com/SPalm/blog/23574
His project is here: http://lumberjocks.com/projects/49529#comment-993768
For detail step by step, please refer to Steve’s blog.
I cut the pieces today. I used maple, walnut and cherry. Not the best contrasting wood but that’s all I had.
I did cut twice as much as I needded.
Try to get your pieces from the same board. I used 2 different boards for the walnut. The grain and color were different. that break the 3D effect a little.
The sled (made today). the clamp are cheap Harbor Freight I bought a couple of years ago; a pain to work with. 
The cut pieces
Glue up
Ready to trim. Don’t change the position of the fence until you trim all.
I made 2 rods or “sausages” and cut the individual hexagones 1 1/4 thick.
Some views from different angles.
7 comments so far
degoose
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#1 posted 712 days ago
Well you are one step ahead of me… will be while before I even think about this one…
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rkoorman
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#2 posted 712 days ago
Nice job, I ‘ll give it a try in a couple of weeks
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SPalm
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#3 posted 712 days ago
Ha, good for you.
That looks really great. I believe those three woods will look great together. The cherry will darken with age, and the walnut…. well it is endgrain walnut. Beautiful.
So you went the complete sausage route. I was too chicken. Pay now or pay later.
Once again, looking good.
Steve
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#4 posted 712 days ago
Nice going Ian.
Glad you accepted Steve´s challenge.
It seems You´re having fun.
-- Back home. Fernando
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#5 posted 712 days ago
Hello Lanwater
A beautiful blog ( in my favorite immediately !!!!!!)
A very pretty board
You are a king
Thanks for sharing your work
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lanwater
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#6 posted 712 days ago
Thanks for the postitive comments.
Steve: I figured “sausage” will be easier to handle during final glue up. I think small errors get magnified with the sausage versus smaller pieces especially id the “sausage is not tightly closed . It is probably easier to to touch up smaller pieces.
Larry: I am far behind you bud. I have been thinking about this board for quite some times. Steve gave the key to the bank: Trapeziod.
Fernando: Thank you. Fun I am having. The final glue up will have to wait for a while. I am going on vacation next week.
DiggerJacks: Thanks! Look at steve’s blog. It’s has detailed instructions on how to build it.
mafe
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#7 posted 712 days ago
Beautiful.
Fantastic patterns you guys make.
Best thoughts,
Mads
-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.
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