| Project by Peter O | posted 675 days ago | 610 views | 5 times favorited | 13 comments |  |
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I wanted to pitch a design to a client for their project, and what better way than to build them a sample? The “wedges” are each two pieces cut at nine degrees with a taper jig and glued together to form an 18 degree wedge. The edges of the wedges (hey, I’m Longfellow) are rounded over 1/8” as are the edges of the “rays”. I glued up the wedges and rays using a jig I built to keep the wedges from backing out. Next an arc is routed at the base of the rays using a trammel and a ¼” straight bit. The “sun” piece is also routed with the trammel and straight bit adjusted to cut the correct size inside arc. Then roundover the edge of the sun and the base of the rays and glue in the sun. Finally, a panel raiser on the back side so the panel will fit in the groove, and glue up the rails and stiles.
White Oak, Walnut Danish Oil.
The client loves it. When I build the project, I’ll document the build/glue process in a blog.
-- http://www.north40custom.com -- http://north40studios.etsy.com --
13 comments so far
Karson
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posted 675 days ago
Nice prototype Peter.
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GaryK
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posted 675 days ago
Great sample! Looking forward to the blog.
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MsDebbieP
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posted 675 days ago
wow. cool.
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rikkor
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posted 675 days ago
That is sweet. I can’t wait to see it incorporated into a project.
cajunpen
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posted 675 days ago
If that is the sample – I can’t wait to see the finished product.
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mrtrim
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posted 675 days ago
wow ! i can see some huge possibilities in this design . great stuff here peter ! cant wait for this blog thanks
gbvinc
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posted 675 days ago
Cool Peter! Can’t wait to see the blog.
Russel
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posted 674 days ago
Very cool. A prototype is so much better than a picture.
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Thos. Angle
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posted 674 days ago
Hey, I like it! I assume this is a door and the project will use these doors?? Well done, my friend.
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Peter O
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posted 673 days ago
Thanks, guys! I don’t know how to describe this project … I guess you’d call it a table, but instead of being open underneath it is skirted to the floor all the way around. The skirt will be like wainscot and the panels will be the sunburst pattern.
The client is giving me a lot of freedom with the design, so this project will be a lot of fun! The material should arrive Tuesday, so I’m trying to get everything else wrapped up because once I start on this I won’t want to do anything else!
-- http://www.north40custom.com -- http://north40studios.etsy.com --
mot
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posted 673 days ago
Holy Moly! That’s a really great idea!
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Patrick Jaromin
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posted 670 days ago
Sweet! I’m looking forward to following the full project. Very cool idea!
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jeanmarc
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posted 574 days ago
very beautiful congratulation works
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