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A Unique Wooden Triangle

Project by zombeerose posted 572 days ago 739 views 1 time favorited 14 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I created this unique combination triangle for entering into a tool making contest hosted by WoodCentral. I designed it accomplish three tasks that are common in my shop including accurate 45 and 90 degree angles, a ruler for measurements, and a marking knife for getting a precise line. The triangle is wide enough at 3/4” to stand up by itself so that it doesn’t need a third hand. The back of the triangle contains an elongated slot for storing the marking knife to protect the tip when not in use. A magnet is inset in the slot to keep the blade firmly in place. The knife was made from wenge and a polished reciprocating saw blade. Thin wenge wafers cover four ¾” magnets that are inset on the perpendicular sides of the triangle. The magnets allow the ruler to be interchanged as needed.

The ruler is quarter-sawn maple with macassar ebony inlays for each of the 113 individual markings at 1/16” intervals across the rulers length. A thin strip of the reciprocating saw blade is inlayed into the back of the ruler so that it can attach to the magnets in the triangle. The ruler was designed to be detachable so that it could swapped between two positions on the triangle or used independently.

All three corners of the triangle have paduak dowels that were specially turned on my lathe to provide added joint strength besides visual interest. Strips of 1/4” paduak were inlayed into the interior triangle edges for additional appeal.

All pieces are finished with a few coats of shellac followed up with spar varnish to provide UV protection and hopefully preserve the colors.

Completed 3-2008

-- Maximize - Your Time, Your Experiencies, Your Life, Yourself!


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Scott Bryan

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posted 572 days ago

This is a wonderful project. Not only is it functional and useful but it looks good as well. I am sure that it gave you a lot of satisfaction in entering this in the contest.

Well done.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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GaryK

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posted 572 days ago

That’s great! Do you have a bigger picture?

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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grumpycarp

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posted 571 days ago

Beautiful. Might I suggest adding a hook to one end of the rule? You could then use one end to lay out inside and the hook end for outside mark out.

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miles125

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posted 571 days ago

Great piece of art even if you were to never use it! Excellent.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

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CharlieM1958

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posted 571 days ago

That is one heck of a tool! If you don’t win the contest, I sure want to see what does.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

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Tony Z

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posted 571 days ago

Did you win???

-- Tony, Ohio

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zombeerose

34 posts in 1053 days


posted 571 days ago

Thanks for all the comments! No I did not win but it was still lots of fun. If you click on the WoodCentral link in my first post, you can check out the rest of the entries and winners.

-- Maximize - Your Time, Your Experiencies, Your Life, Yourself!

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Dusty56

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posted 571 days ago

ANY CHANCE OF REPOSTING LARGER PICS ??

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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zombeerose

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posted 571 days ago

I will definitely try to post larger photos :)

-- Maximize - Your Time, Your Experiencies, Your Life, Yourself!

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TopamaxSurvivor

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posted 571 days ago

WOW, what a tool!

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Grumpy

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posted 570 days ago

Very inventive & great piece of equipment.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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Bradford

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posted 569 days ago

Very impressive. I wouldn’t have thought about making my own. (YET)

-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.

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zombeerose

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posted 565 days ago

I found the original pictures so I replaced the pictures with larger versions.

Thank you everyone for your kind thoughts. :)

-- Maximize - Your Time, Your Experiencies, Your Life, Yourself!

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mcoyfrog

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posted 218 days ago

very artistic i love it, my background is in drafting, it brings back great memories

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