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This is the project I made the compound miter fixture for. I’ll use the fixture for other things, but I wanted to see what kind of pattern it would yield if I glued 5 pieces of plywood up at 4 degrees and then cut it flat. I was not impressed with the pattern. It was not real distinctive and they corners did not match because of some slippage in the glue up fixture in the 4th picture. Oh well, live and learn. I would not have known if I had not tried it. Someone did buy one of the trivets at the sale on Saturday, though.They must have felt sorry for me!!
I did get to use my Longworth chuck for this one and it worked pretty good. I think a jam chuck will be faster for doing bowls, though.
They are made with 3/4 maple plywood and with a lacquer finish
Joe Lyddon and Rance- here is your answer!!....................Jim
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MShort
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#1 posted 198 days ago
You have been very busy Jim. Looks like the jig/sled worked great for the project.
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#2 posted 198 days ago
Looks like your making some cool projects! Keep up the good work!
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#3 posted 198 days ago
They look good to me Jim, great to know the mitre sledge works, good attitude mate, you never know if you don’t try these things. You had a sale besides.
-- Bob C, Australia. I love sharing as long as it is not my tools
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#4 posted 198 days ago
I am not a big fan of plywood other than construction but you have shown me that even plywood can be made to be attractive.
Like someone else said you have been busy.
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Roger
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#5 posted 198 days ago
These are neat Jim
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Jim Jakosh
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#6 posted 198 days ago
Tom I was sort of challenged by my friend in Australia to try it and the patterns you get from plywood when it is on the outside of a radius are really neat.These flat trivets are not a good example of how pretty it can be! Bowls and vases are the best!!
-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!!
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#7 posted 198 days ago
For an experiment, I think these are rather cool. Thanks for sharing this Jim. Did this project give you any new ideas?
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#8 posted 197 days ago
Hi Mark. I think I will use the sled to make the roof for the bird feeder I have planned for the spring. it will be like an octagonal gazebo!
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#9 posted 197 days ago
Hi Jim
Keep working on this idea it has possibilities and the good design is just around the corner .
-- Kiefer 松
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#10 posted 196 days ago
Hi Kiefer. I had to put that one away for a while . tomorrow I have to get back on the spoons I started. I just realized that I don’t like carving. It is time consuming and not as rewarding to me as turning a piece on the lathe. If my back did not start giving me problems after 3 hours, I could turn for 8 hours easily!.........Jim
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#11 posted 196 days ago
Ahhhh so this was what the sled was for!
Really cool.
Best thoughts,
Mads
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