Thanks Lew

looks like you got a winner here sam

make the girls happy

if i had a lathe
well you know

well done

thanks lew
for all the help too

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Nice job! I’m sure it will be appreciated.

-- Hal, Tennessee http://www.first285.com

Looks great. What are the dimensions?

-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability

Hello Sam

Love the design. I want to learn it, please. Can you explain the procedure or is there a tutorial on this somewhere?? I would like to incorporate it into a turned pen. You can PM me if you would like or I can give you my email.

Thanks and that looks fantastic.

John T.

-- John T.

Very Nice!!
I need to try to make one of these.
Wonderful Job!
Daughter-in-law will Love it.

-- Nick, Virginia, http://www.etsy.com/shop/NONICKSWOOD

Thanks all for the nice comments.

MONTE: I believe it was about 22” long and about 1.7” in the center. It tapered down a bit toward the ends. Be it fortunate or unfortunate, I no longer have it in my possession so I can’t measure it!

JTTHECLOCKMAN: Most everything is explained in a great tutorial blog by Lew. I made a few modifications to fit my available resources. Not sure how long my jig will hold up (I didn’t make it as robust as explained in the tutorial). Also, the kerf of my tablesaw is about 3/32” and I resawed walnut to this thickness. Rather than cutting a dado and sandwiching 3 pieces in the groove, I cut 2 tablesaw grooves and glued the walnut strips into each groove. Like you, I am also considering this look in a pen. I think I may experiment with something that can give me a kerf thinner than my table saw. I may just cut all the way through the blank and glue everything back up using a veneer in between. Who knows?! That’s the fun of experimenting! Good luck to you!

-- Sam S. - Hebron, KY

Beautiful Job!!

You really nailed the “diamonds”- they’re perfect!

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

Sam

Thanks for the link and thanks Lew for the tutorial. Now that I look at the final results it is basically 2 celtic knots spaced 3/8 apart. I have done these knots in pens before but there is something different with the diamond look. I am going to have to try this. If it can be done with 2 why not 3 or 4. ???

-- John T.