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SteveJ

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After 7 different attempts to create a usable 5 strand celtic knot and failing each, I will move on to other challenges.

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The maple with padauk almost made it, but I've already turned it almost to the thickness of a Sierra, and still need to drill it.

The Wenge ended up too thick.

Another stick, a full inch thick mahogany, broke apart while inserting the inlay.

I turned the blanks round, then laser cut hexagons for the ends to provide a flat surface to lay on the saw top. I attempted each I n both the bandsaw and the tablesaw.

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Take a break and give it a try in a few days or weeks. You are FAR TOO GOOD with your skills to let this conquer you. There is a proverb that I know you are familiar with: "Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." Hopefully one or two of the fellows that have completed a few 5 sided ones will walk you through it a time or two.
 
Bummer. Your initial prototype/test one sure looked like it worked out. I trust that you can make it happen, and definitely am not alone, so if you move on, make sure you come back to it and keep us in the loop. I've learned more from my failures than the lucky experiments.
 
KenB259 said:
Steve, I'm intrigued a bit. I've never heard of turning a blank to almost final size before drilling. Can you elaborate?
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I knew before turning that it would be tight at best. On the very first one I ended up turning down to the tube to get the full knot to show. I wasn't satisfied with the way these looked before turning and decided to forgo drilling. I did learn a number of things in this trial.

Getting the cut deep enough on the round blank is dicey. There is very little meat left to hold the blank together once yo make the cut, which caused a couple of failures.

Also, my "jig" with the hexagons didn't work well on the Byrnes saw since one end slipped into the miter slot.

By sizing the hexagon just barely larger than the circumference of the rounded blank I didn't give myself enough leeway for trimming the extra inlay off. If I return to this I will use larger hexagons as well as larger blanks.

One other mistake, my inlay wasn't precise enough, one a smidgen to tight and another too thin, each resulted in failure.

Thank you all for your kind comments.
 
SteveJ said:
I knew before turning that it would be tight at best. On the very first one I ended up turning down to the tube to get the full knot to show. I wasn't satisfied with the way these looked before turning and decided to forgo drilling. I did learn a number of things in this trial.

Getting the cut deep enough on the round blank is dicey. There is very little meat left to hold the blank together once yo make the cut, which caused a couple of failures.

Also, my "jig" with the hexagons didn't work well on the Byrnes saw since one end slipped into the miter slot.

By sizing the hexagon just barely larger than the circumference of the rounded blank I didn't give myself enough leeway for trimming the extra inlay off. If I return to this I will use larger hexagons as well as larger blanks.

One other mistake, my inlay wasn't precise enough, one a smidgen to tight and another too thin, each resulted in failure.

Thank you all for your kind comments.
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Yes, on my round six sided knots, they are very fragile after cutting and before you glue in the infill. The larger blank you can start with the better.
 
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