heres my celtic knot set up

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first make sure your blanks a square
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cut your blank my jig is nothing fancy just some mdf and scrap wood.
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don't cut all the way through the blank
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glue up your knot material I use ca
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when you cut all 4 sides they should look like this
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at this point I turn them round
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i turn them to fit in my collet chuck and drill them I don't have a pic
 
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Very nice !! I like the way the knots come together but do not completely cross over. The aluminum trim also sets them off nicely. Great work, and thanks for sharing how you went about achieving this look !! Jim S
 
Hello Jeff

I see you got my message in the other thread. I thank you for doing this and have to say the photos are really great because it tells the story. It saves a lot of typing. This is a good short tutorial for those that want to try the Celtic knot. The color combinations are great looking.

Yes those cuts will close up as it is turned down. If you recall he said do not cut all the way thru the blank. This helps to keep the alignment spot on. The other factor is the fill material needs to match the saw kerf exactly. Jeff has done this well.

But looking at the blank, it does open a possibility. Wonder what it would look like if you kept the gap even wider and turned it down. It should be 4 sections not touching. That would look cool. This is what I mean about opening the mind and using a pen as inspiration.


Here is another one for you to try Jeff

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Skie_M said:
They'll cro s over when you turn them down further, I expect ... :)


They look very nice indeed!
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they cross over when you turn them not cutting all the through lets you turn them round before drilling and glueing the tube in
 
Thanks for posting these pictures, Tony. . They will be very helpful when I get to doing Celtic knots.
 
jttheclockman said:
Hello Jeff

I see you got my message in the other thread. I thank you for doing this and have to say the photos are really great because it tells the story. It saves a lot of typing. This is a good short tutorial for those that want to try the Celtic knot. The color combinations are great looking.

Yes those cuts will close up as it is turned down. If you recall he said do not cut all the way thru the blank. This helps to keep the alignment spot on. The other factor is the fill material needs to match the saw kerf exactly. Jeff has done this well.

But looking at the blank, it does open a possibility. Wonder what it would look like if you kept the gap even wider and turned it down. It should be 4 sections not touching. That would look cool. This is what I mean about opening the mind and using a pen as inspiration.


Here is another one for you to try Jeff

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I'm trying to figure out how You did that
 
Jeff, it looks like the cuts were made on a TS(?). How do handle the squared segment into a radius-ed slot? Thank you.
 
I think I figured it out will have to wait for a rain day to.see Tony I'm not sure how to explain it
 
Tony
If I understand your question: the slots aren't radiused; they're straight.
After turning, the appear radiused.
Same with "scallops"--they look radiused but they start with straight lines, albeit at an angle.
 
Thank you. Unless the blanks slots are cut using a band saw or the like, I don't see how a cut can be made partially through the blank. This is definitely a function of ignorance. I will watch some more videos. Thanks for the help and inspiration.
 
Thank you Gary. I didn't think to approach it that way. I can easily imagine that now.
 
Thank you Jeff. "Stupid Tony" wasn't thinking in terms of that orientation. My ignorance....thank you for your "troubles".
 
dogrunner said:
I think I figured it out will have to wait for a rain day to.see Tony I'm not sure how to explain it
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I have confidence you will. I have shown this here before. The possibilities of such a simple segmentation is many. You can take the same concept and have 4 different colors in the blank.
 
Thank you for posting these. I have never seen a glue up like this before. The results are amazing! Is thick CA the standard way to join metal to wood? Kudos to you.
 
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