I made this blank in an attempt to eliminate having to turn end grain. It worked, as I turned it down to an inch diameter with regular carbide cutters, no negative rake and I purposely was aggressive in my cuts. It turned really easily and absolutely no tear outs. But, seems like there always has to be a but. The individual slices were cross cut Chechen and Canarywood. Then I glued on some gray vulcanized fiber paper. Of course the moisture from the glue gave every slice a bow. You'd think since the were all cut off at about .860 that the bow wouldn't affect anything. Well it made gluing the pieces together with precision very difficult. I guess it's a trade off on what part do you want the difficulty to be, in making the blank or turning it. I'm going to opt for the latter since negative rake cutters worked well for me. Also I screwed up one of the pieces on this one so I only have about 3 inches of usable blank. I highlighted in the picture of the error. I'm also attaching a picture of how I comp the layers, note that I glue it in stages, three layers at a time.
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its_virgil
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I like using the clamp instead of multiple rubber bands. Thanks.
It seems to work well.
jttheclockman
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You are entering places I never heard anyone go before. Not having end grain is different.
sorcerertd
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That came out beautifully! I can see where that mistake would be pretty easy to make, especially when focusing on the more difficult aspects of the construction. If it were me doing this, the finished product would be the end goal. The little grain that you can actually see in the smaller "bricks" do show more character than the end grain. It seems that it would probably take a finish more evenly and without changing the wood color as it would with end grain.
KMCloonan
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Your results are amazing Ken. That stack of carefully, precisely glued layers with no exposed end grain indicates a level of patience I will likely never achieve. What a gorgeous blank!
Doesn't take a lot of patience, it's just all in which way you cut the strips that you eventually slice into little squares.