Alan Morrison
Member
Not perfect in any way, but I have been trying to make a knot showing an over/under pattern. There are 49 different pieces in the knot itself.
All comments welcomed.
All comments welcomed.
Solomon Knot
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GFHWoodWerks
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Patience, precision, perseverance pen. As you do your next you'll get it better. Great color choices to.
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The Sapper
Member
Very nice, it must taking you ages to get it all together.
SteveJ
Member
Well done, I can see how creating four sticks, cutting thin sections off and rearranging them to create this blank would work. Putting it in a window would also avoid issues with the view from the side. I think if you drilled first alignment would be easier.
Great first attempt.
Great first attempt.
RichAldrich
Member
Nice blank! Like the colors!
Alan Morrison
Member
Here are some attempts that didnt make the grade either.
Alan Morrison
Member
If I make one that I am happy with I will post some construction photographs.Very nice, it must taking you ages to get it all together.
Alan Morrison
Member
Not sure what you mean, Steve. If I cut this using a hole saw and place it in the window where does the drilling come in? Surely at the end as I have done here. I know that the alignment is not very accurate but that happens with me at times when the knot is smaller that the window.
Must be these old eyes!!!
MRDucks2
Member
Interesting. Keep us updated.
SteveJ
Member
I see what you mean - I didn't think of what would happen to the hole once you cut out the window. If the assembly hole is fairly small, maybe the size of a wood skewer, you could use that to keep the alignment and still be able to use the resulting blank to cut the window. That of course assumes you are creating this in the manner I am suspecting - when I have some time I will give a shot at replicating this if you don't mind. Of course I will have to figure out how to cut that window, a task I haven't chosen to attempt yet.
mark james
IAP Collection, Curator
SteveJ and Alan, you are combining two different processes. I may not have the time shortly to make sense, but: Steve can construct these patterns with multiple segmented blanks, cut into slices. With 4-5-6-7-8 different combinations, he can assemble the inner window of what Alan is constructing. Now, getting that 'blank' (slice upon slice upon slice) into a window sized insert is a very different challenge. Both are hard, both take repeated failures, both need to fit together. In my opinion, one of the most difficult segmenting challenges I attempted - a LOT of FUN!!!
Photos are of the final blank; some of the many, many process trials, and the final turned pen.
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Photos are of the final blank; some of the many, many process trials, and the final turned pen.
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Alan Morrison
Member
Thanks, Mark...and now I understand the direction that Steve @SteveJ was coming from.
As I said my difficulty is that the size of the knot is smaller than the window and getting the thing centered is not so easy.
I want to crack this nut before I move on though I don't think that I will be putting it into a window.
Here's a photograph of one that I did yesterday....close but no cigar.
SteveJ
Member
I can see the problem with the window. The knot would have to be pretty small to fit in the window since you've only got the thickness of the finished blank to work with. Even without the window, you run the risk of turning off the outer edges of the knot. It is an interesting challenge!
Alan Morrison
Member
Steve, I'll see how I go making the knot a tad smaller and not putting it into a window.