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Blights69,yoo hoo! its done good job buddy
WayneG replied to amazingkevin's topic in Bragging Rights
agreed with Jeff those two are my fav. Blight seems to be turning into a pattern whiz, I still need to cut that tattoo one he posted, think I will need to do the squirrel/hand one. Great Cutting Kevin! -
Made some more bracelets. first one is maple, japanese cherry, bulleted as end grain, sandwiched by aromatic western red cedar. Second one meant to be Ipe, honduran mahogany, Ipe however when I but it one of the Ipe pieces was not cured to the mahogany, tried to fix it to no avail, decided to just roll with it and got a real thin Ipe one seen next to the other... Last one was also to be one, the Honduran Mahagony did not cure to the veneer.... Starting to thing that the problem I am experiencing when it does not cure is due to not being absolutely flat and thus would perhaps cause air pockets?
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which spirals do you use from them? flat end? reverse? or plain? thinking of ordering flat end as I always find the non flat ends break at the clamp areas
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okay thanks perhaps I will give these a go. Thanks
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that is a great piece Paul, my mom is a master quilter and I have thought of doing something like this for her. perhaps you are pushing me to do so....
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Great cutting, this is on my to do list... how do they compare to Flying Dutchman?
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thanks Len, hope you get to give it a go!
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got my hands on some Ipe, incredibly hard and dense wood, wanted to experiment with this in a bracelet, tried one strand first. This one is Ipe, Doug fir and maple. Ipe is not great to work with but in small items its fine IMO. I think this will be a great application for the IPE I got. Next up I will do Ipe on either side of honduran mahogany, I think that will absolutely pop and be stunning.
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very interesting idea! I am intrigued
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fabulous cutting man! the blue eyes make it incredible, great job framing it also
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Ya the boy looked it allot!
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thanks folks, I have been trying to get them thinner and thinner so they are not bulky so to speak. Tricky though as the durability of a wood bracelet is crucial. Its a fine line...I hope to see some of your own creations. I started to use some veneers also but was temp put off by that as some of the veneers did not like the fact that I was using Titebond 3 and did not cure.
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Posting this inspired me to make two new ones yesterday. These are done except the poly
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Ya I hear ya, I wanted to make it relevant to his FAv team though. It's not the main gift for the boy, that is cash and he is donating half the money to kid sport. My son thinks he will like it
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Son has a friends birthday party today who is a big basketball fan and his Fav team is okc thunder, that logo if not really great for scrolling so I came up with this. The ball and player is a modification of a Steve good pattern orange and blue are okcs colors. This is a wall mounted peice
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Last pics of this process. The opening is crucial to be sized correctly. In the pic I put a black sharpie dot on my wrist where there is a bump or bone. About an inch above that the arm actual becomes a bit thinner and that is where the bracelet can be put on sideways and then turned. In the other pic you can see the opening on this gorgeous bracelet is larger and too big for me as it slips off to easy. IMO it's easiest to make various sizes, I tried to custom make a few sizes for my son, successfully and another for my neighbour, and I struggled with that task.
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Here a some pics of the bracelets I have made learning this process. 44 here about 10 others I have made scattered around some place. Three additional broke in the making process, two broke by wearing and both times as a result of getting caught on the opening of my pant pocket and me pulling my hand out quickly. They are very durable as I have been wearing them daily for about 7 months. The corian white one was a trial, turned out nice, made another and can't find it.
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You then have a bracelet ready for your application of finish. I use Tung mostly but have used others, usually two coats followed by generous costs of wipe on poly usually two or three. This one here has tung but not poly yet
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You then have a rough & sometimes burnt bracelet. You can use a machine or detail sander to do some rounding off edges but not surprising the best bracelets come out when you sand by hand to completion. I go with 100,150, 270, 350 & 800 grit usually and it doe not take as long as you may expect. Also if the bracelet does not have outer edges like this end grain one don't put too much pressure when sanding as it may break
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Thanks folks, Once the pattern if traced onto the blank cut it out on the scroll saw, go slow if the wood is hard or has many Spieces. If you push it will bend the blade and deform the bracelet. When you have it cut out the blank looks like so, I then use these blanks to make smaller sizes, same process of tracing... You then have rough cut bracelet.
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Now it's time to place your template onto the peice, here is what I use, I also have a kids size one but can't find it, I use the wood templates as much as I use the file folder templates.
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Once cured unclamp, now your ready to sand any imperfections on both sides, like mine as these torrified maple are cut off s from plane handles.
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Cut into bracelet size pieces, in this case I chose to cover both sides bracelet with thin pieces of torrified maple for both strength and design purposes, I have made these without and they are fine also. Add lots of glue and spread, then make sure it's aligned nicely and clamp
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Once unclamped, plane and or sand to et ready for next step
