Exact placement of "Butterfly"wedges..easily
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2016 5:33 pm
I know this is old hat for many, but I saw Steve G. describe it and this is the first chance to use it.
I made an Ebony piece for my Mother, and splits showed on back, so I carefully drew in the split and then made a "Twig" shaped butterfly wedge.
Made a dozen extra as long as I was set up for it.
Drawing that one was easy, but saw Steve was drawing JUST one wedge located on a small file and centering it at 0,0, and then simply moved the bit to where he wanted the inlay, and Zero his X,Y there and carve away ad infinitum.
Got some wet Black Walnut that was a tree in my Aunt's yard 2 months ago. I snagged a bunch of branches/firewood sized stuff, and my Uncle who just bought a portable mill took the trunk size stuff(Just turned 70, and he buys a SAWMILL.
My Aunt saw the little live edge stuff I did for display stands, and asked if I would finish the first small slab my Uncle cut the same way.
Apparently he went a little light on the end grain coating, as it was checked to heck.
I cut most of the checking off and sanded/sealed it with Linseed/Beeswax "Butter" that has kept my small pieces from checking/splitting, but got a crack that spread 6" the first 2 days, and then kept going.
Yesterday tried Steve's method and it went SLICK as the piece is odd shaped and my wedges were small.
They're only 2X.3" deep, but should keep it from spreading I hope.
I'll probably come up with some deeper/fancier wedges once wood is dry, and I know what she wants to do with it(orientation).
My Mother said "Aaaw...it's RUINED!"
Yep, probably wind up in the scrap bin
Thanks Steve!
scott
I told Uncle to align logs with the crotches, lot's of double crotch in the stuff I told him to cut 10/4
This must have been from one of the 2 short pieces the ignorant tree guys cut to make it easier to move and cut into firewood later.
I made an Ebony piece for my Mother, and splits showed on back, so I carefully drew in the split and then made a "Twig" shaped butterfly wedge.
Made a dozen extra as long as I was set up for it.
Drawing that one was easy, but saw Steve was drawing JUST one wedge located on a small file and centering it at 0,0, and then simply moved the bit to where he wanted the inlay, and Zero his X,Y there and carve away ad infinitum.
Got some wet Black Walnut that was a tree in my Aunt's yard 2 months ago. I snagged a bunch of branches/firewood sized stuff, and my Uncle who just bought a portable mill took the trunk size stuff(Just turned 70, and he buys a SAWMILL.
My Aunt saw the little live edge stuff I did for display stands, and asked if I would finish the first small slab my Uncle cut the same way.
Apparently he went a little light on the end grain coating, as it was checked to heck.
I cut most of the checking off and sanded/sealed it with Linseed/Beeswax "Butter" that has kept my small pieces from checking/splitting, but got a crack that spread 6" the first 2 days, and then kept going.
Yesterday tried Steve's method and it went SLICK as the piece is odd shaped and my wedges were small.
They're only 2X.3" deep, but should keep it from spreading I hope.
I'll probably come up with some deeper/fancier wedges once wood is dry, and I know what she wants to do with it(orientation).
My Mother said "Aaaw...it's RUINED!"
Yep, probably wind up in the scrap bin
Thanks Steve!
scott
I told Uncle to align logs with the crotches, lot's of double crotch in the stuff I told him to cut 10/4
This must have been from one of the 2 short pieces the ignorant tree guys cut to make it easier to move and cut into firewood later.