Rick Yochim
Well-known member
S.U.V. - I love it. Thanks John, that's a keeper!
And thanks too, Jeff, for those clear photos and explanations. I can see how scraping a bead and flute with a scratch stock, or routing/shaping with a router registered and indexed, would work. You just need the right jigs and indexing heads the way Dennis and others have explained to get clean flutes and reads that wrap around the quarter column symmetrically. And to me, this would seem to be even easier doing it this way on a flat pilaster.
So investing time and effort in jig setup, whether the cutting is done by hand tools or power tools, vice attempting to stick then apply one reed at a time looks like you'd get better and cleaner results while working more efficiently in the process. The profiles are cut from the same piece, so no mixing and matching wood, no errant little glue blobs to worry about and subtle grain or figuring patterns that want to show through the design, can.
Once again, the forum has helped me work through this seemingly complex task into something doable.
Thanks all.
Rick Yochim
And thanks too, Jeff, for those clear photos and explanations. I can see how scraping a bead and flute with a scratch stock, or routing/shaping with a router registered and indexed, would work. You just need the right jigs and indexing heads the way Dennis and others have explained to get clean flutes and reads that wrap around the quarter column symmetrically. And to me, this would seem to be even easier doing it this way on a flat pilaster.
So investing time and effort in jig setup, whether the cutting is done by hand tools or power tools, vice attempting to stick then apply one reed at a time looks like you'd get better and cleaner results while working more efficiently in the process. The profiles are cut from the same piece, so no mixing and matching wood, no errant little glue blobs to worry about and subtle grain or figuring patterns that want to show through the design, can.
Once again, the forum has helped me work through this seemingly complex task into something doable.
Thanks all.
Rick Yochim