heres my celtic knot set up

[dogrunner]

first make sure your blanks a square

cut your blank my jig is nothing fancy just some mdf and scrap wood.

don't cut all the way through the blank

glue up your knot material I use ca

when you cut all 4 sides they should look like this

at this point I turn them round

i turn them to fit in my collet chuck and drill them I don't have a pic

 

[plantman]

Very nice !! I like the way the knots come together but do not completely cross over. The aluminum trim also sets them off nicely. Great work, and thanks for sharing how you went about achieving this look !! Jim S

 

[Skie_M]

They'll cross over when you turn them down further, I expect ...


They look very nice indeed!

 

[plantman]

They'll cross over when you turn them down further, I expect ...


They look very nice indeed!

We will find out when he posts the completed pen, but I like the effect it shows now. Jim S

 

[jttheclockman]

Hello Jeff

I see you got my message in the other thread. I thank you for doing this and have to say the photos are really great because it tells the story. It saves a lot of typing. This is a good short tutorial for those that want to try the Celtic knot. The color combinations are great looking.

Yes those cuts will close up as it is turned down. If you recall he said do not cut all the way thru the blank. This helps to keep the alignment spot on. The other factor is the fill material needs to match the saw kerf exactly. Jeff has done this well.

But looking at the blank, it does open a possibility. Wonder what it would look like if you kept the gap even wider and turned it down. It should be 4 sections not touching. That would look cool. This is what I mean about opening the mind and using a pen as inspiration.


Here is another one for you to try Jeff

 

[dogrunner]

They'll cro s over when you turn them down further, I expect ...


They look very nice indeed!

they cross over when you turn them not cutting all the through lets you turn them round before drilling and glueing the tube in

 

[TonyL]

Thank you very much Jeff! I love that knot material.

 

[magpens]

Thanks for posting these pictures, Tony. . They will be very helpful when I get to doing Celtic knots.

 

[dogrunner]

heres the finished pen

 

[randy kelly]

Very nice. The aluminum really sets it off. They will make beautiful pens.

 

[TonyL]

Thanks for posting these pictures, Tony. . They will be very helpful when I get to doing Celtic knots.

Jeff posted them

 

[Jim15]

Thank you for sharing your method.

 

[jttheclockman]

heres the finished pen

Very nice. The color combination is great. The use of the metal sets it off just nicely.

What is the angle you use to make your cuts???

 

[dogrunner]

This one was 45deg

 

[toolcrazy]

Nice Tutorial. I haven't done Celtic knots in a while. But since I am re-focusing my pen making, I may need to make some.

 

[Skie_M]

Gorgeous.

 

[dogrunner]

Hello Jeff

I see you got my message in the other thread. I thank you for doing this and have to say the photos are really great because it tells the story. It saves a lot of typing. This is a good short tutorial for those that want to try the Celtic knot. The color combinations are great looking.

Yes those cuts will close up as it is turned down. If you recall he said do not cut all the way thru the blank. This helps to keep the alignment spot on. The other factor is the fill material needs to match the saw kerf exactly. Jeff has done this well.

But looking at the blank, it does open a possibility. Wonder what it would look like if you kept the gap even wider and turned it down. It should be 4 sections not touching. That would look cool. This is what I mean about opening the mind and using a pen as inspiration.


Here is another one for you to try Jeff

I'm trying to figure out how You did that

 

[TonyL]

Jeff, it looks like the cuts were made on a TS(?). How do handle the squared segment into a radius-ed slot? Thank you.

 

[dogrunner]

I think I figured it out will have to wait for a rain day to.see Tony I'm not sure how to explain it

 

[GaryMGg]

Tony
If I understand your question: the slots aren't radiused; they're straight.
After turning, the appear radiused.
Same with "scallops"--they look radiused but they start with straight lines, albeit at an angle.

 

[TonyL]

Thank you. Unless the blanks slots are cut using a band saw or the like, I don't see how a cut can be made partially through the blank. This is definitely a function of ignorance. I will watch some more videos. Thanks for the help and inspiration.

 

[GaryMGg]

The TS cuts from the bottom.
Set the blade less than the combined height of the sled and blank and the cut doesn't come out the top--hence, it doesn't cut all the way through.

Read this tutorial I wrote some years ago--everything should make sense:
http://content.penturners.org/library/techniques/celticknot.pdf

 

[TonyL]

Thank you Gary. I didn't think to approach it that way. I can easily imagine that now.

 

[dogrunner]

here ya go tony sometimes a pic is worth a 10000 words

 

[TonyL]

Thank you Jeff. "Stupid Tony" wasn't thinking in terms of that orientation. My ignorance....thank you for your "troubles".

 

[jttheclockman]

I think I figured it out will have to wait for a rain day to.see Tony I'm not sure how to explain it

I have confidence you will. I have shown this here before. The possibilities of such a simple segmentation is many. You can take the same concept and have 4 different colors in the blank.

 

[erika16]

Thank you for posting these. I have never seen a glue up like this before. The results are amazing! Is thick CA the standard way to join metal to wood? Kudos to you.

 

[dogrunner]

Thank you for posting these. I have never seen a glue up like this before. The results are amazing! Is thick CA the standard way to join metal to wood? Kudos to you.

Ca is what I use if I'm not in a hurry. I'll use a slow set epoxy