mtgrizzly52
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Well I finally got one of these darned knots to come together right and it actually looks pretty good. I built a decent angle cutting sled for the table saw out of an Aztec Jig Building Kit I bought awhile back, and that made all the difference in the world. Now my angles and my cuts are consistent which appears to be the secret to making these knots.
Please ignore the ugly wood, (I hate oak of any kind for turning), but all I was doing was experimenting, and when the knot came out looking like the pictures of the tutorial I was using, I thought I'd go ahead and turn it to see what the knot would look like.
I also decided to do the turning without a mandrel, between center which was kind of a disaster, but I finally got it done. By the time I had it turned down enough to see what the knot looked like, I thought what the heck, in spite of the ugly wood, I'd make it into a pen and the attached pictures are the result.
I know I did a poor job of turning this dang thing, but the knot came out looking good, so I thought I'd post it and get some constructive criticism.
Thanks for looking and thanks for your comments!
Rick (mtgrizzly52)
Please ignore the ugly wood, (I hate oak of any kind for turning), but all I was doing was experimenting, and when the knot came out looking like the pictures of the tutorial I was using, I thought I'd go ahead and turn it to see what the knot would look like.
I also decided to do the turning without a mandrel, between center which was kind of a disaster, but I finally got it done. By the time I had it turned down enough to see what the knot looked like, I thought what the heck, in spite of the ugly wood, I'd make it into a pen and the attached pictures are the result.
I know I did a poor job of turning this dang thing, but the knot came out looking good, so I thought I'd post it and get some constructive criticism.
Thanks for looking and thanks for your comments!
Rick (mtgrizzly52)