Hey guys, the 'fish scale' thing is no secret and has been around for many years. As has been mentioned, they are nothing more than scallops.
Easy to do, just boring.
I used a chop saw set at 45 only. No compound.
Take a square blanks of rubbish material
Mark the sides 1,2,3 and 4. 1 on the opposite side of 2, ditto for 3 and 4.
Make a stop along the fence.
Clamp the blank so that side 1 is uppermost and do the cut all the way through.
Glue a bit of the material that you want the scales ( or scallops ) onto this cut surface. Remove any overlap.
Without moving the stop, turn the blank over and do side 2. Glue a piece on this cut surface too.
Remove any overlap
Place the blank back in the chop saw against the stop and clamp it.
Loosen the stop.
You know the thickness of the stuff you are gluing on? Right, use something slightly thinner than this and place it between the stop and the clamped blank.
Clamp the stop
Un-clamp the blank and remove the little spacer thing. Don't lose it.
Position the blank with side 3 uppermost.
Cut.........glue.....trim
Now do the same for side 4. You have just finished one layer.
Do the trick with the spacer again........
Continue till your mind has gone to mush and you keep checking if the blank is long enough to match the kit tube. :frown:
Do about 4 or 5 layers longer than the tube.
Unless there is something wrong with you, you will promise yourself NEVER to do another one!!!!
:biggrin:
I've just conquered the herring bone but haven't bothered to make it long enough for a tube. I'll turn it anyway and post a pic to prove it:wink:
Never again!!!:biggrin: