Greg O'Sherwood
Member
All,
I searched for this question, but didn't find it, so here goes;
When making a slimline, or any other pen that will have a ring between two cuts of the blank, do you use a very thin kerf saw or try to make the kerf the same width as the ring you will be using in order to have a natural-seeming continuation of the grain? Or do you not really worry about it at all?
I've seen pics here that show it either way, so maybe I'm overthinking this, but I've seen a couple that appear the turner was conscious of the continuing pattern and took care to cut out a kerf (obviously by more than one cut in some cases) equal to the width of the center ring.
Your opinion?
Greg
I searched for this question, but didn't find it, so here goes;
When making a slimline, or any other pen that will have a ring between two cuts of the blank, do you use a very thin kerf saw or try to make the kerf the same width as the ring you will be using in order to have a natural-seeming continuation of the grain? Or do you not really worry about it at all?
I've seen pics here that show it either way, so maybe I'm overthinking this, but I've seen a couple that appear the turner was conscious of the continuing pattern and took care to cut out a kerf (obviously by more than one cut in some cases) equal to the width of the center ring.
Your opinion?
Greg