as the title suggests... I put together my first herringbone this week. (actually my 2nd, but this was my first successful one 
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I milled out the Thuya Burl to perfect 1" x 1" x 3/8" tiles, and then glued the Blue Poplar veneer directly to the tiles before I glued up the blank. To get the tile glued evenly, I placed them between a 1.5" angle aluminum & a 1" square aluminum tube to make sure the pieces were glued at 90 degrees.
I used Titebond-III for the glue-up, b/c it doesn't stick to aluminum!
Now I just need to figure out WHAT I want to turn with the blank! I sort of want to try a closed-end clipless rollerball, so that I can go full kit-less, but we'll see what happens. I have plenty of aluminum, 3/8" tubes, but I don't have any nice custom clips.
We'll have to see what happens in that sense, but for now, here's a pic of my blank!
)I milled out the Thuya Burl to perfect 1" x 1" x 3/8" tiles, and then glued the Blue Poplar veneer directly to the tiles before I glued up the blank. To get the tile glued evenly, I placed them between a 1.5" angle aluminum & a 1" square aluminum tube to make sure the pieces were glued at 90 degrees.
I used Titebond-III for the glue-up, b/c it doesn't stick to aluminum!
Now I just need to figure out WHAT I want to turn with the blank! I sort of want to try a closed-end clipless rollerball, so that I can go full kit-less, but we'll see what happens. I have plenty of aluminum, 3/8" tubes, but I don't have any nice custom clips.
We'll have to see what happens in that sense, but for now, here's a pic of my blank!
