Padauk herringbone slimline

[tseger]

This is my first attempt at a herringbone pattern. Did I do it right?


Thanks for looking, comments welcome. Tim

 

[Rmartin]

Looks right to me. Is it a segment or engraved that way?

 

[tseger]

Originally posted by Rmartin
<br />Looks right to me. Is it a segment or engraved that way?

It is segmented. Tim

 

[gerryr]

i think it looks great for your first try.

 

[Stevej72]

I think you did a very nice job.

 

[vick]

look sgood to me.

 

[ahoiberg]

very nice. i think it looks spot on.

 

[LEAP]

Looks nice but you may need to check the squareness of your saw. The segments start off nice and tight but slowly open up as you move up the pen. If the saw is just a hair off square it would give that effect because each additional piece compounds the gap. Just curious how are you clamping the pieces during the glue up?

 

[kkwall]

I like the pen! Great work. []

 

[waterboy]

Great work on the pen and a very interesting pattern. Are there any instructions for cutting the herringbone pattern?

Ed....

 

[tseger]

Originally posted by LEAP
<br />Looks nice but you may need to check the squareness of your saw. The segments start off nice and tight but slowly open up as you move up the pen. If the saw is just a hair off square it would give that effect because each additional piece compounds the gap. Just curious how are you clamping the pieces during the glue up?

Phil, the saw is square, it's probably operator error. I used ca glue and hand held the pieces till they set up. As I got further along I probably got in a hurry and got sloppy. Thanks for the comment! Tim

 

[tseger]

Originally posted by waterboy
<br />Great work on the pen and a very interesting pattern. Are there any instructions for cutting the herringbone pattern?

Ed....

Ed, there are some instructions on this site for the herringbone pattern, however, I didn't have it at the shop when I made this one.
Bosically I just cut the blank into 1/8" strips and glued the strips up in the pattern you see on the pen.
Thanks all for the comments! Tim

 

[skiprat]

An excellent and succesful attempt Tim. What did you use to support the very first two pieces?[?]
The next thing you need to try, is to get the Herringbone effect all the way around. Tricky but possible.[]

 

[huntersilver]

Wow, you did a very good job on that pen!

 

[tseger]

Originally posted by skiprat
<br />An excellent and succesful attempt Tim. What did you use to support the very first two pieces?[?]
The next thing you need to try, is to get the Herringbone effect all the way around. Tricky but possible.[]

Man, you got the wheels turning with that one. I never thought of trying that. Can you give me a hint to get me started[?][]
The very first pieces were done by hand like all the rest, just used a square to make sure I got started straight. Tim

 

[rovercat]

Very nice indeed. I need to get up the gumption to do something like that.

 

[jkirkb94]

Nice looking pen! Might have to try this technique![] Kirk[8D]