Just for some fun, see if you can figure out how to cut this segmented blank.
When the blank is in the square, the red points reach the end of the blank.
The yellow points reach about 2/3 of the way to the other end.
But once the blank is turned round the length of the red and yellow blanks are the same. The point of the yellows don't move.
I'm busy building this blank now, but it's too late to continue or my neighbours would shoot me ( unless my wife did it first !!):biggrin:
This one can easily be done with a table saw, but mine has wavey diagonals and I'm using a router. Either way, the ends of the blank would look the same and reveal the way it was cut. I just drew it like this because it's difficult to draw wavey lines in MS Paint.
Have a think and post a pic of two squares with the way you believe the ends would look:biggrin:
Edit;; The ends of the points MUST remain sharp and not become rounded once turned!!!
When the blank is in the square, the red points reach the end of the blank.
The yellow points reach about 2/3 of the way to the other end.
But once the blank is turned round the length of the red and yellow blanks are the same. The point of the yellows don't move.
I'm busy building this blank now, but it's too late to continue or my neighbours would shoot me ( unless my wife did it first !!):biggrin:
This one can easily be done with a table saw, but mine has wavey diagonals and I'm using a router. Either way, the ends of the blank would look the same and reveal the way it was cut. I just drew it like this because it's difficult to draw wavey lines in MS Paint.
Have a think and post a pic of two squares with the way you believe the ends would look:biggrin:
Edit;; The ends of the points MUST remain sharp and not become rounded once turned!!!
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