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Dale Parrott

Dale Parrott

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I was surfing the net a while back just to look for new ideas and found a photo of a segmented blank that interests me. All good so far except for two things. 1, I don't remember where I saw it and 2, couldn't figure out how it was made. If anyone has info on this blank I'd love to make one. If the maker reads this I just want to thank you for posting it Great Job!
Dale

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Dale Parrott said:
I was surfing the net a while back just to look for new ideas and found a photo of a segmented blank that interests me. All good so far except for two things. 1, I don't remember where I saw it and 2, couldn't figure out how it was made. If anyone has info on this blank I'd love to make one. If the maker reads this I just want to thank you for posting it Great Job!
Dale

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Dale I would have thought if anyone could figure out the method, you would be it. Did you not do a blank similar to this if I remember correctly.

If I were to guess, it looks like the inner portion is 2 rings of half a celtic knot. Then the outer ring is cut at a different angle an wider to intersect the center half knots. You cut the outer section using the 2 opposite half steps of the celtic knot. In other words 1-3 inner and 2-4 outer. May take some trys.

I had to look for this.

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It's nice.
It looks like three sets of inlays: the two inner pairs are identical and offset from each other, like 1 & 3 from Celtic knots with a steep angle.
The third looks like the main pair of a Celtic knot done at a shallower angle.

The fit is excellent.

Might have to give this a go. 😉
 
I've looked for a source - no luck. Pondered the construction - no luck. Will be an interesting challenge; reminds me when the IAP community was trying to figure out the 360 degree herringbone construction.
 
What I am also thinking is do not go all the way through the blanks as you do with a Celtic knot on the inside cuts. This way the cuts do not show on the sides. Something along this line.

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randyrls said:
That is an interesting variant of the celtic knot. I suspect it is two blanks. An "inner" blank with the center portion and an "outer" blank with the surround.
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This is what CoPilot is telling me this is. 2 blanks. But CoPilot is telling me that I am the most likely candidate to have made this. I can tell you that is not true.
 
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mark james said:
I've looked for a source - no luck. Pondered the construction - no luck. Will be an interesting challenge; reminds me when the IAP community was trying to figure out the 360 degree herringbone construction.
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I am with you Mark. No idea how to make this design. Can't wait to find out . Does Copilot know what you are doing ? How about me ?
 
IIRC, Brian does lots of CNC inlay work.
Beautiful work.
This is tough to do without one but I think it's possible.
I'm in the middle of turning a custom crib I built into a daybed but I'm going to see if I can sneak this in.
 
If you zoom in on the picture, the center knot portion and compare it to the section above the purple inlay, the grain doesn't line up. If you created a standard Celtic knot, then did a separate upper and lower area, would that create the pattern?
 
He shows this blank on FB and explains how he does it. Now if you can make sense of it then it should help. But he says 2 different ways but all done on a tablesaw and no laser. If you do not want the answer then stop reading.






Ok First thanks for finding the photo. He did not post this here as I checked his name because I thought of him. I did a random check on FB and did not come up with it. But I just put his name in FB and turns I even asked about this pen blank on FB. I will say this It was all done on a tablesaw. he said he does them a couple different ways. If you do not want to see the answer than skip the answer. But he shows the blank and explains.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbi...7VQn08OvU2Soe1yHbL0KCMzMJE69-&__tn__=*b0H-R-R



I made them in a couple different ways. In one you don't need any jig, just cut the blank in a hexagonal shape and then cut the knot the same way we cut a 4 one. Another way is rather that cut the entire blanks just add hexagons (cut separately) to the blank. Nothing fancy, very effective!
 
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jttheclockman said:
He shows this blank on FB and explains how he does it. Now if you can make sense of it then it should help. But he says 2 different ways but all done on a tablesaw and no laser. If you do not want the answer then stop reading.






Ok First thanks for finding the photo. He did not post this here as I checked his name because I thought of him. I did a random check on FB and did not come up with it. But I just put his name in FB and turns I even asked about this pen blank on FB. I will say this It was all done on a tablesaw. he said he does them a couple different ways. If you do not want to see the answer than skip the answer. But he shows the blank and explains.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbi...7VQn08OvU2Soe1yHbL0KCMzMJE69-&__tn__=*b0H-R-R



I made them in a couple different ways. In one you don't need any jig, just cut the blank in a hexagonal shape and then cut the knot the same way we cut a 4 one. Another way is rather that cut the entire blanks just add hexagons (cut separately) to the blank. Nothing fancy, very effective!
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Is it possible to print the Facebook post to PDF and post it for those of us who do not have Facebook?
 
Jarod888 said:
Is it possible to print the Facebook post to PDF and post it for those of us who do not have Facebook?
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Can you see the FB link and click on it? His answer is printed in Green. Anything else on the FB page is just people ackowledging his nice work. No other answers with in it.

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www.facebook.com www.facebook.com


He is a member here so you could PM him for further instructions or maybe ask him to join the conversation. i thought though I read he was having some health problems within his family or something like that. I do not remember what was said so he may not answer. I see he was here last Jan 28, 2026. I can not figure out his explanation.
 
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jttheclockman said:
Can you see the FB link and click on it? His answer is printed in Green. Anything else on the FB page is just people ackowledging his nice work. No other answers with in it.

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www.facebook.com www.facebook.com


He is a member here so you could PM him for further instructions or maybe ask him to join the conversation. i thought though I read he was having some health problems within his family or something like that. I do not remember what was said so he may not answer. I see he was here last Jan 28, 2026. I can not figure out his explanation.
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No. I do not have Facebook and it just opens the login page.
 
Jarod888 said:
No. I do not have Facebook and it just opens the login page.
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Sorry maybe someone else can do that. I do not know how to do that. As I said all that is there is a video of the blank spinning on the lathe. I gave you his answer to how he made it in green here. All other stuff is just people telling him they liked it. He says no more.


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