wooden bow ties

[Dan Noren]

well, had to use up the thin off cuts of ambrosia maple somehow. cut the blanks (2 ties per blank), and sanded them to finished thickness on the drum sander. now i just have to finish sand, mark, and cut the bows, a little blo, and a nice, shiny top coat. got the strap adjusters today, and will pick up the strap material, and fabric for the knot tomorrow.

 

[David Johnson]

Ok, and the purpose is? To use up scraps? Or just decorations?
David

 

[Dan Noren]

not often asked about my motive, but let's give it a whirl. the purpose, pure, unadulterated capitalism, christmas season is coming soon, and a unique gift idea (and possibly make some money). to use up scraps. nothing wrong with that, a rather good way of using good looking wood, rather than let them sit there gathering dust (and with the sales of all my salt and pepper mills from last year, the lumber for this is free). aren't all ties a form of decoration?

 

[Dan Noren]

layouts are done, and ready to be cut.

 

[Bill Arnold]

I'm surprised you aren't using your CNC for this project.

 

[Dan Noren]

I will have to rig that one up

 

[glenn bradley]

I'm surprised you aren't using your CNC for this project.

I assumed he was. A bandsaw / scrollsaw will do though.

 

[Dan Noren]

did up the code last night, ready to cut.

 

[Bill Arnold]

I assumed he was. A bandsaw / scrollsaw will do though.

I assumed bandsaw since he has pencil lines on the wood. That's why I asked about CNC. For repetitive cuts like this, I make each workpiece the same size and index each in turn on my CNC bed.

 

[glenn bradley]

I assumed bandsaw since he has pencil lines on the wood. That's why I asked about CNC. For repetitive cuts like this, I make each workpiece the same size and index each in turn on my CNC bed.

Ah-ha! I am a CNC ignorant and didn’t even think about that

 

[Dan Noren]

started the ties on the cnc last night. had to stop cutting the tabs when my band saw blade snapped (never had that happen, almost had an accident, the whole surprise thing ya know...) got half of them freed before the blade went. ordered up 2 more of them today.

 

[Dan Noren]

well, the new blades showed up a day earlier than expected, so, what the heck. i finished cutting the other eight ties, and sanded them to 220. got home, and gave them a coat of blo. really brings out the grain, and color.

 

[Toni Ciuraneta]

So, are they finished? I thought you were going to make them a bit more realistic looking.

 

[Dan Noren]

sorry toni, they are not finished yet. i still have to measure and cut the satin cloth for around where the knot should be, and add the adjustable neck band.

 

[Dan Noren]

some of the first ones finished.

 

[Oliver Langon]

Can you send pics of the final results?

 

[Dan Noren]

the message just prior to yours has a pic of the finished ones.