ken werner
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I like it with one top layer. I don't think you need to change the base. Looks excellent.
Here you go Don - 2 with smaller base only. 2 with smaller base and 'feet'.Thats Better Rennie but I would also like to see it with just the small base also.
Jay - rather than cut up what I had I simply shifted things over for a smaller reveal and only showed one side of the box. Does this give you a better idea?I still think the base needs to be smaller try 3/8 all around
But I really do like this urn
I like the single layer base and smaller reveal.
Not wild about the feet, but other wise I think you are right on target.
Don't like the feet either - thought I'd throw them in for feedback.Much better but I'm with Brent, no feet.
Currently using a 1/8" I like the way it just softens the edge rather than give it a 'profile'. I'll try swapping the tops and see what happens.Going against the rest here... Keep the two pieces on the top, but reverse them - smaller piece on bottom.
Don't use a big round-over - 1/8" or 3/16" ought to be plenty.
Rob - how I would accomplish these things in multiples and consistently has been foremost on my mind from the beginning. Plugs will always be labor intensive - no way around it. However, they add so much to the piece that I feel they are justified. The splines, I think, can be done production style. I think a jig for the table saw or router table can cut a slot across the corner. The the ebony piece would be triangle shaped and fit right in. Still some hand work on the rounding over, but if you start with a square and do all 4 sides then cut it corner to corner that should make it a bit easier.Rennie i would also be thinking of the effort you gonna put into it with the detail versus the selling price and return.
My 5 cents is for a double thickness bottom not double layer no feet and single top.
But this goes to show that ask 100 people you gonna get many different answers.
LATHE?!?Any chance of using a mortise chisel for the plugs if you keep them square?
Or what about using a lathe to make the bottom of the plug round from a square cut piece. That way you only have to drill a round hole and push them in and you could cut several plugs on one long spindle if you start with a square piece.
See the spinny things have their place in a flat shop.
Actually, I have in mind to do two G&G style in mahogany, one or two more traditional A&C in QSWO, and then three or four more, maybe some in walnut and some in cherry. Not sure on style yet, but something shaker maybe?Rennie there are going to be some people who dont like G&G so just turn out a bunch of different designs. You ever seen the shoe store. 90% of the shoes i never buy. I often wonder who does. But it helps get people to chose from what is there. You need to have a bunch of different boxes that people can choose from as well as price points.
Then remember the famous words "There comes the time when it is neccessary to shoot the engineer and get on with production."
Thanks Jay, I think.Try what Rob said with the 1/8 radius and put the feet on the other box to see what it looks like. I liked the one with 2 bottoms and 1 on top also but this is really looking nice too.
This is getting fun making you work Rennie