One striking feature of my snack beds is the inserts. This morning I made an order for 3mm ebony planks. They should be arriving in a few days time.
So, incisions were made today as you can see in the following two pictures. The first one is the cutting process with a 3 mm disk blade and the bed is waiting for the inserts as shown in the second picture.
I had to make modifications to the jig that I showed you earlier and the simpler holding jig is shown next.
Actually, I will need to modify this jig still further, because today's cut lengths are equidistant from the corners. This is not too clear from the pictures I am carrying, but closer look at them compels me to go for non equidistant incisions.
I will look into this complication tomorrow, and in the meantime I will show you two more pictures as follows.
This one, above is my Delta planer. I am hoping to use this for my "hashi" making. I will go into that separately, soon.
Above is my milling machine. It is meant for working with metals, but who cares?
Having said and shown all these above I am now inclined to use walnut for my inserts, too. This is because ebony pieces may turn out to be too dark or even too black against the light coloured material I am currently using.
Also, I might be able to use one of my other cutting machines to do the work. If I am able to make 3 mm pieces from walnut then that will expand the scope for all other exotic materials. Red against white may well become reality.
It is not that I particularly fancy that sort of colour contrast. It is merely a thought...
So, incisions were made today as you can see in the following two pictures. The first one is the cutting process with a 3 mm disk blade and the bed is waiting for the inserts as shown in the second picture.
I had to make modifications to the jig that I showed you earlier and the simpler holding jig is shown next.
Actually, I will need to modify this jig still further, because today's cut lengths are equidistant from the corners. This is not too clear from the pictures I am carrying, but closer look at them compels me to go for non equidistant incisions.
I will look into this complication tomorrow, and in the meantime I will show you two more pictures as follows.
This one, above is my Delta planer. I am hoping to use this for my "hashi" making. I will go into that separately, soon.
Above is my milling machine. It is meant for working with metals, but who cares?
Having said and shown all these above I am now inclined to use walnut for my inserts, too. This is because ebony pieces may turn out to be too dark or even too black against the light coloured material I am currently using.
Also, I might be able to use one of my other cutting machines to do the work. If I am able to make 3 mm pieces from walnut then that will expand the scope for all other exotic materials. Red against white may well become reality.
It is not that I particularly fancy that sort of colour contrast. It is merely a thought...