Brian Greb
04-14-2010, 1:32 PM
Hey y'all,
A while back I made a dyed box and it had an inlay in the top that displayed some eccentric rings. http://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=136544 I said I would post how I did this later. Well it's later and I have made a platter with the same idea in it... and here is how I did it.
Step 1: Make a disk out of 3/4 MDF
Step 2: cut squares of wood to be turned
Step 3: Affix Squares to the MDF disk with turners tape
Step 4: cut rings with a 1/8" parting tool or scraper
Step 5: inlay veneer in to the recess(I used 4 strips of veneer on edge to fill the recess... you can use thicker veneer and make wider solid rings to inlay, it's just more work)
Step 6: Turn blank 90 degrees and re-affix to disk. repeat steps 4 & 5.
Step 7: repeat step 6
(see pics below)
This concludes the eccentric part. You can change where the center is located on the blank but be careful to keep the disk mostly balanced.
now for the rest of what I did on this project.
I glued the 4 squares back together and turned the whole blank round with a rebate on the edge then i turned a segmented ring and glued the disk in the center. Finally I turned the platter.
The finished platter is 11 3/4" in diameter, 1" thick, and made out of curly maple and curly cherry, with maple and cheery veneer.
As always C&C are welcome.
Thank you for looking.
Brian
A while back I made a dyed box and it had an inlay in the top that displayed some eccentric rings. http://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=136544 I said I would post how I did this later. Well it's later and I have made a platter with the same idea in it... and here is how I did it.
Step 1: Make a disk out of 3/4 MDF
Step 2: cut squares of wood to be turned
Step 3: Affix Squares to the MDF disk with turners tape
Step 4: cut rings with a 1/8" parting tool or scraper
Step 5: inlay veneer in to the recess(I used 4 strips of veneer on edge to fill the recess... you can use thicker veneer and make wider solid rings to inlay, it's just more work)
Step 6: Turn blank 90 degrees and re-affix to disk. repeat steps 4 & 5.
Step 7: repeat step 6
(see pics below)
This concludes the eccentric part. You can change where the center is located on the blank but be careful to keep the disk mostly balanced.
now for the rest of what I did on this project.
I glued the 4 squares back together and turned the whole blank round with a rebate on the edge then i turned a segmented ring and glued the disk in the center. Finally I turned the platter.
The finished platter is 11 3/4" in diameter, 1" thick, and made out of curly maple and curly cherry, with maple and cheery veneer.
As always C&C are welcome.
Thank you for looking.
Brian