More Coasters

[Lee DeRaud]

Couple new designs, walnut/cherry/maple/canary as before. The "square" one needs some design tweaks: tolerance stacking in the small pieces opened up some of the joints, plus the glue-up is a royal pain. The round ones are so simple, I'm not sure the word "design" really applies:p. But at least I was able to find some self-stick cork for the backs...HD sells it as shelf/drawer liner.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Those are just to cool Lee. Very nice work.

[Vaughn McMillan]

Wow Lee, those look great. I particularly like the square ones.

- Vaughn

[Brent Brod]

Lee,

Try cutting a square out of something larger that you can use while assembling. I encountered a similar issue gluing up a multi part item, but if it's inside a corral it goes a lot easier.

Great idea for coasters, by the way.

-Brent

[John Hart]

WOW!!! Those are beautiful Lee! Sell me some!;)

[Frank Foley]

Very nice Lee, very nice indeed.:)

Frank

[John Cavanaugh]

Those look really nice, Im gonna have to add this to my todo list. To bad that list is now spilling onto about page 20. :cool:

So how did you make those?? Was each one a separate glue up of all the individual pieces, or did you laminate the woods together as a block then run them thru the bandsaw??

--
John Cavanaugh

[Lee DeRaud]

Try cutting a square out of something larger that you can use while assembling. I encountered a similar issue gluing up a multi part item, but if it's inside a corral it goes a lot easier.Actually, I did that...considering how fussy it was anyway, I don't even want to think about how hard it would be "loose".:eek:

[Lee DeRaud]

TSo how did you make those?? Was each one a separate glue up of all the individual pieces, or did you laminate the woods together as a block then run them thru the bandsaw??Process goes roughly like this:
1. The pieces are cut from 1/8" stock.
2. Each one is assembled face-up inside a hole in a piece of 1/4" MDF and taped together. (Note that there are a whole bunch of wrong ways to lay out the square pattern. DAMHIKT.:p)
3. Glue pre-fabbed blank to the backer (1/8" MDF).
4. Remove tape and sand/scrape face-side smooth.
5. Template-rout edge to final dimension and contour.
6. Finish, SealACell/ArmRCoat/lacquer/whatever. I made a "bed-of-nails" rack (screws through a chunk of 1/4" MDF) to hold them for finishing.
7. Apply cork to back.

Would not want to do this without the laser: it would be bad enough to cut the actual pieces by hand, but there are also all the router templates and assembly jigs.:eek:

[Dick Parr]

Those are great looking Lee, wonderful job.

[Shari Loveless]

Lee,
Your coasters are quite beautiful. I especially like the square ones. You might want to consider doing quilt block patterns in these. I'm sure there is a market.
Shari

[Lee DeRaud]

You might want to consider doing quilt block patterns in these.Watch this space.:D
I'm sure there is a market.I wouldn't be surprised, but right now I'm just trying to put a dent in my Christmas list.:eek:

[Jamie Buxton]

Lee, have you looked into "double-bevel marquetry"? I've done a little of it, and it seems like it would be a fine technique to build those coasters with. A cool thing about it is that you cut both sides of a seam simultaneously, so if your cut wanders a bit, it wanders in both materials so that there is no gap between the pieces. And the double-bevel part of the technique assures that there is no visible kerf line -- yeah, magic!

[Corey Hallagan]

Very cool Lee! Those lasers are amazing!

Corey

[Lee DeRaud]

Lee, have you looked into "double-bevel marquetry"? I've done a little of it, and it seems like it would be a fine technique to build those coasters with. A cool thing about it is that you cut both sides of a seam simultaneously, so if your cut wanders a bit, it wanders in both materials so that there is no gap between the pieces. And the double-bevel part of the technique assures that there is no visible kerf line -- yeah, magic!I've done some of that with the scrollsaw. Thing about the coasters is, the cutting of the actual face stock is the easiest/quickest part, even without the laser. (Although I'll admit cutting perfect circles on a scrollsaw is way beyond my skill level.:eek: )

[Lee DeRaud]

You might want to consider doing quilt block patterns in these.Ok, on second thought, maybe that wasn't such a good idea: 82 pieces times 4 coasters equals close to half an hour each just to layout for the glue-up. Don't think I'll be making any more of these...I think I understand now how John Hart felt about his poplar vase.:eek:

(For those who missed that reference, it's at http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=25731 (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=25731))

[John Hart]

...Don't think I'll be making any more of these...I think I understand now how John Hart felt about his poplar vase....


Ahhhh. It feels so good to be understood!!:)