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Keith Christopher
11-29-2005, 9:45 AM
Well here is more pic of that is going on with the curly maple. I'm making a shtender for a friend and here is how it is coming along. Although I dunno why I used biscuts when I could have just glued up the boards, seems I didn't lay out my biscuts quite right. Oh well a little chiseling and make some plugs. Anyway here are the pics. I outlined the biscuts to show.



the sides of the shtender

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/goyde/Sideview.jpg

Bad biscuts

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/goyde/biscuts1.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/goyde/biscuts.jpg

Beauty wood (plus biscut mistake.)

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/goyde/DSC00906.jpg
tod evans
11-29-2005, 9:50 AM
keith, on an edge grain glue-up the glue is stronger than the wood, there is no reason for any mechanical joint??????????? pretty maple by the way:) tod
Jim Hager
11-29-2005, 9:54 AM
What is a shtender??? Maybe I'm from the backwoods but I still want to know????
Keith Christopher
11-29-2005, 10:27 AM
keith, on an edge grain glue-up the glue is stronger than the wood, there is no reason for any mechanical joint??????????? pretty maple by the way:) tod

Yeah I mostly use them for alignment of boards. I usually lay then out better. but this time I botched it.




What is a shtender??? Maybe I'm from the backwoods but I still want to know????


Jim,

It's a "portable" podium for a Jewish Rabbi.

Keith
Tom Sontag
11-29-2005, 1:05 PM
... for a Jewish Rabbi.
Keith

Is there any other kind?
Keith Christopher
11-29-2005, 1:45 PM
Well sure, since Rabbi means basically teacher, I would think there are many. :)



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbi
Jim Becker
11-29-2005, 6:20 PM
Keith...how about edgebanding it with figured veneer? And yes, Rabbi literally means "teacher".
Keith Christopher
11-29-2005, 11:48 PM
Jim,

Thought about it but I think I'll just rout then 1/8" and fill with some of the scrap.

KEith
lou sansone
11-30-2005, 5:22 AM
hi keith
what about extending your idea of routing a groove to cover up the biscut to extend the whole length of the arc? It would look intentional. maybe you could use a contrasting wood like cherry or something a little darker?

just a thought
lou
Matt Meiser
11-30-2005, 7:00 AM
I was going to suggest the same thing as Lou. I would just inlay a band top to bottom and call it a feature. I think if you patch it, it will look like a patch.
Keith Christopher
11-30-2005, 8:43 AM
Lou/Matt,

I was thinking that yesterday as I was wittling the biscut joint clear. Good idea I may go with that.



I am a little disappointed no one commented on my embedded pun however. It's a bad pun but I figured someone would catch that right away. :)


Keith
Keith Christopher
12-01-2005, 6:09 PM
Ok well here is the fix. I cut some 1/4" strips from the left over scrap from making this. And till the glue dries my Shtender has ears. LOL. It took a while to find which piece went where and match color and grain I'll post finished pics tonight or tomorrow.


http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/goyde/fix1.jpg

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b179/goyde/fix2.jpg