Wayne Bitting
09-14-2007, 8:02 AM
This probably isn’t the best way to do things, it’s just the way I did them….
First couple of pics are of the box elder blank mounted on the Shop Smith. It is starting out at about 15.25” by 1.5” thick. The ShopSmith has a 16” swing, but as everyone is aware its not really designed to spin something that size because its so light and its lowest speed is 750 RPM. I ended up leaning on the motor while I was truing the blank to keep it from walking out the door and into the street!
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The next couple of pics are the finished platter. I tried out oil sanding for the first time. Finished size was about 14.75” by 1.25”.
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Next it was time to lay out the inlay. The logo is my company’s and this was going to go in the main entrance being the first thing you would see when you opened the door. I printed the logo on Avery #8665, which is a clear ink jet printable label sheet. I peeled a small area so I could align it with my center point, then peeled the rest.
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After carving, just used a standard hobby knife as well as its chisel blade.
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First couple of pics are of the box elder blank mounted on the Shop Smith. It is starting out at about 15.25” by 1.5” thick. The ShopSmith has a 16” swing, but as everyone is aware its not really designed to spin something that size because its so light and its lowest speed is 750 RPM. I ended up leaning on the motor while I was truing the blank to keep it from walking out the door and into the street!
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The next couple of pics are the finished platter. I tried out oil sanding for the first time. Finished size was about 14.75” by 1.25”.
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Next it was time to lay out the inlay. The logo is my company’s and this was going to go in the main entrance being the first thing you would see when you opened the door. I printed the logo on Avery #8665, which is a clear ink jet printable label sheet. I peeled a small area so I could align it with my center point, then peeled the rest.
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After carving, just used a standard hobby knife as well as its chisel blade.
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next post...