So I'm going to make a bed frame and happened to tell my neighbor. He gave me several pieces of 8/4 red birch that he milled into triangles so when all 4 are glued together it'll make a 4"x4" post. It was for a couple that broke up before their wedding. My plan is to leave the top square and turn the bottom half. Then I thought about adding splines to hold the triangles together (in red). A coworker suggested using a contrasting wood so places where it's turned deep enough the spline would show through. For the life of me I can't visualize what it would look like. Here's a top view of the post. The red parts are the splines Which I could position and make what ever size I wanted. Would it look odd? I can make the slots for the splines on my table saw with a box blade so there would be no gaps so that would limit me to either 1/4" or 3/8" wide.
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