Thanks, i tried to make something a little different than all the pine/stained ones, i try to be a more high-end woodworker, my stuff isn’t cheap, but it looks nice
This is walnut and ash. Debated about doing the stars in maple, i might do a maple/walnut one yet. I have a lot of ash/walnut at moment and that’s what people are asking for at the moment after seeing it.
The waves are a F360 model. Stars etc are all proportioned to the US standard, i found the models you can get on etsy etc are not correct on the sizes, so i had to just do all that myself.
The simple process is:
- cut slabs into manageable sizes
- plane slab chunks down to desired thickness/remove defects
- cut strips to size, marked to reassemble grain patterns later
- run strips on jointer if needed, but my table saw is accurate enough i don’t need to do this
- glue bottom 6 stripes together
- glue top 7 stripes together
- cut out walnut piece for stars
- CNC cut out female stars in walnut
- CNC cut out male stars in ash
- plane male star ash (backside)
- hand plane male star ash (backside) to release stars
- hand assemble stars into female walnut piece, arrange grains
- assemble the stars/walnut, top and bottom stripes
- final sizing and remove defects
- 3d rough and finish cuts on CNC
- hand sand/machine sand
- final coating, i use Rubio
Something like that