Obviously a ton of these, but i hadn’t seen too many with inlayed stars. No stain or paint here, just all walnut and ash. Turned out great considering this was nothing more than a test piece.
Took some work to calculate out the stars, making sure the inlay was deep enough to not be removed by cutting in the waves. These were done with a 1/16th (i broke a few) and then max depth of cut is only .5 inch because that’s all i could find for a 1/16th. So i had to compress the waves a bit, i think .4 is what i ended up with to make sure .1 was left on the inlay.
I tried a lot of things to do the inlays on a curved surface and even talked to Vectric directly, it’s just not possible. So I did a ton of math and planning to basically put the inlays in before the waves are cut and ensure there is enough material left after the wave is cut in.
I also spent a ton of time on tooling and figuring out radius and max cut depth. I ended up cutting the stars with a 1/16 but which has a max depth of .5 inches, I couldn’t find a longer one anywhere. So then I had to compress the 3d model to ensure it wasn’t taller than .4
I would prefer they would have been a vcarve as that produces super tight inlays. But straight inlays work and I just spend a bunch of time testing tolerances to get a tight fit.
Very stunning work. Nice “test piece”. I can only imagine the time you have in designing this piece. I play with Fusion 360 for my metal work and have just received my 5 pro so i am looking forward to endless nights trying to design “art” like this. Thanks for the post and inspiration.
I’m not much into wavy flags but I definitely like yours. The first one I have seen that makes me want to try one. Very nice and thank you for not desecrating it with words. Cheers.
Thanks, i really wanted something that would just pure wood, no stain, no paint, just awesome wood. I have a massive slab of Ash here and some Maple i’m going to use on the next version. Maple is whiter, but the ash has nice grain that pops good with the Rubio. Maple might be nice for the stars though. Will have to test it out.
I just found a 1/16th long reach that lets me get .75 inches deep, so that means i can almost double the waves from this 24" version i did. I’m working on a 42" version at the moment, should look REALLY nice with the deeper waves.
I can’t take full credit on that, i modified another design to get what i needed. I do have some plans to create a few more though when i get some time, but it’s low on the list compared to other projects i need to get completed in Fusion.
Really nice job, Chris! One of the best wavy flags I’ve seen actually. I really like the ash stripes. The wavy grain really adds to the overall waviness.
Thanks, I have to build a couple more for customers. I think i’m gonna do Maple Stars, with ash/walnut stripes for one of them, see what that looks like.
