Weekend project

[JCLP]

Bought a 4mm cutter for my domino and had to try it out. Had some spare walnut and ash so I made this little bread board. The 4mm cutter and dominos were used to join each piece. Now I'm going to make a bigger one with a different pattern. Off to the shop. Cheers,

 

[tbellemare]

Very cool!

Tom

 

[JCLP]

Very cool!

Tom

Thanks Tom. This was my first time doing something like this.

 

[Zacharytanner]

Awesome - love the design

 

[JCLP]

Awesome - love the design

Thanks Zachary.

 

[paulhuse]

All I see is nice wood, precision cuts and Space Invaders.

 

[Zacharytanner]

What are the dimensions

 

[dltflt]

That is slick

 

[wow]

That's a great exercise for learning about the Domino.

Thanks for the idea - I might have to try that!

 

[JNComplete]

Bought a 4mm cutter for my domino and had to try it out. Had some spare walnut and ash so I made this little bread board. The 4mm cutter and dominos were used to join each piece. Now I'm going to make a bigger one with a different pattern. Off to the shop. Cheers,

That looks great. How did u cut the pieces? Dado? Box joint jig? Like it.
Thanks for sharing.
Jon

 

[JCLP]

Bought a 4mm cutter for my domino and had to try it out. Had some spare walnut and ash so I made this little bread board. The 4mm cutter and dominos were used to join each piece. Now I'm going to make a bigger one with a different pattern. Off to the shop. Cheers,

That looks great. How did u cut the pieces? Dado? Box joint jig? Like it.
Thanks for sharing.
Jon

Hi Jon,
Thank you for the compliment. I cut strips on my table saw and then cut the rectangles on my Kapex. The accuracy and clean cut of the Kapex made this real simple. All rectangles are joined using 4mm dominos. I'm working on one now that will be bigger and a little thicker then a 4mm domino.

 

[Sparktrician]

Great job!  I like the design. 

[smile]

 

[guitar_ed]

Hi JC,

The cutting board is inspiring, and I would like to do something similar.  I have used the Domino assemble larger pieces of wood, nothing so fine as what you have done.

I have a question about assembly and mortising.

When I look at that, I think that I would start by doing the end joins, gluing & clamping.  How do you keep them from bowing? Are the tenons long enough to prevent bowing under clamping, or do the tenons provided enough tension to keep the pieces together?  In my mind, I would use bags with sand or lead shot to prevent bowing under clamping.

I guess I would like a few more details on the "how & why" of your assembly process, if you are of a mind to share.

Thanks,

edg

 

[jacko9]

Nice work and a good project to get a feel for using your Domino joiner.

Jack

 

[JCLP]

Nice work and a good project to get a feel for using your Domino joiner.

Jack

Thanks Jack. The domino is such a great tool. I only put dominos on the end of each small piece and glued everything up. My next test will be to use the same size of pieces and place 4mm dominos on all four sides. When I glue it up, I will then plane everything down to about 3/8" -1/2" thick. I want to see how thin I can go and still keep the edges glued up. A local pizza joint asked me how thin I could go so he could use them as serving platters for 12" pizzas. If this works he'll end up placing an order for a few.

 

[JCLP]

Hi JC,

The cutting board is inspiring, and I would like to do something similar.  I have used the Domino assemble larger pieces of wood, nothing so fine as what you have done.

I have a question about assembly and mortising.

When I look at that, I think that I would start by doing the end joins, gluing & clamping.  How do you keep them from bowing? Are the tenons long enough to prevent bowing under clamping, or do the tenons provided enough tension to keep the pieces together?  In my mind, I would use bags with sand or lead shot to prevent bowing under clamping.

I guess I would like a few more details on the "how & why" of your assembly process, if you are of a mind to share.

Thanks,

edg

Hi Edg. Just came home from a hockey tournament with my son and I'm exhausted. I will gladly share on how I made this. I will say this though, clamping was challenging so not to have a bow. I hope to have something posted tomorrow. Cheers.
JC

 

[mark60]

Very cool. love the design.

 

[JCLP]

Very cool. love the design.

Thanks Mark. It was challenging as this was my first attempt at this.

 

[JCLP]

Hi JC,

The cutting board is inspiring, and I would like to do something similar.  I have used the Domino assemble larger pieces of wood, nothing so fine as what you have done.

I have a question about assembly and mortising.

When I look at that, I think that I would start by doing the end joins, gluing & clamping.  How do you keep them from bowing? Are the tenons long enough to prevent bowing under clamping, or do the tenons provided enough tension to keep the pieces together?  In my mind, I would use bags with sand or lead shot to prevent bowing under clamping.

I guess I would like a few more details on the "how & why" of your assembly process, if you are of a mind to share.

Thanks,

edg

Hi Edg,
As promised here my attempt at listing my assembly steps. Sorry no pictures as I didn't take any.
1) I ripped srips of walnut and ash on the table saw 1" wide
2) Using my Kapex, I made rectangles that were 3" long, 1" wide and approx 1" thick for both the walnut and the ash
3) I then placed 4mm dominos on each end of the rectangles. The edge pieces only have one domino
4) Then I created strips by gluing rectangles end to end alternating between the ash and walnut. Thus creating 5 long strips. Gluing these was a challenge so not to create a bow. I clamped each completed strip and placed a 25lb weight on it to prevent the strips from bowing. The dominos help a lot in keeping everything aligned.
5) Now with 5 strips glued up, I offest each strip by 1.5" and glued them all together, again using a weight to prevent bowing.
6) Once dried, I cut off the protruding ends thus creating the small pieces on each end of the board.
7) Ran the board through a planer to get approx 3/4 thick.
8) Lots of sanding with my ets 125 and the dts400 for the edges.
9) 3 coats of butcher block oil and a final polish with steel wool and voila, finished piece.

Hopefully this makes sense. If not, feel free to ask. My next project is one with maple, cherry and walnut cut to 2"x2" squares with dominos on each side as I will plane it down to approx 3/8". I'm hoping the dominos will keep all joints strong enough.
Cheers.

 

[guitar_ed]

Hi JC,

You answered my questions.

Thanks,

edg