Sliced Wormy Ash

Paul Lajoie said:

Nice looking piece! When you slice this, do you cut out a 1/4”or more. Or is it one slice and pieces are spaced apart by size of the pew?

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When I make slice like this, it's 2 cuts so that the grain/figure and the curvature of the form are continuous and preserved across the slice.

(Headslap) When you cut your piece in half, it really opens up all manner of possibilities for peek-a-boo treatments inside. Curious to see what comes next!

Don’t stop Dave!! Woohoo!!

Dave Landers said:

When I make slice like this, it's 2 cuts so that the grain/figure and the curvature of the form are continuous and preserved across the slice.

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I thought you had a lost piece of wood to make everything match.

Do you cut the mortises for the pewas before you cut out the slice?

These are great.

hockenbery said:

Do you cut the mortises for the pewas before you cut out the slice?

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Yep! The trick is knowing where the slice is going to go so I know where to cut the pewa.

Dave how do you make the cut? Bandsaw, by hand?

Paul Lajoie said:

Dave how do you make the cut? Bandsaw, by hand?

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Bandsaw. I use a variable pitch 14/18 TPI blade and my version of John Beaver's jig (I started with his plans, I'm now on something like my version 2.5). It's basically a circle jig with a place to mount a chuck. Cutting round things on the bandsaw needs something to make it safe - John's jig is one really good approach (even if you aren't making arcs - I used mine for some freehand cuts today).