A couple of questions

[Bill Alston]

Can anyone tell me what this type of decoration is called? And are there any online resources for determining the diameter of cutter and number of cuts for best effect on a given diameter of workpiece such as a small box?

I can work something out as a starting point using a simple drawing program on the computer but I was wondering if there is some resource/software out there? TIA.

Screenshot from YouTube:

 

[colinsp]

The pattern is called a Basket Weave.

I don't know about any online resources but a lot will depend on the diameter of the cutter and the diameter of the box. I have used rosettes with 12,16,18 and 24 bumps depending on the box diameter.

It may be worth taking a look at the Corn Lathe software as that may have something.

 

[Richard Coers]

I thought that was a brick pattern. Isn't a basket weave rows of z patterns?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtzlbMnEZ8U&list=PL9WeBVI2Iby7bLcExxk72PWR_7lC9pFkR&index=1

 

[Gary W Miller]

Looks like maybe a 20 bump concave rosette pattern using a vertical cutter (possibly a Universal Cutting Frame set up to cut vertically). Every other row is out-of-phase by half the width of the each bump (ie "brick" pattern).

 

[Dave Roberts]

Bill, on a rose engine I used a 30 bump sinewave rosette with a 1/8" fly cutter on a UCF and manually adjust the cutter movement after every row of cuts. If you want the same pattern move the pin on the rosette back and forth between 2 phase positions. I am not sure if that is of any help to you for what you are asking.