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   Danford_C._Jennings | Feb 11, 2002 10:18pm | #1

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   Jim,

   First of all, you need to determine the number of wedges that are to make up the board. Divide 360° by that number, then divide that number by 2 to arrive at the angle of the taper. For example, if 8 wedges, each side would be on a 22 1/2° taper.

   They can be glued up in sections with wedged clamp pads and clamps or hand screws. Then cut on the band saw using a circle jig. Or you could dry fit them together, scribe your circle, rough cut each wedges arc on the band saw, then glue up using cauls and a band clamp around the perimeter of the board. FWIW.

   Dano

   Dano

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   Bob_Lang | Feb 12, 2002 03:36am | #2

   *watch out for wood movement- 20 some years ago I made some clocks whose faces were 12 glued together wedges-they moved more at the wide end than the pointy end and eventually fell apart

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   Howard_Acheson | Feb 12, 2002 08:16pm | #3

   *The likelyhood is that you will be awakened from a sound sleep some night by the sound of your board exploding. Wood movement will quickly destroy your board.When you see wedged shaped round tabletops, they are done with veneers, not solid wood.

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   Danford_C._Jennings | Feb 12, 2002 09:28pm | #4

   *Howie,I respectfully disagree. Wood movement issues will depend on the wood species used, I don't think that those issues would be that great, the actual diameter, and number of segments. Especially if one were to face glue the strips instead of edge gluing them. There is a pic of a screen door in the Gallery that I did out of Western Red Cedar almost a year ago; I did a sunburst kick panel. About three weeks ago I went to the client's to check on the door and a computer desk that I was commissioned to do. The door and in particular, the kick panel, showed no signs of problems with wood movement.Now, if thisi were a table that would be a different matter....b ;-)The greatest challenge I see with this project is the center of the board where all the points will meet. The only workable solution that I see is that a hole be bored and plugged with a hard wood dowel. FWIW.Dano

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   CStanford_ | Feb 16, 2002 10:55pm | #5

   *I guess I'm going to have to give in and get on the cutting board bandwagon . I've never seen anything like it.