Seth Rolland, The Slicing Maestro…
What fun He must have had coming up with this technique!
I’ve done a little tinkering at the end of the day on some scraps and though I don’t have a current use for the method, it does help exercise the mind. Comprehending three dimensional structures and parts of those structures is an important skill to have when designing and building furniture. The problem with using cut offs may be that they are too small to fold out to a complete 180 or more.
Has anyone had the time to explore his inspirational method?
What have you found? I am sure there are more unexplored viable uses for this lumber saving method of machining parts.
I looked and was surprised that a thread had not already been started on the matter.
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I tried it on a piece of scrap cedar and I think I did not make the cuts close enough to the end, the piece broke when trying to unfold it. I think you need to choose a soft wood for this, but then I have not played enough with it to know.
John at BCT makes a lot of this type of things to demonstrate his Jointmaker, The cuts are close enough and deep enough that the wood moves like noodles.
Maybe the cedar is too soft? Rolland seems to use cherry ash and walnut which are all more dense than the teak I was using.
Are you using relatively straight grain stock?
Do you have a link to John’s joint maker? I’d like to visualize what you are referencing.
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Perhaps the cedar has the fibers too spaced out, perhaps a denser wood is what is needed, don't know, I guess it is a matter of experimenting. I am sure he did not get it right the first time.
here is a link for the jointmaker,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq8O3uUilM8&NR=1
Ah yes, I saw that at a show once. I am not sure Ill ever do kinetic sculptures, but the saw is nice. I enjoy my machines too much to ever give them up for a quieter shop though. I was confused by the name jointmaker. Must be the name of the jig.
Let me know if you get any further with the slicing technique; Ill do the same.
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