http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/ SCA and Medieval Woodworking Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:56:29 GMT Bill McNutt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11965 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11965 That was my first thought. Veneer could be cut with a knife, and quickly enough that the hours wouldn't mount up. Get large enough pieces, and you could Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:17:29 GMT Trevor Payne http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11964 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11964 For cost effective reasons I would use one solid piece of board, then tape off, then stain the alternating squares. To add a bit more depth to the piece I Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:52:31 GMT Chris Carpenter http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11963 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11963 I'm not actually much of a woodworker, but we have local artisans who make many items from belt buckles to chopping boards who have a method that would work Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:40:18 GMT fantasydesigns2002 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11962 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11962 First off, if i was doing them for sale, the first thing i would do is take the time to build the angle jig to cut all of the pie pieces, then insted of going Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:34:55 GMT Nicholas S. Malone http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11961 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11961 I think I would try making it up from the inside out, with a set of long canes lokein milliflora glass beads. Once you got the canes correct each board would Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:01:33 GMT Bruce S. R. Lee http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11960 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11960 Don't sweat about the angles. Just make it up as 4 quarter circle sections, as close as you can get to 90 degrees, plane the edges straight, then join into 2 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:39:58 GMT Sean Powell http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11959 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11959 Hmmm that's a fun looking project. Reminds me of how I saw a backgamon board built once. If I were to do it I would treat each space as a trapazoid rather then Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:36:24 GMT Conal O'hAirt Jim Hart http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11958 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11958 How would you go about making a byzantine chess board? Lots of tapered pieces..... I'm not sure my tools are of sufficient quality to do this easily... 1/2 of Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:32:13 GMT n7bsn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11957 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11957 ... . Stopped ... Ya know, I have to say this is the first time I've ever heard of anyone using grease. Wax, yes, heavy latex paint yes, wood-sealer yes. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:55:47 GMT james http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11956 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11956 That is nice. And you get a language lesson in the process. I've often mused at how much we, as a predominantly english speaking culture in the US are Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:42:08 GMT conradh@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11955 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11955 ... I've run into the same problems with sweet cherry myself. I tried making a big dough trough, and hewing and carving involved vast effort to remove a tiny Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:00:15 GMT Stu http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11954 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11954 ... Will give that a shot Aleyn (skipping everything as most of our shire officially has h1n1 and we are selfish and don't want to share) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:48:09 GMT n7bsn http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11953 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11953 ... It might, let is set a few more weeks and try a sample and see Ralg (skipping Crown Council) AnTir Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:15:05 GMT jljonsn9663 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11952 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11952 This is really cool. http://www.kikirpa.be/www2/wwwopac/en/object.html You have to enter the search parameters in French or Dutch, but it rocks! For instance, Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:30:50 GMT Stu http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11951 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/medievalsawdust/message/11951 ... Skew, gouge, parting tool, I tried all sorts. ... Yeah, we did. We got 40C here and likely hotter in the enclosed carport/deck I have the wood in. Don't