how about making it out of plywood? Yes, plywood. not your everyday plywood though, 18mm Tuff Marine Plywood...
the design...
drawing it in sketchup to get a bearing...
and even made a cutlist to minimize waste.
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with a jigsaw, I rough cut the pieces...
with a spokeshave, I clean up the half-moon shape...
then with a ruler pegged on a scrap, I drew the profile for the bottom recess.
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with a compass, I drew the half-moon shape inner profile...
then I drilled three holes in preparation for cutting...
from there its off to the scrollsaw...
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back to the workbench where I cleaned up the profiles using the spokeshave, a block plane, some files and a sandpaper...
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looks fine, but I removed some front veneer and I reckon this will be a pattern instead... at least I can still use it on other projects...
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First time i've seen that many plies in plywood. Looks really nice. Where were you able to get that brand of ply?
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+1. Also, could those marine and regular plywoods be easily or perfectly be fed into a router table say for round-overs?
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That scroll saw is a very versatile tool.
As always Top Notch craftsmanship.
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Migs,
the plywood is available in Paco, near the badminton area where I work :). sarap talaga pag-malapit... hehehehe
Jarod,
I haven't tried rounding them over yet, but that is my intention for it...
Jay,
thanks, yes, the scrollsaw is the tool that started me to do woodworking. was bought with the intention of modding my cpu... lol
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started early today (after lunch, time ng gising ko kasi yan eh kaya early... lol), I drew the template to my other piece and cut it using a jigsaw, no need to be accurate, close lang will do...
added carpet tape or double stick tape to the template...
with the template and the final piece in place, I set up the rt with a flush trim bit and set the height.
here it is after trimming on the rt...
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separating the pieces, they are almost identical in shape na...
I somehow can't avoid tears even when I scored the piece before trimming it, though minimal, I just hate it. hopefully rounding this over will remove the said portions...
I don't know why, but my left foot is not working correctly, out of the bed, I had a slight limp. oh well, I guess that would be a good excuse to not go to work... hahahaha
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still upset about the imperfections caused by the tear outs, I decided to visit the lumber warehouse and found some 1/8" plywood with nice faces... decided I will go for it on the template and see how it comes out.
I cut the 1/8 ply to a bit bigger than the template.
with a lint remover for a glue spreader, I flooded the pieces, both the template and ply.
clamping everything, I will find out if things worked out ok by tomorrow or 4 hrs from now if I am still awake.
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skipping several steps, due to camera battery low.
cleaned up the added face then rounded over the sides
sanding the insides proves to be very difficult...
slightly staining to bring out the beauty of the wood...
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Is the stained area a separate piece or did you stain then round the edges? I like how the two tone looks on those.
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still some time and not sleepy, I decide to apply two coats of water based poly.
very eco friendly, no smell that can irritate. unfortunately it cost Php1,150.00 per pint.. but not so bad after discount...
does offer an nice and fast finish...
btw, here is the plywood sticker.
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