June 2, 20242 yr Popular Post Long story short. My mother in law is chair bound due to a stroke. She has pvt sitters that help. Well both she and my father in law got pneumonia at the same time. One sitter went above and beyond. She also had asked if I could make her a TN cutting board. I told her yes if she would pay for the materials. (Before the pneumonia occurred). So made up a hard maple and Osage Orange inlay. (I really like Osage to work with). After the illness my wife and I agreed to just give it to her as she went way above and beyond to help my in Laws in a lot of ways.
June 2, 20242 yr Popular Post Brilliant work. Nice gesture. Pneumonia is what finally took my father to heaven. The staff at the nursing home he was at were slow to recognize what was bothering him and too late to get him the help he needed. As there is a vaccine shot you can take to guard against pneumonia my plan is to make sure every trip to the doctor I take when I'm at that age I get one. 4D
June 3, 20242 yr And you even spelled Tennessee right ................. I think. Nice job!!!! How bad was getting the boards square for the glue up?
June 4, 20242 yr Author 21 hours ago, honesttjohn said: And you even spelled Tennessee right ................. I think. Nice job!!!! How bad was getting the boards square for the glue up? Haha... I hope I spelled it right Not hard at all. I jointed the edges then used my sled to keep square.
June 4, 20242 yr Author 14 hours ago, Fred W. Hargis Jr said: Do you just bandsaw the letters off the block? (I love it, BTW) I wish my bandsaw was big enough. I used the CNC with a 1/4 inch End Mill with a start depth of 0 and Flat depth of 0.001. I zero the Z axis directly off the top of the board. Thank you.
June 4, 20242 yr 18 minutes ago, KevTN said: I wish my bandsaw was big enough. I used the CNC with a 1/4 inch End Mill with a start depth of 0 and Flat depth of 0.001. I zero the Z axis directly off the top of the board. Thank you. Yep. At the university I taught at we had a big bandsaw that could usually deal with the glued in inlay board. Then a drum sander to feed the board through to take care of what was left. Whenever I helped a student with a VCarve inlay their eyes would open wide when finally the surface was smooth and their inlaid image appeared. Edited June 4, 20242 yr by 4DThinker
June 4, 20242 yr That is awesome Kevin...both the board and your gift. Prayers for both your mother & father-in-laws.
June 5, 20242 yr Author 19 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said: That is awesome Kevin...both the board and your gift. Prayers for both your mother & father-in-laws. Thank you Dave!
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