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English layout square - MarkSingleton - 08-07-2020
Finally got a day to just putter in the wood shop.
Decided it was time to try my hand at an English layout square.
I am calling this the prototype. Now that I have learned lessons
during the construction, my plan is to build one out of some nice
walnut I save for special stuff.
After I get it squared up, this will probably get a wax finish and be
a wall hanger in the shop, to remind me to slow down and think about
the steps needed to complete a project in a satisfactory manner.
Or something like that.
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RE: English layout square - Aram - 08-07-2020
(08-07-2020, 11:57 AM)MarkSingleton Wrote: Finally got a day to just putter in the wood shop.Wow, that is nice! Fully Schwarz-ified.
Decided it was time to try my hand at an English layout square.
I am calling this the prototype. Now that I have learned lessons
during the construction, my plan is to build one out of some nice
walnut I save for special stuff.
After I get it squared up, this will probably get a wax finish and be
a wall hanger in the shop, to remind me to slow down and think about
the steps needed to complete a project in a satisfactory manner.
Or something like that.
RE: English layout square - MarkSingleton - 08-07-2020
The star of the show on that project was most definitely the
router plane. Made the lap joints dirt simple to do.
RE: English layout square - Bibliophile 13 - 08-08-2020
Looks cool, though. How hard is it to get one of those things trued up, anyway? I've never really been tempted to make one of my own, but I'm sure they're useful, and they sure do look cool. Did you use red cedar?
RE: English layout square - MarkSingleton - 08-08-2020
It doesn't smell like cedar, not really sure what it is. Perhaps a type of
redwood? I have a bunch of stuff that I cannot ID. I do know it is way too soft for the purpose.
I will true it up with a hand plane but probably not use it much more than as a decoration!
RE: English layout square - Bill_Houghton - 08-08-2020
If it's first growth redwood, it will be extremely fine grained, with nearly invisible growth rings. If it's second growth, you'll be able to see color change designating the growth rings, but little to now change in texture/pores.
Redwood typically has little to no obvious smell when it's dry.