Show them your cross...

[woodbutcher453]

I was asked if I could make a wall mounted cross for a college.
They obviously wanted a bit more than 2 bits of 6 x 2 and a cross halving joint.
In a moment of madness I came up with this...

it's actually 64 cross halving joints and a few mortices

The idea was to make everything random. Random thickness, random shape, random length and random spacing.
This would stop it looking like 2 bits of 6 x 2 and a cross halving joint

It was really helpful to draw it up using a CAD package first as this allowed me to manipulate the shapes without having to draw it again longhand (or should that be slowhand) I use Imsi's TurboCAD, but a friend is trying to convince me to use Solidworks.

This wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for the scale.
This a picture of it in the workshop fastened to an 8 x 4 sheet.
If it was any smaller, some of the strips would be like veneers

To make it I used a planer/thicknesser, a panel saw, a bandsaw
and my trusty compass plane. It's made from American White Oak and uses no glue at all... !

 

[Mcluma]

very nice

=D>

 

[dh7892]

That's not something you see every day.

Very nice piece of design and well executed too.

Are the pieces all of uniform thickness where they join of did you have to cut each joint to fit? (If that's clear).

 

[Henning]

That is an absolutely fantastic piece of both design and craftmanship!

=D>

 

[woodbutcher453]

That's not something you see every day.

Very nice piece of design and well executed too.

Are the pieces all of uniform thickness where they join of did you have to cut each joint to fit? (If that's clear).

OK... yes every piece is a different thickness. You treat all the horizontals as one and all the verticals another. You make all the pieces too long, so you can screw them together and treat them as one block. You can then use a panel saw to make a submerged cut wide enough for the appropriate perpendicular piece. The end result is two big blocks that look like a comb in the middle. Then you unscrew them, shape them and then retire to the nearest pub in smug mode thinking 'job well done'

 

[houtslager]

yep, I like it too, for me it ticks all the right boxes.

well done, I hope they paid you on time to.:wink:


Karl

 

[Paul Chapman]

Excellent work =D> I really like that.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Mattty]

Thats excellent work.

 

[studders]

I likes much.

 

[disco_monkey79]

I like it. An interesting new take on an (2000 year) old theme.