Thread: Celtic brass

Thanks ED, just caught up with this thread and am very impresseed. Thanks for taking the time and I just love your jigs. very simple but work great.

Terry

Remarkable pen and an even more remarkable post. Thank you!

Thanks Ed, first pen is pure beauty, second is technical wizardry,
jig will be reproduced many times no doubt and all future postings and tips will be avidly collected,
more please
pete

Ed

One other question. Do you cut all your knots at 45 degrees??? Do you use other degrees and what is actually the difference???? Does a more acute angle tighten the knot or flatten it out??? Thanks.

Hello Ed

One more question. You show making one cut on this blank. When making multiple cuts you have to square the blank again what do you use to do this??? Do you use a sander or some other method??? Thanks.

The 45 degree cut makes a small or tight knot...any where between 45 and 60 degrees seems to make the best looking ones, it boils down to personal preference.
I cut my inserts just shy of the same size as the blank, about 1 mm or so, they dont extend past the blank after glue up...about the only clean up I have to do is lightly sand off the over flow glue.
I do this because once you have turned it down past a given point it makes no difference how wide or tall the inserts were, you have turned past that point anyway and it removes the step of re-truing your blank each cut...just a light sand and go...

Originally Posted by JTTHECLOCKMAN

Hello Ed

One more question. You show making one cut on this blank. When making multiple cuts you have to square the blank again what do you use to do this??? Do you use a sander or some other method??? Thanks.

Thanks Ed. Very simple solution. I did not even think of that. Great. I started making the sled today and am waiting on the blade. I ordered. Hopefull i will give a few of these a try.