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Hey anybody know how to make your ownn herringbone strips and stuff?

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I know how to make stuff, but I wouldn't want to get involved in herringbone...too small and too much work. I'm having some "straight" herringbone (tiny ladder) made up by Gurian at some point, but I'm still waiting for the approval drawings.
Check my website for the "stuff"...

Is just like Hanns says...glue up for strip and ladder only do it on a diagonal. Simple!

http://books.google.ca/books?id=wRdWys0jLxsC&pg=PA209&lpg=PA209&dq=how+to+make+herringbone+purfling&source=bl&ots=DqNCCalinF&sig=dbGiG3GdTZ1qJrHPDWMUSH1nYQw&hl=en&ei=lRjfTKLRIYy2sAP1472LCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&sqi=2&ved=0CGMQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=how%20to%20make%20herringbone%20purfling&f=false


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I have a full tutorial over at Luthiercom on making wheat. I made two batches, one was not very good, because I used fiber instead of wood for the white. Bad choice. Second batch came out OK, but both are covered in this tutorial.
http://luthiercom.org/phpbb3/viewtopic. ... f66ca76505

You'll have to sign up, but it's free.

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I have been working all week on making wheat, from the instructions on Waddy's tutorial on Luthiercom. I was having fun with it, until today, when it was time to glue up the parallelograms. Everything was going beautifully until this point. Waddy, is there some secret you have figured out that you can share, about doing this glue up. Everything was wanting to slip as soon as I would try to tighten any clamps. Most of the glue up looks acceptable, except that I am questioning one joint. I won't know whether it is usable until the morning, when I take the clamps off. Have you found that it is better to start at one end or the other? Or maybe work from both ends to the middle? Or maybe it would make more sense to just glue 2 at a time? Thanks, Wendy

I have no secret, but one thing that's helpful is to have some kind of backing board and just glue a few at a time, and try to keep them in line. If you use something like LMI White, it's dry enough to glue a few more within about 30 or 45 minutes, so waiting is not so bad.

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Thanx Waddy!

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Hi Waddy,

What's wrong if fibre instead of wood is used?
I look thru' the tutorial, the 1st batch where the fibre is used actually looked better.
The white part is more defined.

Sen

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I've done it, and its not so hard. You just have to work very carefully! It is a work of patience. I've just been making some very small square patterns and THAT was a challenge!

For my particular laminate log I wasn't going to attempt to make all those cuts with a handsaw, I couldn't image getting it consistent enough! So I used a small table saw with a Diablo blade. The key to not destroying your tiles was to cut almost through, and stopping the cut and the saw before pushing the wood through, then to finish the cut with a handsaw.

The same cutting process would apply to making herringbone, you just cut at an angle instead of square.

Once you have the slices, you glue them up in order. I found that a 1/8" blade on the bandsaw works best for cutting the glued up strips.

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