Making a Texas Star

Wow!

That seems easy enough, I’ll be trying it as soon as I get the shop cleaned to the LOML’s satisfaction.

Thanks!

-- Improvise.... Adapt...... Overcome!

Good blog Raymond
You make a challenging project seem simple, Very well done.

Wow you made that seem easy. Thanks for sharing – I’ll for sure be putting this in my favorites for future use.

-- "Our past judges our present." JFK - 1962; American Heritage Magazine

I’ve wondered how to make those. I’m not sure I get the 30 deg. sled part though :(

-- ~Julie~ followyourheartwoodworking.ca

Good blog with some very simple to use ideas…... Sometimes we all just over think things. This shows just how easy a project that seems so difficult can be over-come. Now if I can just manage to make the template…...
Thanks for your post. This has given me a few ideas

-- Brian, Ontario Canada,

Brilliant.

Excellent tutorial. Thanks a bunch.

-- Mike, Missouri --- “A positive life can not happen with a negative mind.” ---

Thank you very much for the tutorial. Very easy to follow instructions

-- Michael, www.facebook.com/flatlandersww

Great post! Just what I needed. This is gonna be fun.

One more question – maybe I missed it – What’s the measurement you use from tip to center on your star?

Thanks

-- Rod ~ There's never enough time to finish a project, but there's always time to start another one.

Nice technique. Looks like a good use of a dedicated sled. Thanks for sharing. So what’s the hard method others are using?

@Rod-That would be the Radius of your final star size you desired. All sizes work until you get your fingers too close to the sharp spin-ey thing.

-- Backer boards, stop blocks, build oversized, and never buy a hand plane--

Thank’s for the tutorial. WOW! Being that I would like to make one about 18-24” I need to get some wood purchased to give it a try. I will let you know down the road how it all went. At least now I have a direction to go…
Bfairok

-- Bfair

Is their any way to utilize this technique with making a star that is around 24”? I started out making a template, then I realized that the width of my individual star points are beyound the highth of the table saw guide bar and also the height of the blade. Guess you could modify that, but not quite sure how. Maybe you could make an open face rectangular box and just place it against the fence. Then run the star point through twice after flipping it longwise. Any ideas for a star this large. Otherwise, your technique really got me in the mood to try something fairly complicated.

-- Bfair

You made that look very easy. My guess is that you’ve done this before :-)

May have to try this.

-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.

For larger Star’s try using a band saw instead of table saw. Will have to have notch in guide board to allow for blade to pass through when flush cutting. Bevel cutting will be the same as table saw. A little more sanding is needed when doing it with band saw.

-- Medicaid Carpenter

How obvious was that. Boards are glued up and will be using patterns to cut today if all goes right. Thanks again for your advice. Your technique is making it much easier than I would have ever expected.

-- Bfair