I’ve built two wooden veneer chopping guillotines I the past and they have worked very well for me but faced with the task of producing over a thousand little fillets for the parquetry on my current project, I decided to go metal. After a (very) little thought I decided that the easy way to go would be pipe fittings.
So ….. I give you the steampunk veneer guillotine!
-- Paul M ..............the early bird may get the worm but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese! http://thecanadianschooloffrenchmarquetry.com/
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madburg
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#1 posted 02-23-2021 02:27 AM
The process reminds me of Japanese Kumiko screens. Though they are sawing the tiny pieces. Great to see your progress.
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Dark_Lightning
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#2 posted 02-23-2021 03:40 AM
OK, stupid question- the pipes aren’t threaded at the pivot, right? Else the cut might be tapered a little? Given the length of the arm, maybe not enough to worry about? With that number of pieces, I can see why you went this route. Cool guillotine, in any event!
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shipwright
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#3 posted 02-23-2021 04:02 AM
3/4” pipe is 14 tpi. so in 360 degrees travel the side travel would be 1/14”. The circumference of travel of the cutterhead is about 64” so that would be a side travel of about 1/900 per inch. My veneer is 1/16” so the side travel while cutting is about 1/14000”
Thanks for making me do the calculation. :-)
-- Paul M ..............the early bird may get the worm but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese! http://thecanadianschooloffrenchmarquetry.com/
lightweightladylefty
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#4 posted 02-23-2021 04:49 AM
Paul,
Thanks for the math lesson (even though it’s probably not woke). That certainly looks like a nice setup for your cuts. What kind of a blade are you using? Is that a purpleheart blade holder?
L/W
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rance
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#5 posted 02-23-2021 05:12 AM
Pretty ingenious.
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shipwright
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#6 posted 02-23-2021 05:13 AM
Utility knife blade and yes, purpleheart.
-- Paul M ..............the early bird may get the worm but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese! http://thecanadianschooloffrenchmarquetry.com/
Dennis Zongker
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#7 posted 02-23-2021 01:15 PM
That is a really cool way of cutting. It’s great to still see you here at LJ’s making saw dust.
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#8 posted 02-23-2021 03:27 PM
OMG! Ingenious Paul!!
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Tony_S
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#9 posted 02-24-2021 12:39 AM
Cool idea on the jig for sure.
You’re a better man than me though…even with a cool jig like that, I can’t imagine doing that over a thousand times.
You can’t just buy a bag of those from ‘Harrys fillets and stuff’ down on 10th?
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shipwright
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#10 posted 02-24-2021 01:19 AM
Tony The only place that ever sold these was in Paris and it closed in the nineteenth century.
..... early ….
:-)
-- Paul M ..............the early bird may get the worm but it’s the second mouse that gets the cheese! http://thecanadianschooloffrenchmarquetry.com/
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