As planned, I continued the month of February making lots of different bowls. I made change dishes, fruit bowls, decorative bowls, jewellery dishes, dips, nut bowls, all sorts of things!
I also started work on a wall clock, built a new trolley for my new small 6 inch planer and created a jig for my mitre saw. What’s a jig and why do that you might ask? A jig is a pre-made device that makes using one of your tools faster, easier, more efficient or otherwise helps in some way with added function. In this case, its the latter.
Usually you can do a straight cut on a mitre saw at 0 degrees, or you can rotate it (on my one) to cut at up to 50 degrees left or right. So, if you want to make a square, cut each piece at 45 degrees and when two pieces come together you get 90 degrees for a right angle. Simple.
What if you need 60 degrees though on a cut? The answer is create a jig that holds your work so the 0 degree line is already at 45 degrees on your wood, then rotate just 15 degrees to become 60 (45 + 15)… it sounds more complex than it is lol.
Anyway, why am I doing this? My next piece is a large triangle wall clock, it’s an oak frame with each corner at 60 degrees, the top half is filled in with a solid oak panel holding the clock face (image of the panel below), the bottom half is open for a display shelf. It will be lovely when it’s finished but easier to understand when you see it.
In the meantime, sales are going quite well directly, although still waiting for the shop to get going really.See below for this week’s pictures including the jig!
