Hi
Although I have done a lot of carpentery over the years I’m fairly new to fine woodworking. I am now able to do the things I want to do.
My son has asked me to make a wooden sword to hang on his wall. The design part was easy, now here is my problem. How can I safely make a narrow diamond shape 2″ wide, 1″ thick and 40″ long? I have figured out a couple of ways to do it, but they don’t feel safe enough to attempt.
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Time to get a good hand plane.
Quittin' Time
And a good belt sander for the rough out. Maybe a bandsaw could help hog some of it out.
I thought of that, but couldn't figure out how to hold it steady without crushing the already finished work. It's easy to produce am accurate parallelogram, but I'm stumped as to how to shape the other two sides.
How good are you with a spokeshave ?Quittin' Time
Seems to me that you could glue a bunch of 80 grit down on a countertop, then carefully "sharpen" the sword on that. Same as you would sharpen any knife.
It might take quite a bit of time, but you would have very good control of the process.Quittin' Time
If you left two short sections of your blank rectangular, or at least unshaped, you could use those as clamping points while shaping the balance as you would like it. The two points could then be carved and blended to finish the profile.
What about cutting out 4 equal tapered sections on the table saw with a fixture for tapers, while the blade is at a bevel position, and then glue them up. You'd have to make two one way, then two the other, but it might work.
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