I'm making a tabletop using three different hardwoods (walnut-oak and umbua[sp?]). I'm trying to create a piece that employs the use of rhombus-shaped pieces to create the feeling of being three dimensional when it is only two.
I am using a miter-saw for the angled cuts and the tablesaw for the straight ones but this hasn't been real dependable. I'm getting about fifty percent failure so stored the jig in my fired-up Franklin and am looking for a better idea.
Does anyone have an ideas for a dependable jig that will produce 1-2" rhombus shaped pieces? The table will be 8'x2' so this means an awful lot of angles and each incorrect angle, even if less than a degree, throws the whole mess off and you might not see it for several sections before it becomes apparent.
Any ideas?
Tony
attached are a photo of the rhombus and a small pic of what I'm trying to achieve
I am using a miter-saw for the angled cuts and the tablesaw for the straight ones but this hasn't been real dependable. I'm getting about fifty percent failure so stored the jig in my fired-up Franklin and am looking for a better idea.
Does anyone have an ideas for a dependable jig that will produce 1-2" rhombus shaped pieces? The table will be 8'x2' so this means an awful lot of angles and each incorrect angle, even if less than a degree, throws the whole mess off and you might not see it for several sections before it becomes apparent.
Any ideas?
Tony
attached are a photo of the rhombus and a small pic of what I'm trying to achieve
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