{"id":28853,"date":"2025-11-20T10:31:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=28853"},"modified":"2025-11-20T11:14:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T11:14:00","slug":"workshop-diy-herringbone-ply-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=28853","title":{"rendered":"WORKSHOP\/DiY: Herringbone Ply, #1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I\u2019ve been wanting to make up my own herringbone ply veneers for many years. I finally got around to trying the idea out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This first attempt is made from two lots of scrap-wood timber: one dark, one light, ripped into thin strips on the table saw at Shedders & Fixers, and glued up as a long strip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This first strip is 12 plys thick. I glued them on a slight slant. I neatened up the ends, cut across at the same slanted angle, midway, and then glued the block again. Giving a new slanted block 24 plys thick. Repeat, for 48 plys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next step is to slice the resulting block into strips. I ended up with seven. One is ever so slightly thinner than the others. I put that on the left, as can be seen below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The final step is cutting the resulting block into sheets of veneer. Again, I did this at S&F, on their bandsaw. I owe Mick O\u2019Brien thanks, for showing me how to successfully do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a project like a drum wrap, or a guitar, I\u2019ll need a heck of a lot more. But for this first attempt – as much about learning how to do it, as anything else – a small amount is fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Might make a little box for carrying playing cards in, with what this has yielded. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been wanting to make up my own herringbone ply veneers for many years. I finally got around to trying the idea out. This first attempt is made from two lots of scrap-wood timber: one dark, one light, ripped into thin strips on the table saw at Shedders & Fixers, and glued up as a … <\/p>\n

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