> On Jul 17, 2017, at 12:57 PM, Frank Filippone  wrote:
> 
> Noticed you used quarter sawn walnut.... nice….

Nope. In the grand tradition of woodworkers everywhere, I went to my scrap pile.
I’m not cutting up a plank for a shop apparatus. Unfortunately, all my scrap
Walnut was too small, flat sawn or figured from proximity to large knots. Then I
spotted the chunk of Ipe. Rejected it as too hard to work, then thought about
how nice it looks when oiled. So in the end I called to the apprentice in the
corner to saw it for me and had at it.
> 

> Can you please share the dimensions of the bottom and top of the sticks?  (
fat and thin dimensions)

Started w/ 4/4 stock and marked the diagonal across the end. Took that w/ a
bevel and adjusted the apprentice’s table. That gave me two pie slices. I don’t
know what the original width was, I simply cut the pointed top down to get to a
width of 2 inches leaving a width at the top of 5/16. I also cut the bottom of
the triangle to create a flat, so the bottom (or base) ended up at 7/16. My #50
cut the rebate for a 1/4 inch piece that creates the straight edge to the half
moon. Half moons were made w/ a Frostner bit. They are 18 3/4" long. Other than
starting w/ a piece that I knew would/could give me a two inch height, the
dimensions are what happened along the way. After smoothing all the edges, my
two inches shrunk to 1 7/8.

Have fun,

Bill