Variations of finger joints

[evansd2]

@rbtdanforth

Try that on the edge of solid wood and the fingers would be falling off.

I did and they didn’t

It’s all about grain direction and working carefully.

Experimenting with thin finger joints

1/8" solid Walnut from http://www.gvwp.net/ Entire joint length is about 1" (1.02 or something). The fingers are about 0.035" wide. I think I could probably take them down to about 0.02". I tried at closer to 0.015, and it scorched to death. Manually rounded corners with sandpaper, sanded to 600 grit, then hit with a coat of Feed-n-wax. I like the look, I think I will incorporate it in my next project. [image] [image] Scorched to death: [image] [image] [image]