Vott1 Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 I thought I'd share a couple of tagua slice necklaces I've made since its not the normal thing you see in scroll saw work. In size their between a quarter and a half dollar coin. WolfyPete, Lucky2 and Scrolling Steve 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronx Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Wow nice work my friend. You are a pros pro. Thx for sharing. Vott1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Wow !....Very nice work , Kip !.......I am intrigued and have a lot of questions??....can i assume this Tagua slice you have turned into a piece of jewelry is a slice of a nut ?....What steps does it take to prepare and preserve said nut ?....Inquiring minds want to know !?! LarB and Vott1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Very nicely done Kip. Very impressive. Thanks for sharing these with us. DW Vott1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott1 Posted July 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Wow !....Very nice work , Kip !.......I am intrigued and have a lot of questions??....can i assume this Tagua slice you have turned into a piece of jewelry is a slice of a nut ?....What steps does it take to prepare and preserve said nut ?....Inquiring minds want to know !?! Thanks to all, and yes Steve, tagua is a nut that grows on tagua trees (alot like a palm tree) down in the amazon basin in south america. The inside of the nut, once dried, is a vegetable ivory, pretty much identical to animal ivory, but renewable. They are maybe half again the size of a walnut. I buy whole nuts, mainly cuz I wanted slices that were a little thicker than what I was finding pre-sliced. Basically, I belt sand (50 grit) the nut untill I get the face of the slice the size I want, then use a table top band saw w/ a home made fence to cut the slice (I have a special push stick I made for this), then I smooth up the face and back on the circular sander (400 Grit). and I have a slice ready to cut. After I cut the slice I clear coat the bark around the edges to lock it down (it would eventually flake off). I do this with the pattern paper still on the face so I only coat the bark. Since this is basically ivory, cleaning off the spray adhesive and pattern paper is a snap with mineral spirits. Drill a hanging hole, and you've got a necklace. Alot of the locals in South America carve whole nuts into chess set pieces, which I find amazing as thats outside my skill set. Scrolling Steve and Old Joe 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Thanks for the info Kip....one last question....what blade do you use for the scroll work ? Vott1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott1 Posted July 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Thanks for the info Kip....one last question....what blade do you use for the scroll work ? typically I use flying dutchmans 2/0 polars, but if there is alot of detail I'll go to a 2/0 peguin silver for a little more control. The polar blades last longer on the tagua though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott1 Posted July 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Thanks for the info Kip....one last question....what blade do you use for the scroll work ? also, I use tungsten micro bits for entry holes as hss bits tend to leave burns around the hole Scrolling Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Thanks again for the information Kip ! Vott1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 With out a doubt, we have amazing and talented people here and you are one. Scrolling Steve and Vott1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Definitely something new. They are beautiful. Thank you for sharing. dave Vott1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott1 Posted July 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Thanks Larry and Dave, I gotta say, as there isn't many scrollers in my area, I'm having alot of fun here in the village Scrolling Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Thanks to all, and yes Steve, tagua is a nut that grows on tagua trees (alot like a palm tree) down in the amazon basin in south america. The inside of the nut, once dried, is a vegetable ivory, pretty much identical to animal ivory, but renewable. They are maybe half again the size of a walnut. I buy whole nuts, mainly cuz I wanted slices that were a little thicker than what I was finding pre-sliced. Basically, I belt sand (50 grit) the nut untill I get the face of the slice the size I want, then use a table top band saw w/ a home made fence to cut the slice (I have a special push stick I made for this), then I smooth up the face and back on the circular sander (400 Grit). and I have a slice ready to cut. After I cut the slice I clear coat the bark around the edges to lock it down (it would eventually flake off). I do this with the pattern paper still on the face so I only coat the bark. Since this is basically ivory, cleaning off the spray adhesive and pattern paper is a snap with mineral spirits. Drill a hanging hole, and you've got a necklace. Alot of the locals in South America carve whole nuts into chess set pieces, which I find amazing as thats outside my skill set. Whoa! that's taking the hard road to produce such a display of talent Vott1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vott1 Posted July 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Thanks Kevin, sounds harder than it really is, about 8 to 10 minutes to get from whole nut to cutable slice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Johnson Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Very nicely done Kip. Vott1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kywoodmaster Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Those look great. Vott1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Nicely done Kip, they should be easy sellers. I've been thinking of buying a few of those nuts, I want them for decorating my turned pens with. Len Vott1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 AMAZING. Such intricate scrolling, well done. Marg Vott1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfie Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Those look great thanks for sharing Vott1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 very nice work Vott1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 That is sure beautiful and thanks for the info about how you go about getting the blank ready. Vott1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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