Woodworking Inspiration!

[chopnhack]

Ever cut into a piece of wood and find just a gem of a site? Here's one in some construction grade southern yellow pine. Like a thousand suns or a galaxy staring back at you.

[cabinetman]

Oh yeah...BTDT.

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[gsmittle]

That's cool!

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[cwsmith]

Pretty wild piece of wood for sure. Now, is there enough there to make a nice box to hold your Star Wars or Star Trek collection cards?

Thanks for posting the image,

CWS

[chopnhack]

Pretty wild piece of wood for sure. Now, is there enough there to make a nice box to hold your Star Wars or Star Trek collection cards?

Thanks for posting the image,

CWS

No, the piece you see there is a 1.5" thick cross section. Really pretty I thought.

[cabinetman]

No, the piece you see there is a 1.5" thick cross section. Really pretty I thought.

Pretty for sure. It might make for some interesting veneers if resawn and bookmatched.

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[chopnhack]

Pretty for sure. It might make for some interesting veneers if resawn and bookmatched.

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You think so? I thought it was too small and too busy to bookmatch. But I do have a bandsaw now! The blade is crappy, but it should be a good learning experience. Thanks for thr idea.

[cabinetman]

You think so? I thought it was too small and too busy to bookmatch. But I do have a bandsaw now! The blade is crappy, but it should be a good learning experience. Thanks for thr idea.

I'm thinking done right, would make for some cool inlays...price was right.

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[annunaki]

This reminds me of-Spirals and the Golden Ratio

This reminds me of-Spirals and the Golden Ratio

http://www.goldennumber.net/spirals/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral

From Movie "Pi"
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"My new Hypothesis: If we're built from Spirals while living in a giant Spiral, then is it possible that everything we put our hands to is infused with the Spiral?"

-- Max Cohen in the motion picture

The Golden Spiral is a mystical shape that is an absolute in both abstract mathematics and chaotic nature. It was first discovered by Phythagoras, a failed Greek messiah and mathematical cult leader in the 5th century B.C.

The spiral is derived via the golden rectangle, a unique rectangle which has the golden ratio. When squared, it leaves a smaller rectangle behind, which has the same golden ratio as the previous rectangle. The squaring can continue indefinitely with the same result. No other rectangle has this trait.


When you connect a curve through the corners of these concentric rectangles, you have formed the golden spiral. The Phythagoreans loved this shape for they found it everywhere in nature: the Nautilus Shell, Ram's horns, milk in coffee, water going down the drain, Tornadoes, Waterspouts, Cyclones, Whirlpools, the face of a Sunflower, your fingerprints, our DNA, and the shape of the Milky Way.


Sorry, I stepped out of the box, the door slammed shut and I'm locked out.
Just some Brain Droppings.

[annunaki]

Pi The Movie

Pi The Movie

http://www.pithemovie.com/gifpage.html

[chopnhack]

Cman - inlays, interesting thought, thanks again!

Annunaki, I am a fan of that website, I have scanned it a few times. The movie? Indy flick, I guess with limited engagement. Looks interesting. Thanks

[phrog]

Looks like a neuroglial cell in the brain. Wow! Trees do have brains.

[cabinetman]

Maybe a dartboard.

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[greenacres2]

It's a beautiful piece of wood for woodworking--but definitely not the kind of knot i'd want in a structural piece of lumber. Escpecially not in the center of a rafter.

earl

[Brian G]

Pretty for sure. It might make for some interesting veneers if resawn and bookmatched.

A little photo editing (mirrored the image and merged) and imagination shows the extraterrestrial hiding in the galaxy.