If you can't be in the shop, I'll bet there's
only one place you'd rather be -- fishing! Now here's a project that
combines your two favorite things in the world. This Fishing Net is made
using bent lamination -- thin wood strips are bent and glued together
around a form. That's how we were able to create the beautiful design in
the photo using maple and walnut.
This project includes instructions for building the forms, gluing up
the frame and stringing the net. The gluing-up part is pretty well
explained, but if you're interested in an even more thorough
explanation, we've created a separate technique article, see below.
This project was originally published in ShopNotes No. 34.
CONSTRUCTION: The Fishing Net is 28"
long and 10" wide. We made our net out of walnut and maple, but you
can use your favorite hardwoods. The forms are made of 3/4" MDF.
WHAT YOU GET. The
Fishing Net Project Plan is a six-page, 1.4 megabyte .pdf file. It
includes complete, step-by-step instructions and 23 detailed drawings.
You must have Adobe's FREE Acrobat® Reader 3.0 (or newer) installed
on your computer to view and print the pages. If you don't already have Reader, click on
to get one.
PRICE. The cost to download this plan to
your computer is $5.95. If you'd like to do that now, just click on the
button below.
RELATED TECHNIQUE ARTICLE. We've created a five-page technique article on Bent Lamination that tells you just about everything you need to know, including what's the best kind of wood, how to rip thin strips, and techniques for gluing up simple and compound curves. |
