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sailfl
Sun 13 December 2009, 14:00
The grill in this picture are cut from .25" Alder plywood. The grill bars are .5" and the holes are .5" squares. I cut the material and my cabinet client finishes them.
Besser
Sun 13 December 2009, 16:37
Do you cut both front and back on the diagonal? One sheet of ply, how many layers?
sailfl
Sun 13 December 2009, 17:10
Besser,

The grill is one piece that is .25" thick. It looks like two pieces but it is one.
sailfl
Mon 14 December 2009, 01:41
Here is a picture of the grill before it was finished.
domino11
Mon 14 December 2009, 06:00
Nice work Nils! What did you use for bits, feed rates etc?
KenC
Mon 14 December 2009, 06:40
Very nice!

Besser,

The grill is one piece that is .25" thick. It looks like two pieces but it is one.

But I don't get it... :o
Gerald D
Mon 14 December 2009, 06:47
I think the pic above is from the back of the grille?
KenC
Mon 14 December 2009, 07:13
Cut diagonal slots then cut individual square holes with tiny bit, from the same side? :confused:
bradm
Mon 14 December 2009, 08:17
Did the finisher draw pencil or ink lines to trick the eye into seeing depth that doesn't exist?
sailfl
Mon 14 December 2009, 10:47
Brad is correct. That is how my cabinet guy did it.

Just with the pencil line it looked great but with the finish and glaze it turned out better. Next time I will use an engraving bit and run it along the holes to take the place of the pencil marks.

The bare wood is the same of both sides but they don't look like the same grill. I was amazed also.
Kobus_Joubert
Mon 14 December 2009, 11:00
I think Hennie was working on something like this as well, but I think he will cut one diagonal from one side, then flip it over and cut the other diagonal from the other side. This way the HOLES will happen by themselves...just cut deep enough.
Besser
Mon 14 December 2009, 20:52
kOBUS,
That was my point, 1/4 board may need a 3/16" diagonal cut on each side to converge and produce the perforations.

Depending of the number of lamination the finish will vary, Naturally you want the cut centers converging withing the same lamination instead of a boundary.

I love the effect.... I'm thing of seat bases.
bradm
Mon 14 December 2009, 21:28
Nils, I have to say, that is really, really neat. It achieves the look, and at the same time, provides a grill that is much easier to clean. Hard to argue with it.
KenC
Mon 14 December 2009, 23:33
Magical!!