Comments on: Skill Set: Making A Butterfly Spline (Or "Arikata") http://blog.makezine.com/2011/02/28/skill-set-making-a-butterfly-spline-or-arikata/ DIY projects, how-tos, and inspiration from geeks, makers, and hackers Fri, 24 May 2013 18:34:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ○DIY/Tip▶ Workshop: Len Cullum in Seattle, Washington « dot dot dob tob tob http://blog.makezine.com/2011/02/28/skill-set-making-a-butterfly-spline-or-arikata/#comment-736440 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:32:34 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=87530#comment-736440 [...] Making a Butterfly Spline (or “Arikata”) [...]

]]> By: MAKE | Workshop: Len Cullum in Seattle, Washington http://blog.makezine.com/2011/02/28/skill-set-making-a-butterfly-spline-or-arikata/#comment-736419 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:02:57 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=87530#comment-736419 [...] Making a Butterfly Spline (or “Arikata”) [...]

]]> By: Best of MAKE: Skill Builders http://blog.makezine.com/2011/02/28/skill-set-making-a-butterfly-spline-or-arikata/#comment-209214 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:08:34 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=87530#comment-209214 [...] Making A Butterfly Spline (Or “Arikata”) from Woodworking month (February) [...]

]]> By: Chris Glatz http://blog.makezine.com/2011/02/28/skill-set-making-a-butterfly-spline-or-arikata/#comment-209212 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:30:00 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=87530#comment-209212 Awesome tutorial.  With that trim router, how did you plunge into the cut?  Did you lower it in using the depth adjustment?

]]> By: Chris Glatz http://blog.makezine.com/2011/02/28/skill-set-making-a-butterfly-spline-or-arikata/#comment-209213 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 19:30:00 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=87530#comment-209213 Awesome tutorial.  With that trim router, how did you plunge into the cut?  Did you lower it in using the depth adjustment?

]]> By: stoica http://blog.makezine.com/2011/02/28/skill-set-making-a-butterfly-spline-or-arikata/#comment-209211 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:23:00 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=87530#comment-209211 nice work .

http://www.konceptdesign.ro

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.makezine.com/2011/02/28/skill-set-making-a-butterfly-spline-or-arikata/#comment-209210 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:29:00 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=87530#comment-209210 No, I prefer to leave it as is. If this were an actual furniture piece, I would clean the loose fibers out the gap and then make sure to get some finish down inside.

]]> By: Scott Saunders http://blog.makezine.com/2011/02/28/skill-set-making-a-butterfly-spline-or-arikata/#comment-209209 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:13:00 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=87530#comment-209209 Thanks for the advice guys.

]]> By: matthewecross http://blog.makezine.com/2011/02/28/skill-set-making-a-butterfly-spline-or-arikata/#comment-209208 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 14:36:00 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=87530#comment-209208 One important tip I’ve learned: if look at the end grain of your boards, unless the board is cut from the center of the tree you will see the grain curve up or down. When gluing up a series of boards, alternate the curve. If you glue them up with all of the curves going the same way, the glued up piece is likely to cup in the direction eventually, if you alternate them it is less likely to.

Also, for extra strength you can join them pieces with biscuits (using a biscuit joiner) in addition to gluing them.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.makezine.com/2011/02/28/skill-set-making-a-butterfly-spline-or-arikata/#comment-209207 Wed, 02 Mar 2011 04:52:00 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=87530#comment-209207 So do you attempt to fill the gap, Len?

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