Black Walnuts - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

miniwoodworker · 06-15-2009, 11:33 PM

Has anyone tried cutting black walnuts? That is, cutting in slices, like slicing a lemon?

If so, any tips, techniques ??

Thanks,

Burdez · 06-16-2009, 01:07 AM

Lee
I used to slice them and glue them togather to make differant things I used a bandsaw and was just very carefulwith fingers holding them I never did figure out a jig to hold them sorry
Erssel

Jim McDonald · 06-16-2009, 01:37 AM

I just saw a woodworker on PBS using a set of wooden twist clamps to hold a dowel for cutting on a band saw, so I'm sure you could come up with something similar.

Are you slicing them perpendicular to the seam on the shell or in-line? And how thick?

Wood Dog · 06-16-2009, 01:46 AM

Cutting walnuts.......are you nuts Lee? How thin do you want those slices? Eeeeee gaddddds

Jim McDonald · 06-16-2009, 03:39 AM

Wood Dog, my first thought was that he underestimated teh amount of food for a party--or the whole neighborhood showed up instead of the couple next door.

lucky788scroller · 06-16-2009, 04:54 AM

Somewhere I have a stack of walnut slices that I got mixed in a box of misc. crap I bought at an auction years ago.They are very neat looking pieces. I always wanted to try slicing a few just to do it, but I never got around to it. I have cut a bunch in half though, they make great little turtle shells for crafts.To cut em in half I used a quick grip clamp to hold them as I sliced through them, and it worked fine. My thoughts on making multiple slices.. would be to make a jerry-rigged jig using a couple pieces of scrap wood, and a couple carriage bolts and wingnuts....Two pieces of 3/8 to 1/2 inch thick wood, about 1 1/2 inches wide and around 6 inches long.Drill a hole about 3/4 inch in from each end of the boards to accept the carriage bolts, and a 3/4 or 7/8 inch hole near the center, where your nuts will be held . Put your nut in between the two boards, seated in that hole, and crank the wingnuts tight . The edges of that hole should really grab your nuts and keep them from twisting or shifting as you slice through them. After each slice through, tighten the wingnuts a little bit to account for the saw kerf, and keep slicing and tightening until you cant anymore.
Thats not a tried and true method...only how I would try. I am interested in if it works, so if you try it, please let us know the outcome.

Wood Dog · 06-16-2009, 04:55 AM

Jim he's probably making a huge Waldorf Salad!

lucky788scroller · 06-16-2009, 04:58 AM

oops.. LOL, I just reread my post above... when I refer to "your nuts", I do mean "your WALNUTS". Sorry for the confusion, and the potential pain one could experience if it was interpretted incorrectly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

scrollpup · 06-16-2009, 05:19 AM

Thanks for the "tech" update Dale! (LOL) I was confused from the part about jerry-rigged jig!

Jerry

JohnB · 06-16-2009, 05:37 AM

Now, that's a combination, Jerry rigged crushed nuts, I think I'll go down the shed until my eyes dry up LOL

06-15-2009, 11:33 PM	#1
miniwoodworker Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 497	Black Walnuts Has anyone tried cutting black walnuts? That is, cutting in slices, like slicing a lemon? If so, any tips, techniques ?? Thanks, __________________ Lee in NC Als Ik Kan DW788 1975 Dremel (labeled Craftsman) Scroll saw w/3" pin blades

06-16-2009, 01:37 AM	#3
Jim McDonald Workin' for the Weekend Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: On the Other Side of the Monitor Posts: 882 Blog Entries: 6	I just saw a woodworker on PBS using a set of wooden twist clamps to hold a dowel for cutting on a band saw, so I'm sure you could come up with something similar. Are you slicing them perpendicular to the seam on the shell or in-line? And how thick? __________________ Jim There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". "Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

06-16-2009, 01:46 AM	#4
Wood Dog Happy to be here member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MA USA Posts: 3,381	Cutting walnuts.......are you nuts Lee? How thin do you want those slices? Eeeeee gaddddds __________________ WD

06-16-2009, 03:39 AM	#5
Jim McDonald Workin' for the Weekend Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: On the Other Side of the Monitor Posts: 882 Blog Entries: 6	Wood Dog, my first thought was that he underestimated teh amount of food for a party--or the whole neighborhood showed up instead of the couple next door. __________________ Jim There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". "Political Correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

06-16-2009, 04:54 AM	#6
lucky788scroller Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 6,238	Somewhere I have a stack of walnut slices that I got mixed in a box of misc. crap I bought at an auction years ago.They are very neat looking pieces. I always wanted to try slicing a few just to do it, but I never got around to it. I have cut a bunch in half though, they make great little turtle shells for crafts.To cut em in half I used a quick grip clamp to hold them as I sliced through them, and it worked fine. My thoughts on making multiple slices.. would be to make a jerry-rigged jig using a couple pieces of scrap wood, and a couple carriage bolts and wingnuts....Two pieces of 3/8 to 1/2 inch thick wood, about 1 1/2 inches wide and around 6 inches long.Drill a hole about 3/4 inch in from each end of the boards to accept the carriage bolts, and a 3/4 or 7/8 inch hole near the center, where your nuts will be held . Put your nut in between the two boards, seated in that hole, and crank the wingnuts tight . The edges of that hole should really grab your nuts and keep them from twisting or shifting as you slice through them. After each slice through, tighten the wingnuts a little bit to account for the saw kerf, and keep slicing and tightening until you cant anymore. Thats not a tried and true method...only how I would try. I am interested in if it works, so if you try it, please let us know the outcome. __________________ Dale w/ yella saws

06-16-2009, 01:07 AM	#2
Burdez Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: I'm an American living in San Miguel De Allende Mexico Posts: 1,119	Lee I used to slice them and glue them togather to make differant things I used a bandsaw and was just very carefulwith fingers holding them I never did figure out a jig to hold them sorry Erssel

06-16-2009, 04:55 AM	#7
Wood Dog Happy to be here member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MA USA Posts: 3,381	Jim he's probably making a huge Waldorf Salad! __________________ WD

06-16-2009, 04:58 AM	#8
lucky788scroller Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 6,238	oops.. LOL, I just reread my post above... when I refer to "your nuts", I do mean "your WALNUTS". Sorry for the confusion, and the potential pain one could experience if it was interpretted incorrectly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ Dale w/ yella saws

06-16-2009, 05:19 AM	#9
scrollpup Avatar by Casey Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hot Springs,Arkansas Posts: 1,680	Thanks for the "tech" update Dale! (LOL) I was confused from the part about jerry-rigged jig! Jerry __________________ Two wrongs don't make a right....they just even the score...

06-16-2009, 05:37 AM	#10
JohnB 1 Tin Soldier Rides Away Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Posts: 4,806	Now, that's a combination, Jerry rigged crushed nuts, I think I'll go down the shed until my eyes dry up LOL __________________ Regards John "The Golden Mile" “God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.” - Russell Crowe Some of my Stuff Retired Medically Unfit WA Police Officers

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