Built this mahogany coffee table for my sister. The top is maple, with butterfly inlays made from black bamboo and purple heart. Tulips are purple heart and jade wood.
I got multicolored woods and maple planed down to 1/4" thick. I then stacked the colored wood on top of the maple and held it down with duct tape. I drilled small holes through both pieces then used a fine wire blade on my scroll saw to cut out both pieces. Once done, swap the colored pieces with the plane maple pieces. I then laid all of this on top of a 1/4 thick piece of maple with no cutouts and glued it all together in a panel press. I filled the small gaps from the saw blades with died epoxy using a needle and then sanded smooth.
Great work.
Could you explain how you did the inlays. I m assuming it was done with a router and template guide.
- LesB
Hi Les,
I got multicolored woods and maple planed down to 1/4" thick. I then stacked the colored wood on top of the maple and held it down with duct tape. I drilled small holes through both pieces then used a fine wire blade on my scroll saw to cut out both pieces. Once done, swap the colored pieces with the plane maple pieces. I then laid all of this on top of a 1/4 thick piece of maple with no cutouts and glued it all together in a panel press. I filled the small gaps from the saw blades with died epoxy using a needle and then sanded smooth.
Great work.
Could you explain how you did the inlays. I m assuming it was done with a router and template guide.
- LesB
Hi Les,
I got multicolored woods and maple planed down to 1/4" thick. I then stacked the colored wood on top of the maple and held it down with duct tape. I drilled small holes through both pieces then used a fine wire blade on my scroll saw to cut out both pieces. Once done, swap the colored pieces with the plane maple pieces. I then laid all of this on top of a 1/4 thick piece of maple with no cutouts and glued it all together in a panel press. I filled the small gaps from the saw blades with died epoxy using a needle and then sanded smooth.
Great. You have far more patience than I do with that detailed cutting. FYI the router and template method works very well and would be easier and faster. you might check it out. Just Google router template guides.
Great work.
Could you explain how you did the inlays. I m assuming it was done with a router and template guide.
- LesB
Hi Les,
I got multicolored woods and maple planed down to 1/4" thick. I then stacked the colored wood on top of the maple and held it down with duct tape. I drilled small holes through both pieces then used a fine wire blade on my scroll saw to cut out both pieces. Once done, swap the colored pieces with the plane maple pieces. I then laid all of this on top of a 1/4 thick piece of maple with no cutouts and glued it all together in a panel press. I filled the small gaps from the saw blades with died epoxy using a needle and then sanded smooth.
See the extra photos I added.
- MikeDyszel
- MikeDyszel
Great. You have far more patience than I do with that detailed cutting. FYI the router and template method works very well and would be easier and faster. you might check it out. Just Google router template guides.