| Project by BertFlores58 | posted 05-30-2010 04:44 PM | 1982 views | 0 times favorited | 6 comments |  |
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This box is made from recyled several kinds of woods. Recycled wood.
Top cover is Philppine ebony (Kamagong) about 3/16 thick. I need to frame it with Red ‘Balayong’
The sides are balayong, front and rear are not identified (coming from former frames a office 2×3)
The bottom is IPIL also very thin 6 mm.
The special thing is the marquetry. My first time and very time consuming. A lot of night work and gluing work. I am successful in looking for a glue that can easily sawn when dry.
I also use a simple lap joint.
Challenge: Marquetry … how long, what glue, how to cut, how to inlay….
Use lap joint for thin wood.
-- Bert
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sptfish
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#1 posted 05-30-2010 04:57 PM
Very nice work Bert. The time you put into it shows
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#2 posted 05-30-2010 07:32 PM
Wonderful box and recycled box too
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#3 posted 05-30-2010 10:14 PM
Fantastic box. Great work on the marquetry. Well worth the time it took.
Keep it up.
Scrappy
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#4 posted 05-31-2010 05:37 AM
Great job, Bert. And some pretty unknown woods for most of us – it looks real nice! And to think you made it from recycled wood, that’s terrific. Keep up the good work and thanks for displaying your project for us to see.
Jim
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#5 posted 07-07-2010 02:32 PM
Here’s a web site I found very informative on marquetry.
www.redbridgemarquetrygroup.org
Check it out. EXCELLENT tutorial section!
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BertFlores58
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#6 posted 07-07-2010 03:29 PM
Thanks Big Tiny I just tried this, In some ways, mine is not really marquetry but parquetry… Some they called this banding. I have still leftover bandings. I wil glue it up on my upcoming works. It attracts people who starts wondering how I did it. ... I boastfull told them … I glue it one by one … because it is much difficult to explain the process to them as they don’t know ripping and croscutting, grain direction, etc. that is why we are wooodworking…
-- Bert
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