| Blog series by robscastle | updated 11-18-2019 02:11 AM | 6 parts | 8775 reads | 78 comments total |
Part 1: Making your own veneer inlay
You may have noticed some of my projects are veneer inlay enhancedThe inlays I use are mostly made by myself, for the more complex medallion’s and the likes they are store bought. Today I was busy making some veneer inlay stock, the activity was prompted by a few posts from rogerbean and the boxes he has made.The edging he used on the boxes fascinated me so I attempted to reproduce the effect I am not sure how it was made for his projects but I muddled my way through to partly re...
Part 2: Another glue up
I set to work with some off cuts of Purple heart and Pine this time. I made two individual sets, one set having Purple heart in the middle and the second the purple heart was on the outsides. I glued them up aligned them and clamped them the put them both away to dry. Once they were dry I commenced cutting them all up. I didn’t realise that I had not taken a shot of the process to get this far but I think you will get the idea. Upon sawing the two sets up I rearranged them a...
Part 3: An interesting link
I had a comment from mantwi on my last blog which pointed to this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpvBQmOjWQA&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PLDaDvWsvoTBp3XEeVWp0ZCRb8dbg4HbfY If you are interested take a look, its a worthwhile watch if you wish to make your own veneer.
Part 4: The Veneer work end results
This session of my 2013 Inlay work is now complete. Here are the results I obtained. Ebony and Pine Veneer The ebony and pine I glued up did not match very well sawn into blocks so rather than waste it I just re sawed it into strips. Walnut Cherry Silky Oak and Pine Veneer. The Walnut Cherry Silky Oak and Pine was cut into 20 deg sections re glued and then re sawn.It produced a reasonable result however it had a few “mouse holes in it of which will need wood filler to ...
Part 5: sras Flooring Tribute
Its kinda a wood project but I wasn’t sure so it ended up here.Its effectively a project tribute to sras He posted a couple of blogs and a project detailing how he did some flooring art work in his home. I always admired this type of work and had always wanted to add some french knots to our flooring as a feature but was reluctant due to botching it. So today I set to in earnest and replicated some of sras’s fine work. As advised by him to practice on some scrap first ...
Part 6: sras Flooring Tribute Take 2
Well I was up and at em early this morning driven by getting my screw up corrected. I modified the the three templates I had ensuring I could not overshoot the outside inlay into the box. Here is the setup. Note there is a definite stop near the clamp on the left of the trimmer. All went well and I continued on and formed the box area. Took the template off pleased with myself. Only to see I had in fact repeated the same overshoot error again! Rats, so I decide...
