Anyone?
Adding an image to a box lid.
I'm wanting to add an image to a box I'm building. My first thought was to cut out the shape and inlay it, and then wood burn the details in, but that seems kind of amateurish.
Second thought was to transfer it via inkjet method and be done.
Then i thought about using a dremel to engrave everything out, and then add copper powder to it, which seems like it would provide the nicest looking result.
How would you tackle this?
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Second thought was to transfer it via inkjet method and be done.
Then i thought about using a dremel to engrave everything out, and then add copper powder to it, which seems like it would provide the nicest looking result.
How would you tackle this?
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if I were in your shoes, I'd have my wife paint it on.
Second choice would be wood burning. I'm not much of an artist, but even I can do that.
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Second choice would be wood burning. I'm not much of an artist, but even I can do that.
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I have done hundreds of inlays into box lids. Mostly in cedar but some oak and maple also. I would inlay this image using the double bevel inlay method, and when the outline of the image is cut out, I use a scroll saw with the blade set at 90° to cut/draw the interior lines. The beads will be hard to cut this way so on details like that I carve them with carving tools, like a "V" tool. After all this is done and glued into the lid I make a paste of sanding powder and white glue and using a credit card as a squeegee fill in all the cuts to make these details show up. Before learning to do inlay I would decoupage images onto wood with images I printed on tissue paper. I will try to attach images of one decoupage and one inlay that I have done in the past.
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