Creating Wood Inlay Bandings...A Step by Step Process

daddymunster · Nov 30, 2012

Joe…

A simple and elegant wood inlay banding that is easy to make. Thanks for watching.

Northwest29 · Nov 30, 2012

Bob, another great video. Sure do appreciate you're taking the time to share your techniques with the rest of us folks. If those pieces get much smaller you will have to use tweezes to do the glue ups. (-;

daddymunster · Nov 30, 2012

Northwest29…

Thanks for taking a look. You bring up an excellent point.

Part of the curiosity of wood inlay banding is "how did they get all those tiny pieces together." It seems like the smaller the segments are, the more curious one becomes.

With this in mind, it becomes more of a challenge for the woodworker when creating smaller bandings.

Kentuk55 · Nov 30, 2012

Sure appreciate your how-to's Bob. Very delicate work for sure.

daddymunster · Nov 30, 2012

Roger…

You're always welcome. The inlays were just installed into cherry picture frames. That's for another video though.

tomd · Nov 30, 2012

I have a question. When you cut your banding strips on the bandsaw what size and tooth count blade do you use ? I ask because you want a realitively smooth cut and narrow cut to get as many strips as you can out of a glue up. PS: Thanks for the video.

daddymunster · Nov 30, 2012

Tom D…

The band saw blade being used in the video is The Woodslicer from Highland Hardware. It is 1/2"...3 - 4 teeth per inch….skipped tooth blade.

It delivers a relatively smooth cut and offers a narrow kerf allowing for a maximum number of banding strips out of the glue up. The blade has performed well.

Thanks for watching.

MrJesse34 · Nov 30, 2012

i know this is probably silly of me, but what is the blue thing you are using to hold the wood against the bandsaw? I am very new to bandsawing and i'm just using two push sticks right now.

daddymunster · Nov 30, 2012

MrJesse34…

Thin Rip Jig info…

Thin Wood Strips Cut on the Bandsaw

Thin Rip Jig articles & videos.

This is a technique that I have developed and works very well for ripping uniform strips on the band saw. The blue thing is a Rockler thin rip jig. It has a roller bearing on the "nose" of the adjustable jig. The jig is on the right side of the band saw blade and is secured in the miter gauge slot by turning a star knob. The roller bearing distance from the blade is the width of the desired cut.

The band saw fence is to the left of the band saw blade. The material is positioned between the fence and the roller bearing. Since the desired cut is the distance between the roller bearing and the saw blade, the wood to be cut always references off the roller bearing of the jig. After each cut the fence is loosened, slid over to the material which is referenced to the roller bearing.

The fence and the roller bearing "trap" the material on each side so that the material is simply pushed straight forward. Using this method, a woodworker is able to safely produce uniform veneer thin strips of 3/32". I find this method to be much better than the traditional method of ripping veneers.

If you watch more of my woodworking videos, you will see exactly how the thin rip jig is a part of the ripping process.

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MrJesse34 · Nov 30, 2012

THANK YOU!!!

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