Brendon_t Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Well, it's go big or go home right? I was asked to make a box for my friends wedding reception that notes from attendees would be locked in and the couple could open on their first anniversary. I've used this as an excuse to try my hand at router assisted inlay. I looked at a few simple designed and decided to just nut up and give it a go. I am goint to attempt to snap a picture between each of the 16 individual pieces to be inlayed. The wood will be purple heart, and maple for the flowers, wenge for the stem, and yard wood for the leaves. Wish me luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FtrPilot Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Good luck! Looking forward to the pics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Ballsey! Can we expect to see this complete by Friday? Buenos Suerte as my neighbors say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Hope your friends are planning a LATE June wedding!! Work is cut out for you my friend, pardon the pun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Ooh cooper's got jokes. I'm just hoping you finish your box before your eyes give and dementia takes you. This is going to be a trial run in a piece of birch. If it doesn't look like a crayola box exploded, I'll give it a go on the sapele lid. Work has unfortunately stalled already. Out of 3 card scrapers, I can find exactly none of them. First petal is in but I tall don't want to sand it down. I feel that by the end, the whole thing would be a divot. . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 One piece in. A buzzillion more to go. I tan a bit of sandpaper over it by hand. The left side where there are little gaps will be removed for overlay layers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Very cool Brendon! I look forward to watching this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 How will you shade the leaves? Hot sand, or blending wood colors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 As quickly as you breeze thru projects, I can see tis coming together nicely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 "Go big or go home" - love it. Looking forward to following this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdwerker Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Looking good ! Yard Wood? What is yard wood ? I would use poplar for leaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 I haven't yet decided if the leaves will need shaded or not. The wood yard wood I'm using has such an extreme gradient of color in it, I'm pretty sure I'll be able to get a good inner seam line by taking it out of the right spot. Steve, yard wood is a very rare and mysterious wood. . Aka I had a log in my back yard, don't know what it is, has some nice characteristics. I think it'll fit well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldwurker Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 That's an 8 hour project with an exacto-knife. Router inlay seems insanely complicated to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cancelleri Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 That's an 8 hour project with an exacto-knife. Router inlay seems insanely complicated to me. Fill it with resin and ground gems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 The first one wasn't too difficult. I hogged it out with a 1/8 bit then kissed my line with a 1/16 bit. I definately wish I had better lighting and a magnifier. Them lines get small Fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldwurker Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 If a hand cut marquetry class ever comes to your town - take the class.You can do the entire rose with each piece to the tiniest and thinnest detail with an exacto, watered-down glue, and masking tape. Then use the router one time to insert the whole thing into your piece.Bonus, you can do it on the coffee table while watching a movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 If a hand cut marquetry class ever comes to your town - take the class. You can do the entire rose with each piece to the tiniest and thinnest detail with an exacto, watered-down glue, and masking tape. Then use the router one time to insert the whole thing into your piece. Bonus, you can do it on the coffee table while watching a movie Sorry for the hijack - you gotta tell me more. How do you cut the recess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Sorry for the hijack - you gotta tell me more. How do you cut the recess? Hijack away, that idea is growing on me. It seems that it would be a ton easier to make the inlay and just fit the pieces to each other. Not a hole you make every time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldwurker Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Sorry for the hijack - you gotta tell me more. How do you cut the recess?Only need one recess, the one for the completed flower. You'd use to router just the one time for that.All the other pieces would be done exacto-knife marquetry style, then you'd inlay the whole piece into the project once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Jimerfield Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 there are some pics of how it's done on a current thread. there are also lots of vids out there on the technique. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgreenb Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Only need one recess, the one for the completed flower. You'd use to router just the one time for that. All the other pieces would be done exacto-knife marquetry style, then you'd inlay the whole piece into the project once. Ok I think I misunderstood initially. So you cut the pieces out of thin stock with an xacto knife, fit them together with glue, then just recess the whole thing with a router. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wouldwurker Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 What I'm thinking of it a little different from that thread.Take a look at Jane's pagehttp://www.janeburke.com/technique.htmlIn this case though, once finished, you'd cut out the final design and route it in. Just happens to work well in this case because it's one single connected flower.Or......since this is for a box, you could just use a background veneer that matches the box and overlay the entire marquetry piece atop that piece of the box.Or you could just route it all in too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 Would you assembly the flower parts onto a backer before laying the whole thing in at once? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendon_t Posted April 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 All right. 4 more pieces added. Luckily that "sneezing oops" will be laid over. It's really starting to look like something. I'm not sure what but definitely something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted April 16, 2015 Report Share Posted April 16, 2015 We'll start guessing and the winner wins...... what? Good tight lines! Looking good so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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