Deals in Inlays

[Hooker53]

Hello everyone and hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Just wanted to share that if you have done wood enlays down thru the years like me, Bell Forest products is having a Black Friday sell. Their 1/4" X 2" inlay wood are second to non and very reasonable. I don't know them personally but just know they have a great product. Use coupon code Friday2014 on checkout.


Roy
Hooker53

[bangerjim]

Good info for those doing that work!

I do a lot of marquetry work for antiques and use a lot of exotic veneers to match what is existing. Many times standard purchased woods are too thick for the older stuff (1/28" or thinner!), so I double stick tape them to a piece of 3/4" plywood and run them thru one of my thickness sanders to get them down to the thickness I need to match the existing work. Also easy to make your own veneers that way from thicker stock you have re-sawn on the band saw or table saw...in smaller batches for inlay and marquetry work!

Hope that little trick is useful for anyone out there trying to get a precise thickness of wood!

banger

[Hooker53]

Banger. You hit the nail on the head with that neat trick. I use the same on real thin ivory that I get off of very old vintage piano keys. I fact, I have to glue and press those thin slivers to 1/32" aircraft plywood. After I do that, I can saw them and work them anyway needed. If I didn't, I would break every other I picked up. They also hold up very well when I disk sand the 5 deg I need on each edge. Since I started doing that years ago, I have not broke any to remember. The only thi g IV found with my inlays, is finding a glue I like. IV used many types and on all thin e
inlays I have to let it set up for a few weeks to keep it from receding back into the wood after sanding to contour. Ebony will do that in my area the worst if I didn't give it time.

[Hooker53]

I'm back at it again. This time on a rifle for my Grandsons first for his Christmas this year. I thought about doing a step by step photo thread on this dying art. These will be Ivory, Gabon heartwood Ebony and Rosewood. Would that be something some of you would like to see???

Roy

[Menner]

YES!!!! That would make an excellent thread
Tony

[chsparkman]

I'd like to see it.

[Blackwater]

Count me in as well. I've done very little of this, and it's been a long time ago now. Might need some refreshing of th ol' memory, and some inspiration as well.

[Hannibal]

I'd like to see that as well.

[MrWolf]

I will add a please to the requests.

[Hooker53]

Ok. I will dust off my camera and get going on this. Thanks guys.

Roy

[Hooker53]

OK Gents. Haven't forgot ya. I just wanted to get right many steps and photos ahead before I started the thread. Will get this going probably this weekend. I'm also doing some wood inlays in the grip area of the rifle. Thanks for your interest.

Roy
Hooker53

[MBTcustom]

Subscribed.

[Hooker53]

Welcome aboard goodsteel and thanks. The thread has started. Look for the new thread as "How To Inlay". Lets have some fun.

Roy
Hooker53