Hello, all you inlay folk-
I've looked at books and websites, and done a little inlaying of single
letters in hardwood, but I haven't been able to find out how to do a
particular
thing: inlay shapes that have tiny areas (like the serifs on a letter).
Or imagine
a star, for example. How do you create the recesses for the points?
A router certainly won't fit in there, nor will a chisel be able to
flatten
the bottom into the corner.
I'm not talking about marquetry and veneering, or banding or stringing
or
purfling; I'm talking about inlaying a star cut from veneer into a
block
of wood. How do you cut a recess for that? Any of you inlay types out
there have a technique for that?
-Tom
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"nireedmot" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've looked at books and websites, and done a little inlaying of single
> letters in hardwood, but I haven't been able to find out how to do a
> particular
> thing: inlay shapes that have tiny areas (like the serifs on a letter).
> Or imagine
> a star, for example. How do you create the recesses for the points?
> A router certainly won't fit in there, nor will a chisel be able to
> flatten
> the bottom into the corner.
I made a pointed dogleg chisel out of a bit of high carbon hacksaw
blade. Next time I'd grind down some drill rod; the hacksaw blade was
pretty floppy.
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