13-02-2013, 02:40 PM
(This post was last modified: 14-02-2013, 08:29 AM by Radio Fixer.)
"a slip with the cutting knife would leave a cut that would show once the item was fully finished" Yes! I would be really shaky having got the veneer nicely on and trying to do this.
I think it would need some practice on some sample veneer panels first.
To me the marquetry way sounds safer for a flat surface. Not easy but as long as you have spare veneer you could start again. But veneering around a curve seems to me very difficult. The smallest run out of the main veneer around the curve, a little stretch say and the motif would not fit spot on in the cutout.
(Watched the video, with a little speed up, and its very good. Boy! what you can do with a router, it really is a versatile tool. See the Super Glue got used as well. This isnt really marquetry but letting quite thick pieces of wood into a surface.)
Gary
I think it would need some practice on some sample veneer panels first.
To me the marquetry way sounds safer for a flat surface. Not easy but as long as you have spare veneer you could start again. But veneering around a curve seems to me very difficult. The smallest run out of the main veneer around the curve, a little stretch say and the motif would not fit spot on in the cutout.
(Watched the video, with a little speed up, and its very good. Boy! what you can do with a router, it really is a versatile tool. See the Super Glue got used as well. This isnt really marquetry but letting quite thick pieces of wood into a surface.)
Gary
