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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: Chase on June 24, 2010, 01:22:21 pm
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I submit this post as evidence you don't need a scroll saw to do wood work. Just a sharp blade (Xacto knife).
I posted this to another forum I frequent a few months ago. It is something I did that is not in my album.
Back about a thousand years ago (actually 1987 or 88) during what I call my Xacto Period I did this inlay for the bannister in our home. The main veneer is Cherry and the inlays were purchased from Constatines. I purchased one inlay of each type to see how they did it, then made my own patterns with several modifications. I remember dipping the edges of the veneer in sand I had heated in a frying pan to get the shading I wanted. I also used dyed black veneer from the same source.
The bannister was about 9 feet long and they (Constatines) used to sell (maybe still do) what they called Monarch length veneers. That is how I got it in one piece.
The project was made cutting the inlays with my trusty Xacto knife and a veneer saw, then, with the Xacto knife, inlaying them into the sheet of Cherry veneer. The sheet was glued to a piece of 1 x 6 or 8 and the Cherry veneer edges applied.
As I remember the really big job was getting it on the banister using contact cement. Had some help from WHN (my pet name for wife--WHN = What's Her Name) in handling such a big piece. I also remember using a lot of paper veneer tape.
Whadayathnk?
Chase
PS Since I see some C'mas decorations, it was probable finished in December as an C'mas present for WHN.
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You did an awesome job Chase. Love the banister.
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Beautiful work!
I would NEVER have the steady hands NOR the patience!
If you move the bannister goes with you ???
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Real nice work Chase. It doesn't surprise me because I am still in awe of the Lighted Christmas arches you showed us last year, particularly the one that you customized from the Patrick Spielman 12 Days of Christmas. I really like the inlays, I apply them to boxes and small tables and it usually puts them over the top.
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That is awesome!! I would loose a finger if I tried that :o
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That is SO AWESOME! I love little touches like that in a house. I have a raised rancher and it has railings and banisters all over the place. I like yours because under your railing it is like a wall. Mine is railings. I hate them... dust collectors.
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Very nice work. I'm thinking I better stick with a scroll saw.
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Chase that's a very nice piece of work.
David