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General Category => Intarsia => Topic started by: Crash Landing on June 01, 2010, 10:00:32 pm
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This was my first attempt at Intarsia. Although not the typical style, it is from an Austrailian woodworker. http://www.fantasticwoodworking.com.
It is more 3D than the typical Intarsia and I scaled it down from the original design. I used a four inch grinder as my main shaping tool and then a couple of hours, lol, of hand sanding.
I am now using a scroll saw and working on different designs and patterns but still play with the grinder from time to time.
crash
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Nice work, good job. A grinder huh. Learn something new every day. :D
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Very cool crash! That is a nice looking piece!
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Did you have a problem with the grinding wheel burning the wood? ???
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Crash a carver would be proud to claim that as their work.
Pieter
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This is absolutely beautiful! I WANT ONE!!!
:) Sheila
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I find it very intriguing that he used a four inch grinder. 8)
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thank all for the kind words.
to answer your question Russ, I used a couple of different grit sanding discs. I started with an 80 grit to knock it down then worked a 120 grit for some touch up. I went to hand sanding going all the way to 380 grit.
Sheila..just make me an offer I can't remember and it is yours..lol
I have made about 5 different versions of the plan. I used a couple for headpieces of some windchimes I made and mounted a couple others on driftwood and just plain wood stands.
I gave em all away as gifts...
if anyone is interested I have pictures of my other works
again, thank you all for the nice words
crash
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Crash, I'm sure we'd all like to see more pictures of your work; It's always interesting to see the various types of projects others do.
Looking forward to seeing them.
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Great work!
David
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Nice work.
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well done.
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That's great work. I saw a whale made like that. What was unique about the piece was the artist had picked the wood so that the eye on the whale was a small knot that went all the way thru making two eyes and another was on top of the whale for its blow hole. What an eye to see that in a piece of drift wood he found. It was priced more than a small car. Guess he liked it. A lot! Wish I had a pic of it.
BigE
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As much as I want to, I don't think I could do intarsia. Hand sanding is too hard on my hands. I have arthritis in the base of my thumbs... which is why I couldn't do that polymer clay inlay.
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I really do not do any hand sanding anymore. I use a Guinivere flexible shaft with the inflatable drums and this is what I use for the final sandings. We did some handsanding at JG Robert's Studio, but not much.
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I agree with you Dan, I do very little hand sanding. I let the various sanders do the work.
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Would a dremel do the trick?
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A dremel has a very small sanding drum. The air filled are larger and will give you smoother edges. I use a dremel for small touch up spots, but more with a burr though and not the sanding drum. Janet, do you have a bench grinder? I buy the flexible sanding drums from either Robert's Studio or Seyco and slide them onto the grinder shaft. They work great for the shaping (80, 120 grit) and then finer sanding (180, 220 grit).