Inlay strips

[Larry]

I had friend ask me how I make my inlay strips.  It's a little confusing until you do it a few times so I told him I would take some pictures next time I ran some.  Thought I would post a picture here.  



Scrap walnut, ash, and cherry.  At the top you can see how I glue up the blank and slice the strips off.  Pushed together a few strips at the bottom just to see the different patterns.  The pattern on the lower right was the winner.  I'll resaw the blank about 1/8" thick by 30" long and it is going for trim around a bar.

Don't take much talent or skill but really shows off the beauty of our native trees.

[breederman]

Way cool!

[isawlogs]

 Nice work..... 8)

  ??? What type of saw are you running Mr. Copas, If you don't mind me asking..... :P

[Brian_Bailey]

Larry, nice work!  

I think your holding back on the talent and skill aspect of making those though  ;)!

I also like the image of the saw blade in its kerf and the blade's shadow. I think that image would make a nice inlay in the right spot.

[WV_hillbilly]

  Pretty awesome Larry .

 I didn't know you dabbled in artwork like that .

[fstedy]

 ??? Are you gluing up the cutoffs before or after resawing ??? Very nice work. Are you using a fixture and a verticle bandsaw when cutting to 1/8"  ???

[WoodSmith]

Beautiful piece of work
How does that blade system work, is it like a cantilever type setup? Do you move it manual or is it powered?
very cool 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

[Norm]

Very nice Larry, your picture taking skills are right up there with you woodworking skills.

[Larry]

Isawlogs & WoodSmith – The saw is nothing special...just a underpowered Delta contractor saw with a home made cutoff sled on top.

fstedy  – Yeap, the cutoffs are all glued into a solid block before slicing the 1/8" strips.  I mostly use an ordinary shop bandsaw with a fence to re-saw.  If the strips aren't to wide I sometimes use the table saw as it is a lot faster.

Thanks for the nice comments guys!

[sawwood]

 There is a web site that has a program to help you make
 the lamination strips. I use it to make my bowls and plate
 with designes in them.

  www.woodturnerpro.com

  Sawwood

[SwampDonkey]

Kewl stuff Larry. I've been lacking ambition to get at my wood projects, and its now getting cold in the shop. I don't trust the flu for a fire. I should have time this April-May to get on the ball. You fellas make me dream, woodworking.

I booked your link sawwood, kewl