More Progress
I started the day out by planing the remaining miter keys. The trick is plane down from the corner to avoid blowing out the grain.
Panel
I picked stock for the panel lid and resawed it to around 3/8”.
Yesterday I bought a new blade for cutting the miter keys. I did not have a flat ground blade and wanted one for the miter keys. I used it for cutting the panel grooves and a little ripping. Nice so far.
I offset the groove so that I can rabbet the bottom of the panel later.
The mitering setup.
I rabbeted the panel from 1/4” stock.
Inlay
I have never done inlay before. I have watched it done on t.v. so what the heck. Go for it.
Surgical instruments set out.
Etching the outline of part one. Inlay stock held with double sided tape.
Darkening the lines.
Tiny router bit. This takes concentration.
Cleaning up the lines.
Part one done.
Layout for part 2.
Picture Story…...
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There were a few tiny gaps I wanted to fill. I taped off the area.
I mixed up CA glue and walnut dust to fill the voids.
Finished Inlay
Glue Up
I sanded the panel before glue up. I am getting into taped glue ups. Easy. I put spacers in to get the panel to sit correctly. I glued a drop on the middle of the ends of the panel to keep them in place and allow for a bit of expansion.
Finally, weighing down the panel so the glue drops hold.
Next up. Keys for the panel. Rabetting. Sanding. Finish.
-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne
12 comments so far
Scott Bryan
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posted 64 days ago
Giz,
This is looking good. The inlay was a wonderful insight and adds a nice touch to the box. It takes a great deal of courage to try something new like this, especially when you are under a deadline and the piece is as important as this one is. Great job.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
bnoles
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posted 64 days ago
I have been looking for a way to do a cross inlay and your technique answers the call perfectly. Thanks for sharing this, it is going into my saved project file.
GREAT job on the box so far. Can’t wait to see it finished.
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teenagewoodworker
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posted 64 days ago
great job on the box. from past experiences i know how hard it is to get a project done with a deadline, and put everything you’ve got into it. such as the inlay you did! great job and thanks for the post!
Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 64 days ago
Thanks for sharing during such a personal time.
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Douglas Bordner
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posted 64 days ago
John,
Please accept my condolences for the loss of your family member. It’s a great honor to be asked to make his urn, and you have done your service well. The box looks great, with your usual tight workmanship and attention to detail both in the project and the subsequent blog.
Cutting away the ground for your inlay with that big ole router looked to be a hair-raiser. Glad it came out beautifully.
-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.
Chris
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posted 64 days ago
Excellent work, I appreciate your blogging this journey for us.
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Dorje
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posted 63 days ago
Looking good John -
What did you use to space the panel? I’ve used “spaceballs” and rubber tubing before, and am always curious about what others use…
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
Betsy
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posted 63 days ago
I think you are doing a great job. Very brave of you to try inlay on such an important project.
-- Betsy - GO BUCKS!
gizmodyne
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posted 63 days ago
Thanks for the comments, thoughts, support.
Douglas. I was sweating doing the inlay. Sweating!
Dorje- I just centered it by eye, put a little glue drop on the ends of the panel bottom, and weighed it down.
-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne
Blake
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posted 63 days ago
You are brave on the inlay stuff. I have yet to try something like that. I’m sorry to hear about your loss, John. What your doing is the perfect way to honor him. Keep up the good work and thanks for taking the time to blog the progress, we all like to see it.
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Dorje
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posted 63 days ago
Oh, I thought I read that you put spacers in, which you did state, but now I think I understand that you must have meant that you did so from the outside…to align the panel for the glue up.
Looks like you’ll be ready for Saturday…very cool that you could put this together for the family.
-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA
Mario
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posted 63 days ago
Thank you for the level of detail that you include in your posts. It helps us beginers a great deal.
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