Diamonds

That’s an interresting board! What are the dimensions? Wonderful inlay and banding technique!

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The detail is really eye catching. Nice!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

Beautiful and exacting work!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

Nice to see you doing something so simple, Andy. LOL…NOT!

Terrific job….really eye-catching!

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

don’t take anything for that illness…. the side effects are amazing!! :)

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Looks like you’re on a roll with inlays. Very nice work Andy.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Very nice the combination of the woods you used really make this pop.

-- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

That is just stunning. I am impressed.

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Great board. How long does it take you to make one of these?

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Very sharp! Can you provide some instruction as to how you did the inlays? Specifically the ones on the corner. Thanks!

-- Branden - Sacramento, California - www.ShopDogUSA.com

Thanks guys and gals!
Here is a little more on the details:

The dimensions are about 3/4” x 10” x 16”.The body is eastern Maple.The inlays are Wenge,Walnut and Vermillion.Since they are end grain they show better with a lacquer finish since oil wood darken them.The stripes are Purple Heart,Jatoba,Walnut and Maple.

The short horizontal stripes are done on only part of the Maple body, and then ripped,glued back together with the full length stripes and and then kerfs are cut about 3/8” deep for the full width cross grain stripes.The inlaid diamonds are done using the benchtop mortiser.The fence isnt moved,only the chisels are changes in size,that way the center line stays the same.The corner stripes are simply kerfs cut at a 45 on the table saw with the blade up about 3/8”. I rip strips and run them through my Makita 12” planer.

I am not sure how long it takes to make one of these me since I work on one over several weeks when I have time .Way too many hours. I spend more time laying out and erasing lines than cutting anything.If I made another one exactly the same it would probably take about 2 hours,not counting the glue drying.
Hope this helps.

-- " Stubborn tenacity substitutes for natural ability" ANDY

There ya go again!! showin’ off! It really is wonderful, Andy. I like it a lot.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

very nice ! great colors

-- if you aint the lead dog the scenery never changes

The flow on this one is very nice. Really fun looking piece of work and excellent workmanship. Two thumbs up.
Gary

Really nice – hopefully no one will ever put a knife on it, that would be a shame.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Stunning. Nice combination of woods.

Dalec

Fantastic boards! And I’m very appreciative of the description of your technique. I was just about to ask when I looked down further and you explained how you did it. I can’t wait to see more.

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