Tree Inlay

I would love to see a tutorial on this!

That is simply very COOL… I really like it… and I agree with Dustin… Get a slow rolling blog going!

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I really like this!

very nice i would also love to see a blog?

-- Ike, Big Daddies Woodshop, http://www.icombadaniels@yahoo.com

I like the piece and can’t imagine how you did all that tiny stuff. I guess the “v-carve” part explains it. So, what does “v-carve” mean? ;-)

Best,

-- Jim

I like the inlay alot. I think the reason you don’t like it is the square edges. Just cut some jagged ones on the other sides that mimic the natural edge and I bet you’ll like it. Still looks like walnut to me. I think what is confusing is the wood is getting into a crotch area where the grain starts turning to endgrain and is naturally darker.

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Design looks familiar. Where did it come from? Yoiu did a nice job on it.

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

I can do a blog on my next one, sure :)

I have a LOT of this wood – some of it quite long – and it’s all this dark.

I don’t remember exactly where I got the design – it was a vector art site, not sure which one. I roam them a lot for my day job and collect ones that I like for other purposes.

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Great lookin Job

-- Jim, Kentucky

Well done. It looks like the darkest walnut I have, which is aged 50+ years from 200+ years old trees, nice stuff! If you have a lathe glue some up and try turning it, you won’t be displeased.
Oh and I also would love to see a blog on how you did the inlay, it is very intricate.

-- Will in Boulder, CO

Let me rephrase that, if you have any access to a lathe, turn some.

-- Will in Boulder, CO

I love the inlaid part and the contrast is great, but I don’t like the shape of the raw piece it is in. Something that is naturally more symmetrical but not too “busy” might work better, like a cross-cut from a log, with the bark still on, but then you would have cracks to deal with. Anyway, I think it is nice. I really wish I had one of those machines.

-- Leroy

Very nice!

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I think it is similar to a logo I saw, not the same design. How many hours do you have into the inlaying?

-- "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

very nice, I like it a lot. But I know what you mean about something wrong. I like the natural edge and the tree etc. Personally I think the tree is up to high on the wood, maybe just cut it off at the bottom a bit.

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