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Veneered Tray - Lg Mouth Bass

Project by Yettiman posted 470 days ago 489 views 0 times favorited 23 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Hi,

Here’s my first attempt at veneering. I needed to have a project, as I not too good at practicing for the sake of it. Which is why it takes me sooo looong to improve I guess :).

I made the tray out of aln old back door, as I am too stingy to throw away old timber away. Not as much of it was usable as it might first appear. Lots of joints make most of it fairly unusable; I didn’t know doors were that complicated :)

So why a Bass? I hear you ask, well if not actually ask, maybe mildly curious. Well I am a keen fisherman, who for his sins, is hooked (sorry about that) on Bass fishing, not a sensible fish to choose given I live in the UK and only get to go to the US once every couple of years.

So a bass it had to be.

I started by removing all of the hardware from the Door and then cut it up into ‘lumps’ along the joint lines.

This got the two sides (I think these are called Stiles) and three rails, along with two panels.

The panels I fed through my Thicknesser to give my the substrate for the tray bottom. I used one of the Stiles for the tray sides.

The main part of the veneer was Pear, I bookmatched this for the bottom, but did not do this for the inside as the fish pattern would take up most of the tray.

I cut the veneer out using a Birdmouth jig I made out of MDF, it took AGES. I used a jewelers saw, with the finest blade I could buy. I broke loads, each time the blade came into contact with the jig, the pressure broke the blade, but I learnt and that’s the most important thing.

Short grain on the fin veneer caused a few interesting moments and I had to redo these several times.

I am very happy with the way it turned out, particularly to wavy effect on the Pear backdrop, just like a underwater effect

Here is the last piece of the door not sure how much I will get out of this piece, but you never know …

So here it is, comments welcome, but be gentle it was my first :)

I was also quite happy with the mitres, they took a bit of tweaking with a shoulder plane, but they seem to fit ok, in the end

And here is the close up, shows most of the flaws, but also the wazy effect

By the way this is also my first project posting, just so much good stuff on this site

-- Keep your tools sharp, your mind sharper and the coffee hot


23 comments so far

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jeanmarc

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posted 470 days ago

very beautiful marquetry beautiful work

-- jeanmarc manosque france

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Gary

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posted 470 days ago

That’s wonderful; looks like you’ve been doing marquetry for years.

-- Gary, Florida

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Douglas Bordner

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posted 470 days ago

Very nice. This is an area of interest to me and I like this tray a lot.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

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Yettiman

153 posts in 616 days


posted 470 days ago

Thank you,

I am not happy with the pictures, but it is my first posting, and I got them slightly wrong.

I tried to resize them, but as you can see did not get it quite right.

As my teachers used to say “Must strive to do better next time” :)

-- Keep your tools sharp, your mind sharper and the coffee hot

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teenagewoodworker

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posted 470 days ago

very nice work! thanks for the post.

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CharlieM1958

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posted 470 days ago

The bass is excellent. I love this tray!

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

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SteveKorz

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posted 470 days ago

I certainly wouldn’t beat yourself up over that post! This looks great! I think you did a terrific job on this tray, and it looks like you’ve been doing marquetry for a long time. Job well done!

-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17) †

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GaryK

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posted 470 days ago

Great marquetry. Very nice tray!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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thetimberkid

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posted 470 days ago

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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MsDebbieP

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posted 470 days ago

great description of the process and the tray is wonderful!

Fish and chips anyone??

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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trifern

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posted 469 days ago

Nice job with the tray. Thank you for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

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Karson

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posted 469 days ago

Very nice looking tray. Great job on the bass. Good selections of wood.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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cajunpen

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posted 469 days ago

Beautiful tray, the Bass looks like something that I wish I had on my line.

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

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cd796

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posted 469 days ago

Very nice!

-- Craig, Riverside California -- There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress.

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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posted 469 days ago

It looks perfect, I can’t believe this is your first, fantastic!

If you’re not satisfied with your images, you can click on edit, once you figured how to enlarge, & edit them.

Good Luck!

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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Yettiman

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posted 469 days ago

Thank you for your kinds comments. I have viewed most of your projects over the last few months (I log on 2 -3 times a day to check ou the new stuff) and must say I am honored to recieve so many kind words from such a talented crowd. Many of the projects leave me dumb struck with awe. I would really like to meet up some time and share a beer, but being based in the UK it’s unlikely to happen any time soon.

So, I’ll stop typing now, and get back to making sawdust

-- Keep your tools sharp, your mind sharper and the coffee hot

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Yettiman

153 posts in 616 days


posted 469 days ago

Many thanks Dick, spotted the EDIT button, once I was told DOH !!!, I’ll work on these. BUT unlikey to repost, seems a bit unfair on the new stuff. BUT

At least I’ll know for the next time.

Thanks again

-- Keep your tools sharp, your mind sharper and the coffee hot

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Dick, & Barb Cain

6991 posts in 1178 days


posted 468 days ago

I don’t think it’s unfair, if your upgrading the images on the same project.

I myself enjoy seeing a better image.

I’d go for it.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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Yettiman

153 posts in 616 days


posted 467 days ago

Hi,

I took your advice and sorted the pictures.

It took a long time to make, and it is my first posting, and well, I am quite pleased with it. It seemed a shame not to at least present it as best as I could.

So given the fact that nobody minded, I resized and reposted.

Again HUGE thanks for such kind comments from your all.

-- Keep your tools sharp, your mind sharper and the coffee hot

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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posted 466 days ago

Much much better now!

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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kolwdwrkr

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posted 462 days ago

This is a fun project. Looks great!

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

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Grumpy

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posted 460 days ago

Great job. Good luck in the contest.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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DAN

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posted 456 days ago

welcome to lumberjocks

great posting

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