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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

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23 comments so far
jeanmarc
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posted 483 days ago
very beautiful marquetry beautiful work
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Gary
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posted 483 days ago
That’s wonderful; looks like you’ve been doing marquetry for years.
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Douglas Bordner
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posted 483 days ago
Very nice. This is an area of interest to me and I like this tray a lot.
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Yettiman
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posted 483 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” :)
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teenagewoodworker
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posted 483 days ago
very nice work! thanks for the post.
CharlieM1958
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posted 483 days ago
The bass is excellent. I love this tray!
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SteveKorz
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posted 483 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!
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GaryK
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posted 483 days ago
Great marquetry. Very nice tray!
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thetimberkid
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posted 483 days ago
Great job!
Thanks for the post
Callum
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MsDebbieP
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posted 483 days ago
great description of the process and the tray is wonderful!
Fish and chips anyone??
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trifern
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posted 483 days ago
Nice job with the tray. Thank you for sharing.
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Karson
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posted 483 days ago
Very nice looking tray. Great job on the bass. Good selections of wood.
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cajunpen
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posted 483 days ago
Beautiful tray, the Bass looks like something that I wish I had on my line.
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cd796
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posted 482 days ago
Very nice!
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 482 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!
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Yettiman
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posted 482 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
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Yettiman
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posted 482 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
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 482 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.
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Yettiman
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posted 480 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.
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Dick, & Barb Cain
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posted 479 days ago
Much much better now!
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kolwdwrkr
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This is a fun project. Looks great!
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Grumpy
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posted 474 days ago
Great job. Good luck in the contest.
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DAN
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posted 470 days ago
welcome to lumberjocks
great posting
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