Finished Mahogany Serving Tray

yah.. that sure is beautiful.

the surface is like glass! gosh you must be so proud of this! Beautiful. VERY rich

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

Wonderful. Thanks for sharing.

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

Very, very nice, Frank! It is absolutely gorgeous and I love the extreme attention to detail in the execution. It was neet to see the usage of the paper template.

Thanks for the nod to LJ at the end of the movie!

-- Jeff, St. Paul, MN

I love that the pattern is carried through to the bottom. Nice work.

-- Chelle http://artsgranddaughter.blogspot.com

Very cool! Repost of video.

-- -John "Do I have to keep typing a smiley? Just assume it's a joke." www.flickr.com/photos/gizmodyne

WOW… all around great job!

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Vincent Van Gogh

I really enjoyed the video and I love the piece.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

Very very nice piece.

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

Great job.

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Beautiful Frank. Wonderful attention to detail. Thanks a lot for sharing it. And thanks for the video giz.

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

great job!!! i love the star design in the middle!

-- "What one can make with good tools is limited only by one's talent" (lucius-hill@comcast.net)

Great Frank. Thanks for the video.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Beautiful! But will the finish survive being loaded down with a few pounds of boiled southern Louisiana crawfish?

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

Very very nice detail work, Very elegant, classy piece
DocK

-- DocK, WV

Exceptional piece – sorry that I missed it first time around.

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.canterburybaptist.org/

Just outstanding! I’m glad this came back around!

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

Frank;

Really fine work.

Beautiful design as well.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Man, I am glad this came out of the archives, or I would have missed it. Nice job!

-- Maplewood, MN

My marquetry guidelines:

There’s nothing to it,... really just get a nice and strait ruler, a sharp normal utility-knife, scotch-tape , patience and a small hard sandingblock with 150 and 180 grain and start cutting, thats how I learned it…..

Guidelines:

- I generally use MDF as a work-surface because it has no grain and therefore the knife won’t try to ‘wonder off’.

- Never try to cut the veneer in one go, always make multiple lite strokes depending on the wood. , say 3 to 5 for maple, 3 to 4 for mahogany just don’t force the blade through, it will “search” and follow the grain of the wood and you’d never get a strait cut.(I use 0,6 mm / 0,024” veneer.)

- Always place the ruler on the part you’re gonna use not on the cut-away, that way you’ll automatically cut at a slide angle and get perfect (!!!) seamless fitting pieces.

- Don’t use a pencil or pen, just mark stuff lightly with you knife.
(I am 21 so I have no problem seeing the markings with a knife, but if you do just try to keep the lines as this as possible.)

- I use scotch-tape to keep the pieces together. After glue-up the tape is scraped of very carefully.

I hope anyone has any use for these tips, it really isn’t hard just start-of with some squares or something and get the feel for it, then try a compass-rose.(which is NOT hard to do.)

Feel free to ask me any questions, I’d love to help anyone who is interested
in this great, rewarding, ‘priding’ and fun way of woodworking.

“Go For It!”

- Frank Boer 21yrs, NL Dutch – professional yacht-interiorbuilder/crafter. (@ Royal Huisman Shipyard B.V)

More pictures:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/32533097@N00/2258570728/

-- Frank Boer, Holland

beautiful work

-- jeanmarc manosque france

Great work Frank. Really makes me want to get back at some veneering.

Kerry

-- Alberta, Canada

Beautiful serving tray.

-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.

That is really nice. I like the star on the bottom.

-- Jason