PDA

View Full Version : leaf inlay to dining table



Chrissy
15th July 2011, 08:11 PM
Hi All,

I have a beautiful dining table, solid,rustic and made from rosewood, or so I was told.

Over the years it has been used as a desk and has had a perfect hole drilled thriugh it for the cables to run through.

I was hoping to now make this hole a feature of the table by inlaying a leaf into resin.

Can anyone give me some ideas of how to do this.

Thank you
Chrissy

katbobkat
2nd August 2011, 10:53 AM
Hi Chrissy,

"inlaying a leaf into resin" What do you mean? You want to fill the whole with resin?
Can you send pictures of the table?

In theory these are the steps for inlay: (no resin)


cut out the required piece you want to inlay,



mark it around where you want to put it,- with Stanley knife, the more precise the marking the more accurate your inlay will be
router out the debt of the marked out surface - not to the line dough!!! that is important, but few millimeter inside. The debt needs to be just a little be less then your piece to be inserted.
chisel out the remaining to the line by hand
make sure you cut the grains where you mark it deep enough to chisel easily
glue it in and sand it to surface level

Have fun and good luck.
cheers kat

Wongo
2nd August 2011, 11:43 AM
Watch this

‪115 - Router-Based Inlay‬‏ - YouTube