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    Default Venturing into Wenge infill panels ... any tips please

    I have a 950x25x120 piece of Wenge that has been in the workshop for a couple of years

    I am thinking about a document box of around 320 long 230 high and 230 wide made with hard maple Picture frame type sides and top ... and wenge infill panels on the sides and top.

    I will resaw the Wenge to make 5mm panels for the book matched infill panels for the maple frames

    I am looking for advice on the planing, joining the 5mm panels and finishing as it is the first time I have used the Wenge

    Thanks

    Rob

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    OK .... over 190 views and not one comment .... I now understand why ....

    The box is now completed ... huon pined and wenge ....

    To put it in a short sentence ... wenge is an absolute bastard of a timber to use .... but an absolute brilliant display timber.

    The issuers for me were that wenge is
    a particularly dirty timber to mill ....
    black dust ....
    blunts the tools quickly,
    sanding leaves ridges between the growth rings and the sapwood,
    tear out using the highest and plane I have .... and even with a card scraper ......
    shellac absorption rates vary greatly across the board ...


    But for all that the end product was acceptable ..


    NEVER AGAIN ...

    Regards

    RobIMG_3952.jpgIMG_3954.jpg
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    Certainly was worth the effort that box is magic.
    …..Live a Quiet Life & Work with your Hands

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    That is beautiful!!
    As I type to the tune of Ebony and Ivory going through my head by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder.
    Ive never used Wenge. But I remember walking past a pack of it at AFT years ago wondering it was.
    I asked, they told me and I never forgot it.

    Rob

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    That is stunning! The colour contrast is beautiful. Great job.

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    Default Venturing into Wenge infill panels ... any tips please

    That's a really nice box- nice clean design, well done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by groeneaj View Post
    That's a really nice box- nice clean design, well done.
    Thanks for the comments.

    I had earlier thought about using Maple .... but in the end I used some Huon pine I was able to source from the forum.

    Here is a pic of the inside ... I used cope and stick for the frames for each side and then mitred them .... and then added a vertical spline.

    The bottom is velvet lined ...

    The finish is hard shellac with traditional wax polish (Ubeaut)

    The stiles on the frames are 20mm wider than the rails .... that way after allowing for the coverage of the legs the reveal is even on all sides of the frame

    Rob
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