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3rd March 2017, 03:36 PM #1
Blackwood box with marquetry lid.
I've been commissioned to make a box with a marquetry picture of Mt. Geryon in Tasmania on the lid. I figured I'd get the picture done first. I've just finished cutting it out, so now it's being dried and flattened prior to gluing to the backing. Here's a pic before it went under the clamps.
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3rd March 2017, 04:16 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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Watching with interest.
cheers,
ajw
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3rd March 2017, 07:03 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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Wow Alex, that is amazing, well done, looking forward to the result
Paul
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5th March 2017, 08:23 PM #4
It's important to get the veneers onto the backing board quickly, or they will warp and come apart. First, a single layer of veneer tape is put on the front of the picture, then the multiple layers of tape are removed from the back and all the glue residue has to be cleaned off. This is done by wetting the tape with a sponge and peeling it off, then swabbing the glue with a wet sponge. Once all the tape is off, the picture is clamped flat between several sheets of newspaper and left overnight to dry.
When the veneers are dry, they are glued to the MDF backing board using Techniglue, and a veneer is also glued to the back. The sandwich is clamped flat between two sheets of laminate, with a thin sheet of craft foam on top of the picture. This is to force all the veneer pieces against the back board. If this wasn't done, there's a danger that any thinner pieces would sit on a thicker layer of glue and be sanded through later.
After the glue was set the picture was trimmed slightly over final size, and run carefully through the drum sander to bring all veneer pieces down to the same height. It was then sanded using the ROS, to 800 grit, then shellacked and lightly sanded again. It will now be put aside while the box carcass is made.
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6th March 2017, 02:31 AM #5
hi Alex
gob smacked again.
which species have you used for the marquetry and are you taking advantage of chatoyance for any of the shading?regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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6th March 2017, 08:14 AM #6
The main species in the picture are silver ash, northern & southern silky oak, rose mahogany, jarrah, Huon pine, a little bit of purpleheart and a couple of unknown species, including that used for the water at the bottom of the pic. I'm hoping that the northern silky especially will show the effect of chatoyance, as pieces are laid at different angles. With luck, I may get the same effect with the water, too.
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6th March 2017, 08:54 AM #7
Beautiful work .....and thanks for sharing this.
And my head I'd be a scratchin'
While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain.
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10th March 2017, 06:09 PM #8
Looking in AlexS.
woody U.K.
"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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10th March 2017, 06:14 PM #9
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10th March 2017, 06:34 PM #10
Hi. Alex, just getting a few twinges, its like taking up smoking again. When I walk across the empty workshop floor that is the worst.
Local forum members here in the UK have offered to saw and thickness my stock of timber pieces so hoping to do a bit of handwork, dovetail tissue boxes perhaps. Perhaps next month when things get warmer here.woody U.K.
"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them." ~ Abraham Lincoln
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10th March 2017, 08:30 PM #11
Just watching.
But very impressed so far.
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14th March 2017, 06:51 PM #12
The picture will have a frame around it, made from the same blackwood as the carcass, with a thin line of jarrah between the frame and the picture. I routed out a rabbet to the depth of the picture, and glued a thin strip of jarrah in place. This was a little higher than the rabbet, and was planed level after the glue had dried.
Because I've had trouble with Titebond I & II discolouring blackwood in the past, I used Titebond III. It doesn't seem to have caused any problems.
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14th March 2017, 07:02 PM #13
like the marquetry!
regards
Nick
veni, vidi, tornavi
Without wood it's just ...
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18th March 2017, 10:54 AM #14
I made up the frame then rounded over the top edges on the router. Then set the picture, into the frame. I masked off all the areas where I didn't want glue with wax, which makes it easy to remove any squeeze-out afterwards. After removing any excess glue I cleaned up the wax with white spirits.
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I've been dressing the timber for the carcass, and have started on the dovetails. Will post pictures soon.
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18th March 2017, 11:56 AM #15
I've always enjoyed your boxes and marquetry AlexS, it's great to watch how they come together.
When you are doing your marquetry, do you store the semi-completed work clamped between two MDF boards or similar?
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