ClintO
5th June 2012, 12:10 PM
I am not sure if this is considered to be sacrilige by the marquetry community.
In this thread http://www.woodworkforums.com/f11/past-age-153676/ there are some old videos of Irish tradesmen building a mahogany dining suite.
The decorations for the backs of the chairs are made from a sandwhich of veneers cut out with a scroll saw
The sandwhich is glued with hide glue and has a waste piece on the bottom
When the craftsman seperates the sandwhich he soaks it in water for 24 hours.
As a novice there are a couple of questions I have:
I thought one of the reasons for using hide glue was the ability to use heat to separate and reposition things
When fitted to the chair there is no kerf gap between the 2 halves, how is that achieved? Did I miss something?
Clint
In this thread http://www.woodworkforums.com/f11/past-age-153676/ there are some old videos of Irish tradesmen building a mahogany dining suite.
The decorations for the backs of the chairs are made from a sandwhich of veneers cut out with a scroll saw
The sandwhich is glued with hide glue and has a waste piece on the bottom
When the craftsman seperates the sandwhich he soaks it in water for 24 hours.
As a novice there are a couple of questions I have:
I thought one of the reasons for using hide glue was the ability to use heat to separate and reposition things
When fitted to the chair there is no kerf gap between the 2 halves, how is that achieved? Did I miss something?
Clint