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[DPerry]

There hasn't been any activity here for a long time. Latest Aztec calender 733 parts red oak & red palm. The photo is bad the sun played tricks on it.
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[chrisb691]

G'Day Dennis,

That's a great piece of work. What's it's diameter, and how many hours? :)

[DPerry]

Hi Chris, the drawing about 2 weeks, cutting and assembly 5 days. 24" parts are 1/8" overall 5/8" thick, thanks Chris for the kind words.

Dennis

[paul collins]

thats a very nice piece of work dennis.different from usual marquetry.i just done my first tryout last week ,a\but i supose you would call it parquetry.still it turned out nice enough to make me wanna do more.

[DPerry]

What Paul no pics?

Dennis

[paul collins]

dennis this is it,my first attempt.as i said not marquetry,but enough to get me interested.

[DPerry]

Hey Paul a picture is worth a thousand words looks great!!! Heres another on 24"X16" 641 parts 14 kinds of wood.
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[paul collins]

Hey Dennis Thats A Great Picture,you Must Have Some Patience .how Long Did It Take To Do?

[DPerry]

Von Sydows about 3 weeks (2 on the drawing for the laser & 1 to cut and put together). The madallion 1 day, Foster Farms 1 week (drawing and make it).
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[paul collins]

thats great dennis,you certainly come up with original material.now i may be preaching to the converted but have you ever seen any of the work by silas kopf.he is brilliant.try this link if you have a few spare minutes.

www.silaskopf.com/dvd.html

[Wongo]

Wow Dennis, that looks awesome. It must be pretty hard to make. Good work mate.

[DPerry]

Paul, all i can say is wow he does great work, where can I find a piano(cheap) to practice on??

Dennis

[Wild Dingo]

First up...
Paul great job mate!! First attempts are bloody awesome! Keep at it :cool:


Von Sydows about 3 weeks (2 on the drawing for the laser & 1 to cut and put together). The madallion 1 day, Foster Farms 1 week (drawing and make it).

Dennis


Dennis.... I take it you draw the picture then have it cut out on a laser machine? like a cnc machine type thing?

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Dennis.... I take it you draw the picture then have it cut out on a laser machine? like a cnc machine type thing?

Doesn't quite sound as impressive as "it took me 6 years with a fretsaw and a helluva lot of sticky tape" does it? :D

But the end product is still impressive.

[paul collins]

dennis it may be easier to make the piano than do the marquetry lol.i really like his coffee tables.

[Wild Dingo]

Doesn't quite sound as impressive as "it took me 6 years with a fretsaw and a helluva lot of sticky tape" does it? :D

But the end product is still impressive.


Too right its impressive :cool: ...but I honestly thought he did his work all by hand takes a little something away for me... not enough to make it not be impressive just that totally my work hand made touch I guess :rolleyes: ...aahh well see thats what happens when one assumes somethin eh? ;)

Still and all... great work :cool:

[DPerry]

It still takes a ton of tape and assembly time, this project took 3 months and over 900 parts. As soon as I said laser, maybe some think you scan a photo into your computer send it to the laser and vala there ya go. The laser is just a means of cutting the wood parts to create the overall piece. Thanks again for the comments.
Realy like seeing photos of other peoples work posted here.
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[Wild Dingo]

Hey Dennis mate dont take me wrong there I like the finished product... but its sorta sounding like a large jigsaw puzzle... one that you create the picture of then the laser cuts and you fit together... definantly great work but curious about the method is all

mmm so if it took you 3 months to create that one even using a laser to cut it out... gawd!! Id be lookin at 3 flamin years!! :eek: :D

Sorry just my warped sence of humor there mate :cool:

[DPerry]

Wild Dingo none taken, aren't they all a jigsaw puzzle? Hell I think life is also :confused: :D Take care Dennis

[tashammer]

http://www.hackaday.com/2006/04/26/old-pen-plotter-converted-to-vinyl-cutter/

Given that they fit the modified penplotter with an Exacto knife blade for cutting, i wonder if it could also be used for marquetry?

[Auld Bassoon]

That's magnificent Dennis!

You must have the patience of a saint :D

[tashammer]

Hey Paul a picture is worth a thousand words looks great!!! Heres another on 24"X16" 641 parts 14 kinds of wood.
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What sort of thicknesses are we talking about here? i was also wondering about relative movement of the different timbers.

[DPerry]

The wood is 1/8", movement hasn't beed a problem. The pieces are glued to 12mm 7 ply the glue titebond II is only applied to the substrate then vacumm pressed for about 12 hours. I tried appling glue to the piece and substrate had alot of expansion not the way to go.

Dennis