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Thread: Gold infil in timber
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11th October 2018, 09:03 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Gold infil in timber
If one was to get a gold infil pattern on part of their floor, how would this be done? Anyone have experience with this in commercial setting?
I assume it would be gold leaf but it wouldnt wear very well. Also CNC route a groove in the necessary timber pieces then gold leaf with a protective clear layer over the top?
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11th October 2018, 09:16 PM #2Senior Member
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most of the time brass is used for decorative inlays into timber floors. can you post a pic of what you are thinking of doing and then we might be better able to assist you.
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11th October 2018, 11:39 PM #3China
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Gold leaf on a floor that was going to walked on would need very heavy coating, something like Rustins Plastic coating and several coats. gold leaf is less than 1 micron in thickness, not a Inlay but a overlay, also it is gold and has a gold price.Depending on exactly what your are trying to achieve brass may be a better alternative some more information may be helpful
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12th October 2018, 01:09 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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brass sounds good. Can CNC cut through brass? design a shape to cut the shape out in brass and then the negative shape in timber
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12th October 2018, 03:42 PM #5Senior Member
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with the right tools brass can be machined/cut. I would do your drawing in a cad program and then send that with your enquiry to a cnc place to get a quote on it. The other option would be to get it laser cut.
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12th October 2018, 04:25 PM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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The 'traditional' method would be routing your pattern in the wood then hammering brass wire into the groove. Brass can be cut by a CNC water jet if you're modernistically inclined.
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12th October 2018, 07:35 PM #8GOLD MEMBER
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If I do this probably best to get a professional to do the CNC. How accurate is CNC? Say I bought 1.2mm brass sheet and ask for the timber to be cut 1.1mm and then sand the remaining 0.1mm - sounds like a good plan?
I would also imagine needing to factor in tearout of the timber too?
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13th October 2018, 08:57 PM #9Taking a break
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Very accurate. Your average desktop CNC should be good for +/- 0.01mm, industrial machines are even better.
To prevent tearout, you will need to have it run with a downcut spiral. If they don't have one they may charge you for the bit, or they may be happy for you to provide a bit and return it to you.
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13th October 2018, 11:04 PM #10China
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The traditional way to inset the brass would be to dovetail the groove and planish the brass to fit however these day you would get away with araldite or similar
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14th October 2018, 09:17 AM #11GOLD MEMBER
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Can anyone give a recommendation to a place which can do the CNC work in SE Melb?
Also a technique to polish the brass? I would imagine sanding will leave marks and using brasso will absorb into the timber
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22nd October 2018, 06:31 PM #12
Michael Fortune makes a series of chairs into which he inlays silver. To level the silver he uses a card scraper as any form of sanding ruins the timber. Look / search on FineWoodworking for details.
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