Thread: Scrolling Inlays

Hi Bill,

The angle that Pat Spielman indicated would vary depending on the thickness of the wood you are cutting. Irregardless, he was talking about doing inlays with the scrollsaw. I usually just practice with some scrap of my wood until I get the angle just right.

If you are wanting to cut guides, then you may want to ask your question of someone like Rick Hutcheson, or someone else who has done some work with a CNC machine. All I know is that you have to take into account the width of the router bit your are using so that your inlay and your background piece will all fit together correctly. I'm not sure if an angle comes into it.

I hope this helps a little bit, although I know it probably does not answer your question.

Hi Pat, and thanks for the feedback.
Sorry for the confusion.. the angle is only for the inlays... not the templates and such.
At the moment I am working on 'one off's', but am in the process of building a 'mini CNC' unit using an old plotter style base as a guideline, but the prob at the moment is I can only get the unit to plot a short distance, then it packs a sad he he.
There';s heaps of info on this here...
http://on1djj.rug.ac.be/HP7475-engra...ngGallery.html so it's nothing new, but certainly gets the old brain working.
the inlays are something I started years ago, but never got too deeply involved with, but hope to now I have more time.

What sort of projects do you do Pat..?

Hi Bill,

I am drawn to very intricate fretwork projects. In fact, if Theo Kampes ever draws up a pattern for his cathedral I will be at the front of the line for wanting to buy it. If I can do it right, I will include a picture of the last project that I finished.

The pattern was an antique from a French company that I got from a man in Portugal.

I've taken classes in Marquetry and Intarsia and I really like doing both of them, I just need lots more practice.

Hopefully the picture will work this time.

Geez.... That is one amazing piece of work Fretmore, and must have taken countless hours to do.
Thanks for sharing with us.
I'm still at the "very" early stages and spent most of the day looking at other peoples work on various sites.
Funny... but when you start scrolling you look twice (or three times) at all those bits of wood you threw in the corner