Faking it

I was just noodling on the net and tripped accross this video:

ToolGirl Mag Ruffman - Transferring Photo Images to Wood - YouTube

I thought, since I'm having trouble getting some exotics... hmmm, wonder if I found some high res photos, transferred them onto some nice ply and then sealed it with urethane... perhaps I could fake a few boxes, even if its just the insides :)

Anyone done something like this?

(Its just as fake as that ridiculous flooring that Bunnings sells. Essentially a laminated photograph... yeah, its Mahogany or Teak all right!)

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Originally Posted by Evanism

Anyone done something like this?

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Sort of. I transfer cutting patterns to wood using ordinary laser print or photocopy that way. It's a lot less messy than carbon paper or spray adhesive.

Cheers,
Joe

Joe, of course! Genius!

Eh, it sort of looks, eh, like it might be a eh, usable idea.

But hell, who employed the dippy lady as a presenter!

Please tell me people don't rally what that sort of programme, please!

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Originally Posted by dr4g0nfly

Eh, it sort of looks, eh, like it might be a eh, usable idea.

But hell, who employed the dippy lady as a presenter!

Please tell me people don't rally what that sort of programme, please!

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Nails on a chalkboard!:C

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Originally Posted by joe greiner

Sort of. I transfer cutting patterns to wood using ordinary laser print or photocopy that way. It's a lot less messy than carbon paper or spray adhesive.

Cheers,
Joe

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Originally Posted by specialist

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For odd-shaped parts from thin stock, I draw in CAD and print a mirror image on laser printer. Photocopy also works well.

Attach the print face down outside the image area, and go over it with a clothes iron at highest setting (usually "linen"). The print is an acrylic emulsion, and the heat transfers it onto the wood. Remove the print, and cut out the parts with a scroll saw.

Cheers,
Joe

Your a prince among men, I would have never thought of doing that.

Robert