dedee
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Managed a couple of hours in the workshop last night and had a play with that animal glue stuff. Liberon Pearl Glue was what my father had loads of so that's what I used. I only needed a smidgeon to glue the walnut inlays to my box lid but ended up making about a cup full.
I used an old backpacking gas stove for heat, an old saucepan and a jam jar. Only took about 30 mins to heat up and the smell was not as bad as I had been led to believe.
It really was very easy to make. Here is the four fold book matched inlay glued in place
each piece is about 1" square.
They are all of unequal thickness due to my lack of skill/practice with the band saw that was used to slice them. I hope I will not have too much trouble getting them all level with the box lid. Any recommendations would be useful. I sharpened up by block plane in readiness but as the grain in all 4 inlays is going in different directions I am just a little nervous.
Hopefully I'll get another hour or two in the workshop at the weekend to finish it off, except for the finishing of course.
Andy
I used an old backpacking gas stove for heat, an old saucepan and a jam jar. Only took about 30 mins to heat up and the smell was not as bad as I had been led to believe.
It really was very easy to make. Here is the four fold book matched inlay glued in place
each piece is about 1" square.
They are all of unequal thickness due to my lack of skill/practice with the band saw that was used to slice them. I hope I will not have too much trouble getting them all level with the box lid. Any recommendations would be useful. I sharpened up by block plane in readiness but as the grain in all 4 inlays is going in different directions I am just a little nervous.
Hopefully I'll get another hour or two in the workshop at the weekend to finish it off, except for the finishing of course.
Andy