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Triangular Hummingbird Table

7 Comments

a1jim commented almost 7 years ago

Very cool Roger

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Roger Gaborski commented almost 7 years ago

If anyone is interested, this is the method I followed to inlay the hummingbirds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4992bEoNYI
The hummingbird image is also available from Vectric.
Roger

Roger

Brian commented almost 7 years ago

Nice table. So you sand off the excess maple? That must be a delicate process. With my neanderthal sanding techniques I’d gouge the surrounding table top. How do you keep it nice and flat? Just being gentle or is there some other trick? I’m interested not because I plan to do cnc inlays, but rather because I have had issues sanding joints across different materials or end/edge grain, etc. Maybe I’m just a neanderthal myself.

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Roger Gaborski commented almost 7 years ago

Brian,
I remove most of the material with a random orbital sander. To avoid uneven sanding in the next step of the process I use a 1/3 sheet of sand paper and a maple block. The large maple block tends to prevent uneven sanding of the end /edge grain or woods of different hardness.
Roger

Roger

Brian commented almost 7 years ago

Thanks. I knew I was doing it the neanderthal way. ;-)

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