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There’s certainly nothing new about using mirrors to check veneer matches but this week, when I needed to do some matching I had an idea that some ...

Why am I blogging this? This will be my second marquetry using veneers. This one will be much more difficult than my first recently finished practi...

Finally was able to get a little work done on my wizard marquetry. I was planning to make a large picture about the size of two A4 pieces of paper,...

First a big Thanks to Paul. Paul has been mentoring me in veneering through long distance learning; emails that is. Two great videos, among many, I...

I practiced some more today with panel #3. I chose to do similar pattern as panel #2 since I had so much trouble with veneer curling and gaping mit...

The top, I thought should be better that the rest. I decided to attempt a compass star; I think that’s what it’s called. I took my last piece of 1/...

Just a few more pictures and explanations than the project post had room for. The concept is simple and can be adapted in many ways but here is wha...

When I decided to revamp my old veneer press in my Green Valley shop I decided to try something I have been thinking about for a while now. I remem...

I wrote an article in the January issue of our “Woodworking Monthly” about dyeing veneer for marquetry and in it I used a light aluminium oven tray...

I needed some veneer softener, so I went looking on the Internet and I found this recipe at Highland Woodworking. Perfect, but my local pharmacy do...

Ages ago on Lumberjocks I did a popular blog series on making a compass rose.  I ended up making a paduak and maple serving tray and inlaying one o...

Now you've got some nice circles, lined up well but covered in blue tape.  Flip them over so the tape side is down.  This is your 'show' side that ...