Stringing inlay

[Anonymous]

Does anyone/has anyone incorporated stringing inlaid into their projects? How and what type of project?

 

[stevebuk]

dont know if this will count, but i put a piece of mother of pearl around a very small vase i was turning, it can be seen on this page:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/alb ... s?start=12

thanks

 

[Chris Knight]

Here's a small table I made some years ago. It has an inlay of ebonised wood on the top. It was where I learnt only to use real ebony for inlay as scraping the ebonised stuff makes it grey rather than staying black as real ebony does.

Stringing can be a lifesaver in some circumstances when you screw up a joint and want to disguise it. I confess to using it like that more than once..

 

[Imperial]

This is a small table top I've made, click the picture to see bigger, I've used string on the outside of the legs and at the base.

 

[Steve Maskery]

Hi Tony
I've used stringing in my bedroom suite, around the oval kevasingo against a maple background. It's good for defining edges and whilst care is needed, it's not intrinsically difficult.

If you have tight curves to follow, though, it's worth pre-bending it. Soak it in water for a few minutes, put it on a strip of making tape to support the fibres, and then bend it round a hot iron pipe. It works a treat, just like bending a Windsor only smaller!

 

[woodbloke]

Tony - excellent article on inlay, scratch stocks and how to do it in this month's F&C on the shelves now in WHS...worth a read - Rob

 

[gidon]

Only time I've tried it was on this picture frame:



Cheers

Gidon

 

[Paul Chapman]

excellent article on inlay, scratch stocks and how to do it in this month's F&C

Great article, Rob - just read it. C.E-E had that chisel that he ground down for cleaning out the grooves, on his bench at the D&M show - very neat. You could make a couple of those to fill the two holes in your chisel rack........

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[David C]

I have some inlay articles coming in F&C.

Used to grind the top end of a cutting gauge blade as a hag's tooth router, to level the bottom of the groove.

David Charlesworth

 

[woodbloke]

excellent article on inlay, scratch stocks and how to do it in this month's F&C

Great article, Rob - just read it. C.E-E had that chisel that he ground down for cleaning out the grooves, on his bench at the D&M show - very neat. You could make a couple of those to fill the two holes in your chisel rack........

Cheers :wink:

Paul

:idea: :idea: - Rob

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks all

I fancy doing some veneer stringing but can't really decide when to use it as I mainly see it used (over the top) in feceral style furniture which I find exceedingly ugly in mnay cases