I have a good friend who does woodworking. He supplies custom tables and other custom wood products to the local restaurants. We were talking and I told him I could do inlay with the laser. He was making a cutting board for a customer and asked if I could do the inlay. The inlay is about 3/16" birch and the base is maple. The finished product was sanded and oiled. The restaurant's name if SHIFT.
Cool, never did laser inlay but I have done CNC. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteSo you inlayed birch into a square block of walnut, then he put that in the maple cutting board? Pretty cool, like Steve said, I hadn't considered using the laser to hollow out for inlays.
ReplyDeleteGreat end job. Looks very nice.
ReplyDeleteNice work. Reminds me that I have a box of veneer sheets stashed somewhere that I've been meaning to try some inlays with.
ReplyDeleteSeamless integration and doesn't look like a laser was used. Very nice
ReplyDeleteI bought some veneer to try that with. I didnt realize what I was buying, and I got the kind with the hot melt glue on the back. I can only imagine it might be a mess. Been too busy to mess with it.
ReplyDeleteDid uou find you needed to scale the inlay to the base? Or was it just a simple matter of cutting both parts and gluing?
Has anyone tried this with thin veneer?
BeenThere DoneThat With thicker pieces, I did not compensate for size due to the kerf (angle of the cut) In this case, sandpaper is your friend.
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