The Woodshop Shed

Time to try a few inlays

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


The first picture is canarywood over purpleheart with a crushed yellow marble. After cutting the grove for the inlay I painted it black because the CA is clear and it needed to be dark for contrast. I don't know if I'll use a marble again, I had glass shards in my fingers for days.The second picture is something I tried by using 2 pieces of 14-2 copper wire. I put one end of the 2 wires in a vise. I put the other end in my drill and spun the copper until it was wound tight. I hammered it flat and wrapped it around the ring. I had to use a dremel to remove parts of the links to make it look like it is a solid ring of copper. After I glued it in place I put it back on the lathe and sanded the copper down to be flush with the wood. I'm pretty sure I won't be making another one like this. It's not worth the time it takes to get this right.The next photo is cherry and walnut with some random stone I picked up outside and crushed to use as an inlay. I mixed the stone with some glow powder. The powder is supposed to glow for 4-8 hours.The last photo is the same ring with the lights off.

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