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Hello,

This job is TBD for final destination. I didn't know if my amateur techniques in mind would work, but indeed they worked out pretty well.

To take some frustration out of a veneer glue-up, I just glued the four walnut quarters in a rough orientation, not minding their gaps (up to 1/4") and non-parallelism. (This is all atop a piece of salvage plywood at least 50 years old.)

Then I used the OPR with a 1/4" straight bit to "scribe" straight shallow channels from each board-edge toward the middle. I was a bit hasty and the lines aren't all perfectly centered, but mainly I was relieved to see how perfectly clean these channels came out. Then I was able to glue in pieces of store-bought 1/4" marquetry strips -- tightly.

After this I ran the board over my (home-made) Sand-Flee gadget several times, and shot it with shellac spray to check out the approximate final appearance. Now I'm taking a break to figure out which of my wish-list jobs this board will be used in.

Happy woodworking!

Now, that's pretty neat.

nuhobby wrote:Hello,

This job is TBD for final destination. I didn't know if my amateur techniques in mind would work, but indeed they worked out pretty well.

To take some frustration out of a veneer glue-up, I just glued the four walnut quarters in a rough orientation, not minding their gaps (up to 1/4") and non-parallelism. (This is all atop a piece of salvage plywood at least 50 years old.)

Then I used the OPR with a 1/4" straight bit to "scribe" straight shallow channels from each board-edge toward the middle. I was a bit hasty and the lines aren't all perfectly centered, but mainly I was relieved to see how perfectly clean these channels came out. Then I was able to glue in pieces of store-bought 1/4" marquetry strips -- tightly.

After this I ran the board over my (home-made) Sand-Flee gadget several times, and shot it with shellac spray to check out the approximate final appearance. Now I'm taking a break to figure out which of my wish-list jobs this board will be used in.

Happy woodworking!

NICE!!!!!!

That is a good looking panel, Chris! Looks like a table top or cabinet door to me.

Hi Chris! That turned out to be a super looking matched panel! Very nice work!:D

Good use of the OPR. I just learned something. Thanks! This may be the push I needed to get me into veneer work.

nuhobby wrote:Hello,

Then I used the OPR with a.........

What's an OPR and flee?

mickyd wrote:What's an OPR and flee?

A Sand Flee

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/cata ... d-flee.htm

An Overarm Pin Router

http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/cata ... router.htm

Two nice additions to any shop.

mickyd wrote:What's an OPR and flee?

Another accurate answer is that they are signs of Shopsmith addiction...

Thanks for your kind words, gents. Looking forward to picking up this project again soon.

Well, this continued with some "design on the fly" to become a Tea Serving Tray (attached). There's a few things I'd do better if I knew what I was aiming toward from the beginning, but aren't they all (projects) like that....
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Happy Woodworking,

Quite nice. Really like the DTs.

Edited: DTs = dovetails NOT delirium tremors