What wood is used for inlay?
Wood inlays for furniture are usually made with solid wood. What types of wood? Some Amish furniture pieces include wood inlays made with brown maple, walnut, cherry, ebony or pau amarilla wood. There are also some pieces where aluminum is added for a lovely effect.
What can I use for inlay?
The three most common types of resin are polyurethane, polyester, and epoxy. All three require careful mixing or they will set too quickly, only partially, or not at all. They each have great benefits, but I’ve found that epoxy is best suited as inlay material in wood.
What is the difference between inlay and marquetry?
Marquetry is a decorative technique where wood veneers are sawn into a pattern and then assembled like a jigsaw. Inlay is similar but instead of assembling a large panel of veneer, the decoration is inset into a recess cut into a larger panel of wood.
What is inlay material?
Inlay on guitars or similar fretted instruments are decorative materials set into the wooden surface of the instrument using standard inlay techniques.
How thick should inlay material be?
Most of the inlay blanks from Stuart MacDonald are about 0.050, a little thicker. But 0.040 should be easily workable, just be a little more careful with depth of the cavity for the inlay.
Can you stencil wood with stain?
If you are adding a stencil to a painted sign or painted furniture piece, be sure to sand before the first coat of paint. (This will also work for new raw wood but not stained wood).
What is intarsia woodworking?
Intarsia woodworking is the art of creating a mosaic-like picture from pieces of wood. Different species of wood are selected for their color and cut to size using a scroll saw. The woodworker can create an illusion of depth by carefully selecting the grain pattern and direction of each individual piece.
