How To Do Intarsia Woodworking
Determining what wood to use is one of the most important things about doing intarsia woodworking.
How to do intarsia woodworking. Video 1 You can buy patterns online or buy an instarsia instruction book with patterns. Re-stickable glue stick or Repositionable spray adhesive. If playback doesnt begin shortly try restarting your device.
Tools Supplies needed For the Whale Intarsia. Edge gluing them will make a gap somewhere. If youre not familiar with intarsia it refers to a woodworking techniqueart form that involves inlaying different pieces of wood to create a pseudo 3-D picture.
A lot of places online offer a free monthly intarsia pattern. Yes you can have copies made. Experiment with different woods to see what you like to work with the most.
Watch this craftsman yes its ME make a butterfly Intarsia pattern from start to finish without a single finger lost. Applying the finish before gluing the parts down will help ensure the parts are sealed properly. Intarsia is cutting pieces from separate parts of wood and joining them together.
The way of this type of woodworking is reducing the bits of the wood and after that layering the pieces. A Flex-Drum or a pneumatic air inflated sander is best a belt sander or disc sander will work in a pinch. Segmentation is cutting the entire design from one piece of wood like a puzzle where the wood grain matches through all the pieces of the project.
We put three coats of polyurethane gel before gluing the project down. For your first piece I do not recommend trying to come up with your own pattern. By using a special joining method you prevent your fabric from falling apart.
