Marquetry & Inlay Handbook
Zachary Taylor
Using modern equipment or traditional hand tools, this book shows various ways of achieving professional results from simple methods. Each technique is explained in detail with photographs and drawings. Features knife-cut marquetry techniques, and jigsaw inlay techniques. Inlay section includes making and setting stringing, purfled rosettes, and shaped inlays. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part One: MARQUETRY 1. INTRODUCTION TO MARQUETRY
Pictorial Marquetry
Applied Marquetry
Choosing the Subject
Aesthetics 2. COPYING THE PICTURE:
Enlarging or Reducing with a Grid
Copying with a Pantograph
Photocopying
Copying by Computer Processing
The Working Pattern 3. WOOD VENEERS:
Changing Veneer Colors
Bleaching
Darkening with Heated Sand 3. KNIVES & OTHER EQUIPMENT:
Introduction
Knives
Craft Knives
Snap-off Blades
Cutting Mat
Straightedge
Combination Square
Tweezers
Work Board
Adhesives
Sharpening Knives & Other Tools
Sharpening with Hones
Types of Knife Blades
Sharpening Knife Blades
Sharpening Blades for Channel
Cutters
Sharpening Scraper Blades
Sharpening Router Cutters
Knife Applications
Vertical Cutting from the Face
Vertical Cutting from the Back
Bevel Cutting from the Face
Bevel Cutting from the Back
Cutting Techniques
Cutting Curved Motifs 4. MARQUETRY TECHNIQUES:
A "Window" Method Project
Stack-cutting Method
Using a Scroll Saw
Mounting the Work 5. VENEER EXAMPLES 6. EXAMPLES OF MARQUETRY Part Two: INLAYING 1. INTRODUCTION TO INLAYING:
Grounds Suitable for Receiving Inlay
Types of Ground
Types of Inlay
Tools & Equipment
Tools for Excavating Recesses
Chisels and Gouges
Toothpick Chisel
Channel Cutters
Knives
Circle Cutter
Hand Routers
Scratch Stock
Scrapers
Planes
Motorized Routers
Tools for Shaping Inlays 2. INLAYING CORNER BANDING & STRING:
Principles of Excavation for Inlaid Motifs
Inlaying Corner Banding (1st Method)
Inlaying Corner Banding (2nd Method)
Inlaying Corner Banding (3rd Method)
Inlaying Corner Banding (4th Method)
Inlaying Stringing (1st Method)
Inlaying Stringing (2nd Method)
Inlaying Stringing (3rd Method)
Inlaying Stringing (4th Method) 3. INLAYING A RECTANGULAR PANEL:
Embedding the Motif
Troubleshooting 4. INLAYING MOTIFS WITH CURVED OR IRREGULAR SHAPES 5. INLAYING A CIRCULAR MOTIF 6. CREATING A MOTIF & INLAYING IT 7. INLAYING A MOTIF-&-LINE COMBINATION 8. INLAYING A ROSETTE 9. INLAYING PURFLING 10. CREATING AN INLAY FOR AN EXISTING RECESS
Fitting the Motif 10. INLAY GALLERY 11. TREATING THE FINISHED SURFACE 12. SAFETY:
Security & Fire Precautions
Lighting
Electricity
Workshop Equipment & Tools
Personal Safety Glossary
Metric Equivalency Chart
Index
224 pgs, 8x10, color photos, softcover
$19.95
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