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Honey Locust Platter
Bottom of a blackwood box ornamented with the GP-3 rosette
African blackwood box with 6-pointed scalloped star turned on MDF rose engine
Sapele platter
Honey Locust Platter
Rectangular Bowl 2
Rectangular Bowl
Buckeye vase
Peter Jacobson

Honey Locust Platter

12.5" x 2.5"
Abalone inlay
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Mark Hepburn
Strikingly beautiful
 
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Wow! Striking grain and colour, and the rim is a great contrast - well done. How did you do the abalone inlay?
Barry W. Larson
Calgary, Alberta, Canada eh!
 
Peter Jacobson
Barry Larson said:
Wow! Striking grain and colour, and the rim is a great contrast - well done. How did you do the abalone inlay?
Barry W. Larson
Calgary, Alberta, Canada eh!
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The abalone comes in little chips. I made a groove in the rim, filled it with the chips and then put in CA glue. Sand it down and fill in some of the gaps... and more sanding.
 
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Peter Jacobson said:
The abalone comes in little chips. I made a groove in the rim, filled it with the chips and then put in CA glue. Sand it down and fill in some of the gaps... and more sanding.
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Thanks Peter. That makes more sense than a solid inlay in curved sections. How fine did you go with the sandpaper so the scratches didn't show in the abalone/CA glue?
Cheers,
Barry
 
Peter Jacobson
Barry Larson said:
Thanks Peter. That makes more sense than a solid inlay in curved sections. How fine did you go with the sandpaper so the scratches didn't show in the abalone/CA glue?
Cheers,
Barry
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Barry,
I sanded conventionally up to 400 or 600, followed by abrasive paste (equivalent to 2000 grit). The abalone is much harder than the wood, so you have to be careful not to oversand the wood as you take down the shell high points.
 
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Peter Jacobson said:
Barry,
I sanded conventionally up to 400 or 600, followed by abrasive paste (equivalent to 2000 grit). The abalone is much harder than the wood, so you have to be careful not to oversand the wood as you take down the shell high points.
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Thanks Peter. This is helpful. Sounds like a harder sanding block might help a bit with the hardness difference. I really would like to try some of these inlay techniques as they make terrific accents on the right piece - of course first I need to create the right piece....
Cheers,
Barry
 

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