Thin Accent Material

[Roger Domina]

I'm looking for ideas associated with different materials to use as a thin accent in turnings, e.g. thin piece of maple with walnut, etc.. Obviously a thin piece of wood works very well, however I suspect a number of turners have found other solutions, i.e. thin plastic of some kind, etc. Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.

 

[robo hippy]

How thin? I know there are a number of veneers you can buy, and probably lots of different species. You can buy 1 1/16 inch thick baltic birch plywood at toy stores that carry stuff for people who make RC airplanes.

robo hippy

 

[Mark Jundanian]

Are you talking about an inlay accent, or are you thinking of gluing up a block?

 

[Roger Domina]

How thin? I know there are a number of veneers you can buy, and probably lots of different species. You can buy 1 1/16 inch thick baltic birch plywood at toy stores that carry stuff for people who make RC airplanes.

robo hippy

Thanks - am thinking 1/16, 1/8, in that range. Will keep this in mind. Thanks

 

[Roger Domina]

Are you talking about an inlay accent, or are you thinking of gluing up a block?

Am looking for accents to glue up. Thanks

 

[hockenbery]

There are so many things used by turners.

Turned Wood, corian, resins, pewter, copper, silver, veneers, pvc,.....

 

[Roger Domina]

There are so many things used by turners.

Turned Wood, corian, resins, pewter, copper, silver, veneers, pvc,.....

Thanks, a couple ideas here I had not considered.

 

[Ed Davidson]

I normally use colored wood veneers to separate contrasting embellishments on yo-yos, for example, this Swiss Pear body and ColorPly lamination:

I also use a lot of knife handle scale materials for laminations:

But for good looking laminations to work, you have to get the mating surfaces perfectly flat.

 

[Roger Domina]

I normally use colored wood veneers to separate contrasting embellishments on yo-yos, for example, this Swiss Pear body and ColorPly lamination:

This is great Ed. Great ideas, appreciate it.

 

[William Rogers]

Guitar pick material is one I have used in the past. With plastic like materials I use epoxy when making the laminations. You can find in colors with the most poplar being white sandwiched between black.

 

[Roger Domina]

Guitar pick material is one I have used in the past. With plastic like materials I use epoxy when making the laminations. You can find in colors with the most poplar being white sandwiched between black.

Very good idea William. That's the input I'm looking for. Thanks

 

[robo hippy]

Hmm, that makes me think of the plastic pick guard materials used on the electric guitars. Some of the ones on acoustic guitars has that turtle shell type pattern, and a host of others. Not sure how you would glue it up....

robo hippy

 

[Roger Domina]

Hmm, that makes me think of the plastic pick guard materials used on the electric guitars. Some of the ones on acoustic guitars has that turtle shell type pattern, and a host of others. Not sure how you would glue it up....

robo hippy

Bill indicates he uses epoxy to glue it up.

 

[William Rogers]

Hmm, that makes me think of the plastic pick guard materials used on the electric guitars. Some of the ones on acoustic guitars has that turtle shell type pattern, and a host of others. Not sure how you would glue it up....

robo hippy

Well I guess I don’t understand your concern. I have glued plastic to wood many times. With the guitar material you need to rough the sides that will be glued and use epoxy glue. Below is a picture of the material I have used. Bottle stopper with the laminated material.

 

[robo hippy]

William, I only glue up wood to wood. Never did any of the other materials....

robo hippy

 

[Don Wattenhofer]

Thanks - am thinking 1/16, 1/8, in that range. Will keep this in mind. Thanks

Google micro lumber and you will find multiple sources or using your table saw or band saw you can cut your own, but it helps to have a drum sander to clean it up