Has anyone dyed stringing for inlay?

[Kent A Bathurst]

The thickness of the veneer is matched to the thickness of your cutter so that the veneer goes into the groove on edge. You can plow out the groove as deep as you like, cut the veneer slightly wide, then sand flush after it is glued in.

OK - thanks - goes in on edge - I was envisioning flat. Got it.

But then - what is most veneer? .030? .040? Narrow groove. Assume you can/may double up?

[Mike Henderson]

OK - thanks - goes in on edge - I was envisioning flat. Got it.

But then - what is most veneer? .030? .040? Narrow groove. Assume you can/may double up?

Regular commercial veneer is 1/42".

When I double or triple up, I make a form in the shape of the curve and glue the veneer together in that shape. Then sand it on both edges to make sure there will be no gaps at the bottom when I put it in. It would be embarrassing to sand the stringing down and get a gap.

For example, on the top of the corner cabinet that I made recently, that's how I made the curves at the end of the walnut veneer. But I put those in before I laid the veneer - it was part of the veneer panel. An alternate way to do it is to lay the veneer, then come back with a Dremel on a circle cutter and route out the curve for the stringing.

Mike

[David Ragan]

Hi Frederick
your stringing is bound to improve
did you see where Latta gets his Holly from Groff & Groff; I'm no expert but Holly works wonderfully cause of tight even grain-like butter
be sure to tell them if you want pale white etc or u might get off tones
they likely have other wood that lends itself to stringing
In particular, I will probably undertake some ebony stringing in some kinda exotic in the next few days
Ebony cause of previously mentioned dye permeation issues-I need black
And you gotta be aware of whatever color your stringing is doesn't get pushed into surrounding main wood when scraping it @ finish-after glue sets, etcetera

[Frederick Skelly]

Do let us know how the vinegar turns out. I think you soak the strips in vinegar for a few days,then while they are wet,put them into the dye.

if you Google "dye penetration into veneer",you will find that some dyes are coarser than others,and don't penetrate as well. Also depends upon the wood too. Soft maple takes dye better than hard maple for instance.

Thanks George! I'll keep you posted. I'll also google as you suggested!
Fred

[Frederick Skelly]

Hi Frederick
your stringing is bound to improve
did you see where Latta gets his Holly from Groff & Groff; I'm no expert but Holly works wonderfully cause of tight even grain-like butter
be sure to tell them if you want pale white etc or u might get off tones
they likely have other wood that lends itself to stringing
In particular, I will probably undertake some ebony stringing in some kinda exotic in the next few days
Ebony cause of previously mentioned dye permeation issues-I need black
And you gotta be aware of whatever color your stringing is doesn't get pushed into surrounding main wood when scraping it @ finish-after glue sets, etcetera

Thanks David. Yes, I improved noticeably yesterday when I reviewed the video to see how Latta was holding/operating his stringing tools - I was holding them all wrong and correcting that really increased my control of the work!

Drat! I missed the reference to groff & groff. Thanks for pointing it out!
Fred

[Kent A Bathurst]

Regular commercial veneer is 1/42".

When I double or triple up, I make a form in the shape of the curve and glue the veneer together in that shape. Then sand it on both edges to make sure there will be no gaps at the bottom when I put it in. It would be embarrassing to sand the stringing down and get a gap.

For example, on the top of the corner cabinet that I made recently, that's how I made the curves at the end of the walnut veneer. But I put those in before I laid the veneer - it was part of the veneer panel. An alternate way to do it is to lay the veneer, then come back with a Dremel on a circle cutter and route out the curve for the stringing.

Mike

10.4. Mike - I've got that burned into the relevant synapses now - makes sense the way you described it............

thanks