Marquetry tutorial (finished w/lots of pics!)

[Mark Rakestraw]

Very nice tutorial Dewey, thank you. I'm in the process of making some compass roses for a kayak I'm building and have been using ebony for the black pieces. Very hard stuff, it takes a lot of strokes to cut with the exacto knife. A softer wood dyed black would sure make life easier. What do you use to dye your black accent pieces? Does the color go deep enough that you don't scrape through when leveling the inlay in the field?

thanks,
Mark

[Rich Engelhardt]

Hello,
Good info.
I'm going to try my hand at this now that colder weather/longer nights is forcing me out of the shop/into the house.
Plus, I have some time on Sunday's on my hands - being a Brown's fan does have it's advantages at times with all hope of post-season play disappearing by mid October.

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[Dewey Torres]

Rich, I hear you ... I am a Dolphins fan.

The hot sand will bring up the temp in the shop a few degs.