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Shop: Inlaying a compass rose into plywood *Pic*
By:Malcolm Schweizer
Date: 12/17/2003, 9:25 am

Good day all,

Here is a synopsis of inlaying the compass rose in the plywood soundboard of the harp I'm building. Sure, it's not a kayak, but no different from inlaying in a stitch-n-glue kayak, so I thought I'd share it.

First I layed out the inlay and traced around it with a drafting pencil with a chisel point. The chisel point lets you trace right up to the edge of the inlay. Then I went around that with an x-acto knife, cutting deeper than the inlay would be so that the shavings will be sure to end there.

Next I used a 1" chisel to remove the waste in the middle, and a 1/2" chisel to go around the edges. It was rather easy because the next layer of plywood was a different color. I layed the chisel flat to the work, and used my right palm as a mallet, and guided it with my left hand layed flat on the chisel.

This photo is 1/2 way through the process.

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Shop: Inlaying a compass rose into plywood *Pic*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/17/2003, 9:25 am
Re: Shop: Inlaying a compass rose into plywood
Charles Leach -- 12/17/2003, 7:33 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/18/2003, 5:14 am
Re: Shop: Inlaying a compass rose into plywood *Pic*
Charles Leach -- 12/18/2003, 9:54 am
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Charles Leach -- 12/18/2003, 8:23 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/19/2003, 9:47 am
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ChrisO -- 12/18/2003, 1:57 pm
Beautiful work, Charles
Robert N Pruden -- 12/18/2003, 10:19 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/18/2003, 10:05 am
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John Caldeira -- 12/17/2003, 10:18 am
Re: Shop: Inlaying a compass rose into plywood *Pic*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/17/2003, 9:31 am
Re: Shop: Inlaying a compass rose into plywood *Pic*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/17/2003, 9:35 am
Re: Nice Freudian slip!
pikabike -- 12/18/2003, 2:15 pm
Re: Nice Freudian slip!
Ken Sutherland -- 12/18/2003, 7:57 pm
The inlay
Robert N Pruden -- 12/18/2003, 9:55 am
Re: The inlay *Pic*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/18/2003, 10:38 am
Re: The Girls
ChrisO -- 12/18/2003, 1:54 pm
*sigh*
Robert N Pruden -- 12/18/2003, 10:48 am
Re: Shop: Inlaying into plywood
Paul Jacob -- 12/17/2003, 12:32 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/17/2003, 12:39 pm
You saw it first on the VJ ;) *LINK*
Robert N Pruden -- 12/18/2003, 10:05 am
Re: You saw it first on the VJ ;) *Pic*
Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/18/2003, 10:12 am
Re: You saw it first on the VJ ;)
Robert N Pruden -- 12/18/2003, 10:15 am
This one? *LINK*
Danny Cox -- 12/17/2003, 2:36 pm
Looks Painted
Gordon Niessen -- 12/17/2003, 7:09 pm
It is painted.
Robert N Pruden -- 12/18/2003, 10:11 am