Anyone have some good tips on inlay using a router and template to cut both the positive and negative? \ Joe
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Inlay Template Routing??
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Go here:
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and all your questions will be answered.
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That is a helpful link, but I am not at all clear on some of the photos shown: For example, the Dutchman example has such sharp inside corners that it seems unlikely that either the cutout hole or the inlay piece was made with the techniques that are described. Any comments on that? TIA. -- Igor
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The missing info is that the inside corners of the base material needs to be chiseled out. The outside corners of the inlay material itself will have sharp corners.
Rick
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On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 16:56:58 -0400, joe bleau calmly ranted:
Hand-carving the details with chisels/gouges, just like you do with a mortising machine.
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I think it's possible, because they don't give an indication of the overall size. If that's a big dutchman, then those corners might be bigger than you expect.
OTOH, I don't think this technique is _practical_ for a sharp-cornered shape like a neat dutchman. You could do it, but it would look ugly.