Very cool, nice job

 

Nice, how did you cut the inlay? I really like that grain pattern on the camphor laurel. What did you do to keep the bark protected?

 

Nice work, Darryl.

 

Dusten,

With the bark I am very careful during construction, and when varnishing I am paranoid about spraying into all the crevices as well as the general coat.

The inlays themselves were cut on a scroll saw. I put the pattern on paper, then glue the paper to the timber. After that I can cut it fairly easily on the scroll saw. The patterns came from the photos I took while the eagles were flying overhead. The photos weren't in focus, but there was enough to get a silhouette to cut the inlays. For the excavations, I put the inlay in its final position and trace around with pencil. Next I cut around the pencil line with a knife so that the timber is scored. Then I get the router out and make a rough cut round the edge about 2-3mm inside the line, and then take out the middle of the excavation.After that I come back to the edge and gently take off the remaining timber in about three passes. At the 2nd last pass, there is about 0.5mm left, and on the final pass I just gently ease the router along the edge until it starts feathering - that is the reason for scoring the outline with a knife. Fine detail and touchups I use a hand held rotary tool. Couldn't get in fine enough for the wing tip feathers with a router.

Hope this helps.
Darryl

 

Lot of nice work there. Good job.

 

That is beautiful grain in that piece Darryl. Just out of curiosity what is the F12 rating for the pine?

 

I'm not 100% sure exactly what it means, but it is something like they used a 12 MPa force on it when testing. The end result is that you can use it for house studs, so I reckoned it would be strong enough for coffee table legs.

Maybe Harry might know the details.

Darryl

 

Thanks Darryl.

 

Beautiful wood inlay. This is a first class project. The inlay and the other details look neat.