Two More Inlays

[young ned]

Two more inlays (only because they are easy) a generic Hare and hopefully a likeness of our dog Holly, I didn't get the pointy ears quite right unfortunately, but the grandchildren recognised her straight away, so it must be somewhere close

Woods and pattern same as last time, Steve Good pattern, 1 1/4" mahogany for box 1/4 mahogany top and base, 1/4 Oak for inlay, I would like to use a whiter wood for the inlay, if you have any suggestions for it, that are easily available in the UK it would be greatly appreciated, I'm not very up on woods I use what I can scavenge or have given me as a rule for my scrolling, yes I am a very poor tight git lol  

PS. the pic of Holly is from 2014

[Joe W.]

You nailed it!  
Another type of woodwork for me to explore.

[daveww1]

great job

[FrankEV]

Maple is a great contrasting compliment to any dark wood, especially Walnut.  

Yes it can be exspensive but if you are only going to use it to make inlays you can get a lot out of one board. https://ocoochhardwoods.com/ is a good source.

BTW, nice work.

[young ned]

1 hour ago, FrankEV said:

Maple is a great contrasting compliment to any dark wood, especially Walnut.  

Yes it can be exspensive but if you are only going to use it to make inlays you can get a lot out of one board. https://ocoochhardwoods.com/ is a good source.

BTW, nice work.

Thank you for taking the time to comment Frank, I think the shipping cost to the UK from Ocooch Hardwoods would be a bit over my virtually non existent budget, I will look for a UK supplier though, thanks again

[Rockytime]

You did an excellent job. You should be proud!

[Jim Finn]

WHEN  I do inlay, for the light wood, I use Hard maple (Preferred) soft maple or Basswood. ((linden?) Holly is the whitest I am told.  Aspin would also work well.  Poplar not so much.  I inlay into Eastern red cedar, and oak does not contrast well with it , in my opinion.

 

[rjweb]

Beautiful job, excellent cutting on the in lay, RJ

[wombatie]

I love them both.  You did a great job on them.

Marg

[Charlie E]

Very nice work!

[young ned]

Thank you all for your comments and suggestions for the inlay wood, it's much appreciated 

[amazingkevin]

Real hand crafted skills!!!

[don watson]

I am bringing this back to life as I have an interest in doing some inlay work.

@young ned, did you find any suppliers in the UK for wood. ?? I have been looking at Hobbies.co.uk as it seems to be the only spot I can find and it supplies mostly 1/4" thick (6mm) materials.

Is there anyone else can help ?

Don W

[Ron Johnson]

Beautiful work Ian. 

[dgman]

FYI, young Ned hasn’t been on since February, 2022

[heppnerguy]

I need to also get back to doing some inlay projects. It seems so many new things I want to try that I can't find time, it seems to do any of them.

 Nice projects. thanks for posting them

Dick

heppnerguy