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Inlay off-cut


James E. Welch

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The cutting loooks great.  However, I'm confused (easy to do these days).  Is the inlay the same thickness as the rectangular board?  I don't understand why the need to use so many clamps.   

If they are the same thckness, a good method of clamping to maintain a level surface would be to place the assembly between two pieces of nice flat 3/4" thk boards (ply or otherwise) and clamp with maybe only 4 to 6 clamps depending on the overall size to get nice uniform pressure.  I use a piece of waxed paper between the finish surface of the panel and the clamping boards to make sure no glue gets gets between the clamping boards and the panel.  I made a gule-up press just for this kind of clamping that will accomodate a panel up to 14 x 24.  Here is a couple of pics JFYI.

20230614_153047.thumb.jpg.a8f08e7ee85d4a14e1b6c859e8d47ea7.jpg   20230614_153109.thumb.jpg.de6bebc91bfa8b7b83660ba1978350f7.jpg

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1 hour ago, FrankEV said:

The cutting loooks great.  However, I'm confused (easy to do these days).  Is the inlay the same thickness as the rectangular board?  I don't understand why the need to use so many clamps.   

If they are the same thckness, a good method of clamping to maintain a level surface would be to place the assembly between two pieces of nice flat 3/4" thk boards (ply or otherwise) and clamp with maybe only 4 to 6 clamps depending on the overall size to get nice uniform pressure.  I use a piece of waxed paper between the finish surface of the panel and the clamping boards to make sure no glue gets gets between the clamping boards and the panel.  I made a gule-up press just for this kind of clamping that will accomodate a panel up to 14 x 24.  Here is a couple of pics JFYI.

20230614_153047.thumb.jpg.a8f08e7ee85d4a14e1b6c859e8d47ea7.jpg   20230614_153109.thumb.jpg.de6bebc91bfa8b7b83660ba1978350f7.jpg

That is a good way to do it. Thanks for the tip, I may make something like that. 

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