that came out great. don’t see any gaps in there.
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Beautifullly done! I just picked up some cutting boards so inlaying them may be in my future 
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Looks great, and thank you for the detailed notes. Bookmarked.
I am surprised that you can just clean up/sand off the excess glue. I would assume it would soak right in to the wood and change the appearance. Obviously I know nothing about woodworking.
Does anyone know if there is wood veneer that’s made to look kind of like mother-of-pearl? Whitish with nice textures?
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you can get actual abalone veneer from this fishing rod store (forget the name) search the forum. You can laser cut it!
Matt
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Brilliant work!
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There’s definitely mother-of-pearl/abalone veneer. I’ve never seen pearlescent wood, but if I wanted to create it I’d likely start with birds eye maple and a bleach wash.
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I’ve seen the real deal veneer and do want to try it out, but thought it might be nice to have both in play, with the real stuff used more for accents.
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beautiful job. I like the turtle best but both are fantastic looking.
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Very nice work!!
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Nice use of A.I., and the results are really great.
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Stunning
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Excellent execution. So fine and fit.
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Thank you so much for taking the time to write up your process. These are amazing, and I’m in love with the turtle.
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looks very nice! good work!
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These turned out great! Thank you for sharing your process!
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Those are beautiful. Thanks for sharing your process!
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Many thanks for writing up the details of your workflow’ very useful. I especially like how the turtle came out.
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Thanks so much for a great write-up on this! I’ve not tried to do inlays before.
Would you mind sharing your etch settings for power/speed? I realize that materials may differ, but it would be great to have a starting point to test with.
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Depth is HIGHLY dependent on material so you will need to conduct your own tests, but here is a test on mahogany. 340 resolution, Power/speed. Hand written number is depth in thousandths of an inch:
Matt
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Thanks so much, Matt! Now it’s off to the laser to try my luck. Really appreciate what you’ve done here!
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