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Dispatches from the front (Pre-Release Report) - Joyce Kilmer Edition

“I think I have never seen a 'forge as lovely as a tree…” Okay, maybe that’s not how the poem goes. Been a long time since I sat in Mr Klinger’s American Lit class. My daughter is wrapping up her first year at Elon University in Elon NC. A prominent feature of the campus and integral part of the school’s culture is the oak tree. Every student is given an acorn upon entry and an oak seedling when they graduate. Lot of symbology and history surrounding the trees in town and around campus. She’s…

Proofgrade veneer compass rose inlay: from design to finished piece

This topic will be a work in progress. I did the design in Inkscape and did a test cut of cat food box chipboard. This is definitely a parametric modeling job in the long run to get exact dimensions of the darts, but Inkscape cloning did pretty well Hardest part is assembly. I ended up putting some spray adhesive on to keep the pieces from shifting from my fat and sticky fingers. A needle or some type of pick would work well to shift the pieces, I used a pen. ProofGrade Veneer comes with an adh…

Perfect Fit Inlay

There have been a bunch of great posts on Inlays using the Glowforge laser cutter. Wanted to try an instrument head stock inlay that I have attempted before, but found impossible (for me) to do by hand. Have a buddy that works at a veneer company so I have access to a lot of different veneer scraps. Unfortunately, don’t know what was used here. Looks a little like Padauk. [image] My stock veneers are extremely thin, 0.02" or about half of the Beta Glowforge veneers with masking. Frag…

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