HowardH
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I am building another decorative tray to give to some close friends of ours. The body is walnut. Rockler has a new jig that is a dowel spline jig that allows you to drill perfect 45 deg holes in the corners to insert dowels to add strength and accents. I think they came out pretty good. My question is on the inside bottom corners and bisecting from side to side I'm gonig to place some accent strips about 1/2" wide and about 1/8th thick. Should I use the same walnut or what about using maple as a contrasting wood to match the dowels in the corner? I also have attached a picture of my prototype where I used walnut throughout. I also have some purpleheart but I don't think that would work.
