Yacht Club

[nickao]

I only post my work once very few years to show new guys what I do. All mu stuff is inlay work, night and day and I wouldn't have it any other way.  It's fun for me to be able to use all kind of woods. I have done loads  of different style inlays  over the years, but this one is one of my favorites for 2016, it was a one off of course.

I made this over the summer for a Yacht club. I used all Festool routers and sanders.

Most of it was hand work and the rope took forever. I used mostly a router and a Jet disc sander for the rope. 

42" x 3/4"

'The hardwood wear layer is vacuum pressed to marine ply. The Hardwood layer is a bit over .25" thick so it can be sanded with a floor sander at least 4 times.

Woods used, Curly Red Oak, Curly Maple, Wenge, American Black Walnut, Peruvian Walnut, Sipo Mahogany, African Mahogany and Genuine Mahogany.

The Latin translated: Prepared both to contend together as equals and to respond to any challenge.

The method I used was an inlay within an inlay, within an inlay, as shown in the bottom  pic.

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[leakyroof]

Very nice, I'm almost speechless looking at all the detail. How many hours went into that??  [not worthy] [not worthy] [not worthy]

 

[Stephen B]

You should feel very proud. Congratulations on such fine work.

 

[Steve-Rice]

Absolutely beautiful!

I'm blown away...

Thanks for sharing,

Steve

 

[Wooden Skye]

WOW!!  That is incredible, very nice work!

 

[nickao]

Thanks guys, it took over 80 man hours. It was a fun, but tedious job on that rope.

 

[mike_aa]

[member=3373]Dovetail65[/member]

That is drop dead gorgeous!  Superb work.  The inlays look perfect.

Thanks for sharing a very inspiring piece.

Mike A.

 

[Cheese]

The Hardwood layer is a bit over .25" thick so it can be sanded with a floor sander at least 4 times.

Smart way to approach it...this is one of those items that needs to endure and live on. Really nice job.

 

[Kev]

Thanks guys, it took over 80 man hours. It was a fun, but tedious job on that rope.

I couldn't achieve that in 800 hours, let alone 80 [eek]

You're a true craftsman.

 

[jgowrie]

Really beautiful work!  That is true craftsmanship on display there!

 

[HMR]

Wow! Wow!! WOW!!!  That is world-class, amazingly fantastic work! 

I do a lot of inlay work using a CNC machine.  I can't comprehend how you did that project BY HAND???  I'm in awe.  Well done!!!

 

[Paul G]

80 hours? I can't wrap my head around doing that in as little as 80 hours. You've seriously refined your methods and workflow.

 

[nclemmons]

Simply amazing!  Great work and nice to see some recent work from you.  I've admired your past work!

I assume a lot of that is CNC?  Would love to see a set of workflow pics on a future project or even a video of you walking through the decision process on doing an inlay project!

Excellent!  Just excellent.

 

[Goz]

Wow, that is amazing! Thanks for sharing.

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[Billedis]

That is breathtaking.  Beautiful work and in 80 hours, would take me a lifetime.  Thank you for sharing.  Bill

 

[Michael Kellough]

This stuff is hand cut?!

 

[Dogberryjr]

80 hours in, I'd still be thinking, maybe moving on to sketching.  Very nice work.

 

[nickao]

This stuff is hand cut?!

No that is cut with a router and templates of course. I tried using  table top CNC but it was a real PIA so it ended up being a combination of table top CNC and me hand cutting and sanding everything to fit.

If you look close at places like the horses nose you can see the defects from hand cutting and sanding. for me HAND CUTTING means small power tools and/or a hand saw. If my hands move the tool, whether it's plugged in to electricity or not, right or wrong, that's hand cutting/work to me.

When I say cutting, that means routing(OF2200 and DeWalt 611) as well. I bet I had 5 attempts before I got whats in that picture to work and fit.

If I had a large CNC at the time I would have approached it entirely a different way, but I didn't, my large CNC is still not up and running. That part on the left is larger than the bed of the table top CNC I had. Look close and you can see at the top where the router kind of made the Arc or notch  flat of that piece of walnut messed up. A CNC would leave that inner cut glass smooth. It the same on the little notch on the very bottom too. I slipped with the router a bit there, had to use a little saw to finish it up. Hold downs for these parts are a night mare. I tried a little vac table I have hooked to a CT, but the work  kept slipping on me.

All the MALE  letters were cut on my table top CNC. But in the end I had to cut them a bit larger and sand nearly every one to get it them to fit tight. The woods , the temperature, well things just were not working to where the CNC was cutting the letters and I could just pop them in. If I could do the lettering 100% CNC I do and that always my first attempt. Time is money.

What non CNC people dont realize is making the cut files for CNC take a knack and loads of time, so much so that many times I can cut parts faster than I could draw up the cut files. When I make out rings for my inlays I can cut them with a band saw and disc sander them to fit as fast(faster usually) as anyone can use a CNC. That 1500 inlays of experience though. But for certain things like lettering use the CNC if you can. My fits 100 inlays were all cut with a band saw and a disc sander, I look back and think how the heck did I ever do it. Then I got to matched radius edges using a Micro jig and Festool router never looked back.

I just got a job where the guy wants that hand cut look for the lettering so I will actually use a chisel for the letter pockets and to cut the males, its fun, but I would hate to do everyone like that,,I did that the first 5 years and it gets old.

 

[HarveyWildes]

Thanks guys, it took over 80 man hours. It was a fun, but tedious job on that rope.

I couldn't achieve that in 800 hours, let alone 80 [eek]

You're a true craftsman.

Ditto - awesome!!  After 800 hours, I'd probably have to throw mine away .

 

[bump]

truly outstanding. the definition of master craftsman should have a picture of your work.
absolutely stunning and something to aspire to.
i am so pleased you shared your work on this occasion.