Knifemaking Tuesdays Week 67 - Inlays Part 2 Media
Published: 11 years ago
For part 2 I attempt to make some wood inlays, and later I show how I glue them into the handles.
I used stabilized redwood burl for these inlays, purchased from www.AlphaKnifeSupply.com. It comes in large-ish blocks that have to be sliced up to make inlays. I don't have a bandsaw so I used a slitting saw on my Tormach to slice them up. Once I had slices I could glue them to my inlay fixture and get milling. This wood was super tricky because it's a burl, there's knots all over. That's part of the allure of burl woods because they look fantastic, but when the inlays are this thin they're just too delicate! Talking with other knifemakers and suppliers they were suggesting other woods like African Blackwood or Ebony, apparently they're a lot stronger.
At 14:30 I show the glue I used to glue in all my inlays, Loctite 324 and the activator 7075, they work great! Spray the activator on the inlays and squidge the 324 glue into the handle, press them together, 3-5 minutes later it's stuck for life.
I used stabilized redwood burl for these inlays, purchased from www.AlphaKnifeSupply.com. It comes in large-ish blocks that have to be sliced up to make inlays. I don't have a bandsaw so I used a slitting saw on my Tormach to slice them up. Once I had slices I could glue them to my inlay fixture and get milling. This wood was super tricky because it's a burl, there's knots all over. That's part of the allure of burl woods because they look fantastic, but when the inlays are this thin they're just too delicate! Talking with other knifemakers and suppliers they were suggesting other woods like African Blackwood or Ebony, apparently they're a lot stronger.
At 14:30 I show the glue I used to glue in all my inlays, Loctite 324 and the activator 7075, they work great! Spray the activator on the inlays and squidge the 324 glue into the handle, press them together, 3-5 minutes later it's stuck for life.