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Veneering, Marquetry, and
Intarsia
Each woodworking technique from the categories below includes detailed
instructions, easy-to-read illustrations, color drawings, photographs,
and all the information needed to make you a better woodworker. Each
technique has been shop-tested by the editors of WOOD magazine.
Use your woodworking skills to perform an illusion. Thanks
to designer John Russell, all you need are a few pieces of
select veneer, a basic box, and these simple instructions.
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For centuries craftsmen have applied veneers and decorative
inlay banding to fine furniture and accessories to achieve
some very special effects. Yet veneering makes sense for
other reason, too. The availability of attractive veneers
let you cover projects made from less-expensive and/or
featureless solid woods. Here, we’ll take you through the
tools and process to veneer a keepsake box. |
Make your projects pop by using veneers that feature species
and grain figure not available in plywoods.
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5 top tips from Judy Gale Roberts and Jerry Booher, the team
that invented intarsia in North America.
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