Dec 272012
 
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The top design calls for inlay around the edges.  I want to add some complimentary inlay to the legs in order to help tie the piece together.

I start with some inlay strips taped to the leg to try out a couple of different designs.  This is fast and easy to see designs in realtime – from various angles.

Taping inlay to the leg to see the initial design.

Taping inlay to the leg to see the initial design.

Once again I use a bending strip, around nails, to make the templates for the router.  I love my woodpeckers 12″ precision T-square for laying out measurements.

Once the templates are made, I use them to trace out the final design onto some MDF to confirm my choices.

Inlay drawn off the actual templates to confirm final design

Inlay drawn off the actual templates to confirm final design

  One Response to “Morton’s Shop: Designing Leg Inlay”

  1. […] and run my router tight to the template – pretty straightforward stuff once you have the design, templates and material […]

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