This book describes how to design and produce decorative wood inlay bandings. It provides information often hard to find in a single location. Included are subjects such as: how to purchase and protect wood, how to design and create decorative inlay bandings, how to make a combination vertical and horizontal press. It touches on dying wood and wood veneers, and more.
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This book is an outgrowth of the popular companion book Step By Step Compo and Mold Making. Subjects covered in both books are complimentary to one another and extend the creative possibilities for the dedicated individual. Applying these techniques to your own business can provide a beautiful, rewarding, and profitable living. We know, because my wife and I did just that before "retiring" to our dream home in California's "Gold Country."
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Inlay bandings have been produced by artisians and crafts people for centuries to embellish works of art, musical instruments, furniture, etc.. It is a craft/art form closely related to marquetry, a companion field.
This book describes how to design and produce bandings. It cover related subjects and provides information often hard to find in a single location. Subjects covered include how to: purchase and protect wood; design and create bandings; make a combination vertical and horizontal press; dye wood and veneer; and more.
Included are some complimentary designs to help get you started producing your own masterpieces. Use the information in this book to start your own business if you choose.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent concepts for homemade Inlays; NOT for a Novice.,
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This review is from: Step By Step Inlay Banding Production (Spiral-bound)
Mr. Loeffler initially expands on the terminology and concepts of wood and the woodworker's craft. It is very brief and introductory. The meat of the text is in Chpt 3 and 4, and sections of the remaining chapters. Chpts 3 & 4 provide the basic concepts to designing an infinite variety of inlay bandings such as multi-stage inlays, ribbon designs, one unqiue inlay he calls the "Duck" design. He covers the way the inlay core is assembled and built, the binding veneers used to bind the cores together, as well as how to manipulate the cores, binding veneers in multiple stages and sawing/cutting techniques to prouce the more elaborate and beautiful multi-stage designs. In addition, certain tidbits of valuable information is sprinkled throughout the text on issues one must be aware of when designing and constructing an inlay banding.However - and this is a big however! - Mr. Loeffler does not expand into how one would (or could) exactly go about glueing the bandings, such as the types of glues to be considered, dry times, hold and set times, etc. He does not cover exactly how one would go about cutting the inlay banding from a core panel into the appropriate thicknesses using, for instance, a band saw, the tool he recommends - there is absolutely NO helpful or insightful informaiton on setting up your bandsaw, or other tool, properly cutting the panels to even thicknesses, or what blades and guide settings for your bandsaw. Lastly, no exact process is given as to how one would go about sanding the inaly bandings to even thicknesses and/or to an acceptable surface finish. As a woodworker, one must rely on your knowledge and experince with the bandsaw, power sander, and other shop tools in order to succesfully make inlays using this book. Thus, although I highly recommend this book in order to understand how intricate inlay bandings can be designed and constructed in your own shop, I would highly recommend a good book on bandsaws (or accurately cutting veneers on bandsaws), and sanding techniques. Beautiful inlay banding designs can definitely be had using the concepts shared in Mr. Loeffler's book, but his book in no way guarantees that you will be successful at creating the finished product.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Step - by - step inlay banding production,
By Andre Jacobs (South Africa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Step By Step Inlay Banding Production (Spiral-bound)
First impression: A cheap, homemade set of thoughts. (presentation/cover could be better) color pictures of the designs would have been better.Subsequent impression(s): A well thought out and informative method book. Although the book is in black and white only, the diagrams and inlay patterns can be clearly followed and understood. It takes you from the basics of wood selection, terminology and inlay design and building through to the tools needed. This is a very basic book that every novice could use in a concise and understandable way to get started in inlay design. Absolutely no prior knowledge is needed or assumed. This is only to start, but the author make it look so simple that maybe no other book would be needed.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The best book available on the subject?,
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This review is from: Step By Step Inlay Banding Production (Spiral-bound)
This book is a thoroughly amateurish effort. The layout is bad, the typography is ridiculously bad, and the illustrations are not clear or particularly helpful. Much of the book is extraneous to the subject, a folksy writing blend of which I am not particularly fond. The author does seem sincere in trying to be helpful.Nonetheless, this book is, to my knowledge, the only dedicated overview of how to make your own banding. Moreover, it does this well. Total beginners may find the lack of information in some areas to be confusing, but my guess would be that anyone ready to make their own banding probably has enough woodworking experience to puzzle it all out. Creating Beautiful Boxes with Inlay Techniques -- by Doug Stowe is a beautiful book that covers some of the same ground, but the emphasis on Stowe's book is more on the box than the banding. Sometimes you can't buy the best book on a subject. You have to settle for buying the only book on the subject. I'm giving it an extra star just for existing.
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