Parquetry in a Stained Glass Pattern

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1 The Plan

In the near future, I'll be building a sliding panel similar to what Ron Stewart did here.  In my case, I thought I'd try to make the panel a sort ...

2 The Start of a Long March

Initially, I didn't plan to make any blog posts for this project because I didn't know if it would work out or crash and burn (still don't). But si...

3 And the Beat Goes On

While waiting for the circle cutter to arrive, I identified the boundaries for another independent module I could assemble - the cluster underneath...

4 Going in Circles

Armed with a new circle-cutting tool, I thought it would be smooth sailing cutting out the balloons and the outline rings.  Nope.  There were two t...

5 Westward Expansion

Tonight I finished the top-left quadrant.  No hiccups, fortunately.  I had left space for the "string" for the yellow balloon, thinking I might p...

6 More of the Same

Just some more progress photos as I completed the upper right quadrant. [20240329-IMG_8956.jpg] [20240329-IMG_8957.jpg] [20240330-IMG_8958.jpg] [2...

7 Completing the Pattern

I shifted the cutting mat down to work on the bottom portion and put the whole thing on top of some salvaged plywood shelves for full length suppor...

8 Test Panel

Before tackling the remaining steps on the large panel, I made a small test panel to experiment with.  I didn't really have a plan for the layout, ...

9 Glue-up

I just had a few steps to get the panel ready for glue-up.    Finishing the border: [20240413-IMG_9024.jpg] [20240413-IMG_9031.jpg] Applying the ...

10 Hot off the Press

After 4.5 hrs in the press, this is what greeted me when I pulled-out the panel.  At first I thought the ripples were the result of too much glue, ...