Tiger Eye wood Inlay

That looks awesome. Where do you get the exotic woods?
Wife wants a piece of wooden wall art in the shape of La to give us a little piece of home...I'd love to make it P&G like that.

I order it online in whatever thicknesses i need. I hear there's a place in New Orleans east that has it, but I've never been there. Ocooch Is one such site. But I've ordered from several places. Shipping usually isn't cheap.

All you need for this is a router, and inlay bushing, and to make a stencil on some plywood or Mdf.... assuming you want to do an inlay. If it's just a cutout then it's even easier.

Another route you could take is to draw the image you want, rout it out an eighth of an inch deep, and fill with colored epoxy. It's much easier, but you lose the wooden appearance.

These are the stencil cards i had to make before starting. Tedious work. But it paid off.

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Thank you. I wish i had a CNC. I may get one in a few years.

That said there's a certain satisfaction from making something with your hands rather than a keyboard. I enjoy doing inlays.

How long did it take you to really learn to use it to it's full capabilities? I have no experience with them at all. But my wife paid over 10K for an embroidery machine and still can't operate the thing to its capabilities. She does many things step by step manually rather than just programming it. So I'm leery for that reason. Worried about cumbersome software that unless you've used previous versions, you're lost and end up spending weeks, or more, (and wasting wood) learning how to use it.

That looks awesome

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I hear there's a place in New Orleans east that has it, but I've never been there

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What ever you pay for shipping is worth it. Going into New Orleans East is like playing Russian roulette with your life

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That’s awesome. Only thing that sucks is the purpleheart will lose its purpleness over time.

It will lose some luster. But that process can be prolonged by keeping it away from sunlight and by using a UV protective coating. And even after turning "brown", it'll keep a purpl-ish tint to it.