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Marquetry knife---anyone do this craft?

5/28/15       
Mike Member

My wife is always on me about finding a hobby and Marquetry interests me. I find that a typical exacto blade is too thick. Does anyone do this craft and can maybe get a few links of places I can buy good knives from? (Assuming they need to be thin blades

Thx!

5/28/15       #2: Marquetry knife---anyone do this cr ...
Dan cook

Surgical scalpels. You can get them cheaply on eBay. Also look up Paul Schurch as he has an excellent website for this.

5/28/15       #3: Marquetry knife---anyone do this cr ...
rich c.

Any knife will leave a tapered cut, often breaking off short grain. Almost impossible to get a tight joint line. All marquetry should be sawn. Stack two joining pieces and cut at the same time, at an angle, so you have zero gap at the glue up. No error since both are cut together. Any Silas Kopf information will be top notch. He is a fantastic artist.

5/29/15       #4: Marquetry knife---anyone do this cr ...
Max Neu

how do you cut small irregular shapes with a saw? I don't see how a saw would be of much use for marquetry.

5/29/15       #5: Marquetry knife---anyone do this cr ...
Max Neu

I must have been still sleeping when I read Rich's comment,I had hand tools stuck in my mind,thinking he was referring to a veneer saw,I now assume he is talking about a scroll saw.Guy's like Paul Schurch do a lot of packet cutting with a scroll saw,where you are cutting several pcs. at the same time.I know a lot of marquetry is now being done with lasers,which takes a lot of the craft/skill out of it,but probably speeds things up quite a bit.

5/29/15       #6: Marquetry knife---anyone do this cr ...
Mike Member

Thx for everyones advice. I tried looking on youtube to find vids on inlaying marquetry in say s table top, but was unsuccessful. Does anyone know of any?

5/29/15       #7: Marquetry knife---anyone do this cr ...
Rick W

You can use an X-acto knife with a no. 11 blade for marquetry. The trick is to bevel the back of the blade to form a tip that is diamond-shaped in cross-section. I've done this by sharpening the back side of the blade on the sharpening stone.
I started out doing knife-cut marquetry, but I prefer using a jig saw and bevel-cutting.
Good luck with your marquetry! It's a very rewarding field, and not many people do it.
Rick W

5/30/15       #8: Marquetry knife---anyone do this cr ...
David R Sochar Member

The link is for the American guy that is teaching the classic methods, and appears to be the top of the line for craft and skill. I do recall reading about his methods - classic methods - in Fine Woodworking before it went consumer.

And from what I have learned over the years, it either bevel sawing with a jeweler's saw and table, or single bevel knife.

You might also try to contact Craig Thibodeau at his website:

http://ctfinefurniture.com/

He posts his work in the Gallery section here, and it is some of the finest you will see anywhere. Marquetry with both style and humor.

American Marquetry School

5/31/15       #9: Marquetry knife---anyone do this cr ...
rich c.

Yup, I meant scroll saw. The traditional marquetry saw is called a chevalet.

5/31/15       #10: Marquetry knife---anyone do this cr ...
Joel

I'm not much into marquetry artwork but I do enjoy geometric inlays, line work, chess boards etc. I use single edge razor blades and bend them to fit my fingers. Only work with a straight edge but are cheap and work well in that application. Don't buy the ones made in China not razor sharp, US made only.


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