What a great classroom! It not only had table, tools and instructor, but there were

instructor aides as well. The marquetry class was held during a regular meeting

of the Lakeland Chapter of the American Marquetry society. They met (where

else?) in Swede’s garage in order to introduce some NS Scrollers to the art of

marquetry.

The society members made themselves available to help individual students.

Some were demonstrating by working actually on their own projects during the 2

hour class.

Marquetry, is also sometimes called intarsia. It is the art and craft of producing

pictures and decorative designs by the skilful use of the grain, figure and colour

of thin veneers of wood and other materials.

The class members used a tool called a Deep Throat Fret Saw on home-made

marquetry sawing tables. The veneer is cut at a 10 o - 12o angle to provide a

better fit.

So what can you do in two hours? Make a cursory leaf, just to get the concept.

Jim Dalton, trainer, normally spends at least eight hours with students to teach

beginning marquetry. As usual, our Scrollers were seriously engaged in their

project.

Lakeland Chapter

Ron Bowman, President

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Tel:(651) 699-0563

* Meets the third Saturday of each month at the Rockler Store in Minneapolis, MN

Marquetry:

Scott Murphy – student

Swede – student

Wes Hanson Knowledgeable helper

Craig Lutz – student

Archie Trott – student

John Mitchell – doing Juneau Alaska Scene

John Snell – doing family pic

Jim Dalton - teacher

How to cut sharp angles: cut to point & chisel hole in waste space.

Why they use hand saws?

To make a leaf with stem & veins: cut

overlapping holes. Three big pieces instead of 3

little pieces. Easier to fit.

Table at 10-120

Uses white glue – it’s water-soluble and softens the piece to fit better & dries

clear instead of yellow.

Use fingernail slide up and down blade to determine direction of teeth.

(teeth point down) blades .02 - .04

tape 2 contrasting pieces of veneer together

draw leaf on light veneer

poke hole with tiny drill bit to start

put blade through hole

cut counter-clockwise

cut lines on both sides of stem – between stem & outline of leaf

insert dark into light & cut again on lines between stem & outline & cut out stem.

Hole is left for seeing the direction of the grain on third piece of veneer.

Tape third piece of veneer (lighter than stem) & cut outline of the leaf???

uses sign makers application tape & blue painters tape