Stack cut intarsia

[wdkits1]

Hi everyone

I was asked by our scroll saw group to put together a small intarsia project for the members who want to try intarsia. To make it easier I decided to put together a kit for each member and to demonstrate a simple way to make the project. By using stack cutting it almost guarantees a perfect fit every time. This is also a good way to use up some of the smaller scrap pieces that we all have in the shop.

Here is a pic of the blanks that I used for this little project which is an apple frig magnet; 1/8" Lebanon cedar for the backer,1/4" Walnut for the stem, 1/4"bloodwood for the apple and 3/16" poplar for the leaves. I used double-sided tape to hold the blanks together and a glue stick to attach the pattern to the blank.

 

 

The blank is arranged so that as the pieces are cut, they are removed from the stack and set aside.

Backer on the bottom--walnut for the stem is next, then the bloodwood for the apple and because I will do some carving for the leaves the pattern is attached to the poplar on the top. The grain direction for the walnut and the bloodwood runs up and down and the poplar for the leaves runs side to side. All of the pieces are 2 1/2" square

 

 

I used a # 5RT blade to make all of the cuts starting with the perimeter which after the cut is complete the backer is separated from the stack. Then the walnut stem is cut and the remaining walnut is separated from the stack . The poplar leaves are cut and while the pattern is still attached I use the dremal tool with a 5/64" high speed cutter to make the accent lines on the leaves. At this point I used a black marker to darken the edges of the backer and did all of my shaping for the pieces of the apple.

 

 

I used Ca glue to attach the pieces to the backer and spray on satin poly for the finish.

 

 

Here is the stack of little intarsia kits for the scroll saw group.

 

 

Fun little project

[Brian]

How do I get a kit?

[Oges]

Looks like a good way of trying it for the first time, I might have to try that one day.

[Huntter2022]

Great ideal Mike sure the club will have fun doing them

[Dan]

Mike, you make it sound so simple. I'll have to go thru some scraps and give it a shot. Thanks for sharing the info.

 

Dan

[spirithorse]

Very nice project. You thought this through quite nicely!

Thanks for sharing and God Bless! Spirithorse

[BuLLdoGG]

I will need to give this a try thx for the info

[amazingkevin]

They sure will enjoy doing these as a group!