Intarsia: risers

[cjswoodcrafts]

Ok, needing help with risers. how do i get wood to make risers? the patternsi got in the book i bought has them at 1/8.. is there some where to buy wood that thin, or do i just measure and cut it? and if i do cut it, whats the best way? scroll or table saw? i am thinking scroll, but gotta ask.

[Huntter2022]

For riserer you can Buy 1/8' ply at Lowes or Home Depot

Recutting on a Table saw can be done but be really carefull

Doing it on a scroll saw might be hard keeping it flat

[Brian]

Get some Luan plywood. The ony thing its good for is making risers and backer boards. I tried cutting portraits and other fine detail projects, but it doesnt have a very solid core which make it a poor choice for portrait cuttings.

[cjswoodcrafts]

hunter and brian

 

thanks for the info, will get some 1/8 plywood soon, i got all the pieces cut on the project, its a golf theme tie piece.. kind of cool, gonna make 2 of them for one of my docs and my uncle

 

Yeah i agree with luan, i tried it once making a portrait of my mom and dad, got to cutting a small area, and piece broke, but it does good for wood burning and relief carving, i made a portrait for a friend of mine daughter,,, used beeswax to finish it, came out nice

 

thanks again for the info

[amazingkevin]

Excuse me, But i don't know what a riser is.help help. do i need one?

[Brian]

A riser is to raise the wood out of an intarsia piece. It supports the wood on the back to give a 3 dimension look.

[Huntter2022]

Kevin

Risers are also referred to as shims.

Is a thin piece of wood put under one or more pieces of a Intarsia project to rise it above the surrounding piece. The riser is the same shape as the piece but slightly smaller

It gives your project more depth

[amazingkevin]

Thank you Brian, i forgot to do that on the dog in the shoe intarsia piece a while back and it would have added a nice effect if i did.It was the dogs paws that should have been raised.I could fix it now but it's a good reminder,lolIt's 13" wide x 14" tall

[wdkits1]

I don't use risers or shims in my intarsia. I just resaw the woods to the correct thickness to start with. Saves alot of time in the long run.

[Dan]

Here's a thought for wood misers like me ...I see a lot of TV cabinets and such that people put in their trash. Sometimes the back board on these are 1/8" plywood. These could be used as risers...and they are about as cheap as they can be.

 

Dan

[amazingkevin]

Anybody working on any intarsia projects lately?

[BuLLdoGG]

the work still looks good tho