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Where to buy Mother of Pearl?
Does anybody know where I can buy Mother of Pearl suitable for
inlaying wooden boxes? Also, how to cut Mother of Pearl, is it brittle etc? I'm hoping to cut patterns that are quite detailed, I've seen it done (eg. www.koreanboxes.com). And finally, is it expensive material? Thanks, Bini |
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Where to buy Mother of Pearl?
Well, one source is luthier (stringed musical instrument) supply
houses like: http://www.lmii.com/ or http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Inlay,_p...ay_Blanks.html And yes it can be VERY expensive if you're going to do a larg amount of it. On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:11:42 -0700, wrote: Does anybody know where I can buy Mother of Pearl suitable for inlaying wooden boxes? Also, how to cut Mother of Pearl, is it brittle etc? I'm hoping to cut patterns that are quite detailed, I've seen it done (eg. www.koreanboxes.com). And finally, is it expensive material? Thanks, Bini |
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Where to buy Mother of Pearl?
You can get it from Grizzly, the pres is a luthier.
wrote in message oups.com... Does anybody know where I can buy Mother of Pearl suitable for inlaying wooden boxes? Also, how to cut Mother of Pearl, is it brittle etc? I'm hoping to cut patterns that are quite detailed, I've seen it done (eg. www.koreanboxes.com). And finally, is it expensive material? Thanks, Bini |
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Where to buy Mother of Pearl?
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Does anybody know where I can buy Mother of Pearl suitable for inlaying wooden boxes? Also, how to cut Mother of Pearl, is it brittle etc? I'm hoping to cut patterns that are quite detailed, I've seen it done (eg. www.koreanboxes.com). And finally, is it expensive material? Thanks, Bini I'll second Bini's request for information about working mother-of-pearl. I've some abalone shell fragments that I'd like to use for inlay, but the stuff is _hard_. scott |
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Where to buy Mother of Pearl?
Scott Lurndal wrote:
writes: Does anybody know where I can buy Mother of Pearl suitable for inlaying wooden boxes? Also, how to cut Mother of Pearl, is it brittle etc? I'm hoping to cut patterns that are quite detailed, I've seen it done (eg. www.koreanboxes.com). And finally, is it expensive material? Thanks, Bini I'll second Bini's request for information about working mother-of-pearl. I've some abalone shell fragments that I'd like to use for inlay, but the stuff is _hard_. scott Here is one source of info: http://www.inlay.com/inlay/pearl/pearl-1.html A Google search will yield numerous suppliers. |
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Does anybody know where I can buy Mother of Pearl suitable for inlaying wooden boxes? I have no experience with this material, but when I saw your question it reminded me that Grizzly sells Mother of Pearl[1]. [1]: http://www.grizzly.com/products/sear...0&su bmit.y=0 -- If you want to reply via email, change the obvious words to numbers and remove ".invalid". |
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Where to buy Mother of Pearl?
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Does anybody know where I can buy Mother of Pearl suitable for inlaying wooden boxes? Also, how to cut Mother of Pearl, is it brittle etc? I'm hoping to cut patterns that are quite detailed, I've seen it done (eg. www.koreanboxes.com). And finally, is it expensive material? Thanks, Bini Take a look on Amazon at this book: The Art of Inlay: Design and Technique for Fine Woodworking by Larry Robinson An excellent text by a guy who knows what he is doing. The covers alone are worth looking at. As for the rest, what everyone else said. |
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Where to buy Mother of Pearl?
wrote in message oups.com... Does anybody know where I can buy Mother of Pearl suitable for inlaying wooden boxes? Also, how to cut Mother of Pearl, is it brittle etc? I'm hoping to cut patterns that are quite detailed, I've seen it done (eg. www.koreanboxes.com). And finally, is it expensive material? Thanks, Bini I don't know about Mother of Pearl, but I have done lots of work with abalone shell. First of all you need to wear a good mask so as to not breath the dust from that stuff, it's likda nasty. You can saw it with a fine jewelers saw, (have never used a scroll saw, but I don't see why it wouldn't work). It is abrasive and will dull a saw blade rather quickly. You can sand it with a disc or belt sander. One thing you need to do is keep it cook when sanding, the stuff gets real hot, and will crack if it gets too hot. I just had a container of water close at hand, and would just douse it to keep it cool. The stuff polishes up really nice using jewelers rouge on a buffing wheel. |
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