Of course you solder it outside. Soldering copper is also called hard-soldering because you need higher temperatures to do it. You can do it pretty accurate and have some sanding/polishing to do.
onpsxmember yes but on a piece like that with extremely fine lines would leave no room for error, you'd also run the risk of scorching the wood with the soldering iron, totally ruining it. I'd say it would be a better idea to ensure the wire inlays meet up perfectly before setting them.
Hopefully everybody is now done sniping. I think this is inspiring and it has motivated me to try some things.. I also think you are very brave posting this for all of us to learn from...and evidently to get poked at for your efforts. If you used mechanized processes and it was perfect...you would merely have different snipers. I am grateful that these techniques are within my grasp so I feel comfortable making the effort. Thanks!
What a beautiful finished product on a complicated thing to do by hand. Very impressive, I would love to see more content like this. Thanks for making this video! Keep it up.
What! ...No $100,000 CNC machine, no super software? ...by hand??? Bloody Nice!!! Your little exercise is like porno for craftsman...keep up the good work, mate
Uniform Black>>>>Your'e calling this incredible artist's work shoddy? You got to be kidding...On what basis of expertise do you hand down this judgement from on high...unless your'e able to personally produce a higher level of work, you should keep your mindless negative opinions to yourself.
There is a distinct lack of attention to detail here though. I can't imagine an incredible artist making beautiful inlays a hundred years ago would use crazy glue to hold it together, and leave gaps all over the place. It's teaching bad practice.
I did my first copper wire inlay to a piece of black walnut and it came out pretty good. I do understand the gaps in the copper wire inlay. when you sand the piece of wood you have to be careful or you will sand the wire to thin in places and it will break off and there you have the gaps. I used 18 gauge copper wire that I purchased at Home Depot and I flattened the wire with a Pepe Tools rolling mill.
whay kind of pen does he use to make the groove? Also you were concerned abouy the gaps. when you have a gap you can fill it all the way with copper powder and then add super glue and sand it. The powder blends in and looks like solid copper
Nice technique! I make my own metal inlay using a huge wood panel and brass&aluminum bars. It took me almost 30 days to do it. Wire inlay it s quite simple but working with metal bars it can be tricky. Anyway, the final result it's outstanding.
Very beautiful. What a level of Elegance. Idea..... make some wall sconces with this wire inlay as a circle just behind a candles flame. Several circles stacked one on top of the other or a narrow width strip running top to bottom setting behind the candle. Tea cup candles would work well because they typically burn in place. I really enjoyed this video. Very nicely done to include the music.
I can't imagine a kind of person who would have the patience to do fiddly work like this but not be driven crazy by the gaps. I do appriciate the video though, this might make a neat present for someone. I might have to give it a try sometime.
Very nice job. I enjoyed the video & admire how all was done by hand. That being said, hand crafted items may & most likely have flaws. That's what makes them completely unique to production made items.
Can be solved by using an actual metal hammer to hammer the wire in, This may also make the use of glue unnecessary, tapping the wire into the crevice repeatedly will make it expand to fill gaps, which in turn will create a mechanical bond. They definitely did not make this as nice as they could have.
this is looks like quite a fun project been looking something different to do for a while now thanks for posting this came across it by complete accident
Thank you for this instructional - This whole process is new to me, so it was good to see this method. Thank you for the knowledge bombs! I will use this method on my next project.
I had a eureka moment. I ran 12 gauge wire through my hand cranked pasta machine. I started from the largest setting, and worked my way to the smallest. It was slightly thinner than a dime once I finished. The pasta machines are around 30 to 50 dollars. Picked mine up from Goodwill for a song. Now I will be on the lookout for an electric pasta machine.
Petr Brown on his Shop Time channel here made this a while ago, with a router though. For those of us who hasn't got the patient to do it by hand chiseling. Looks beautiful done both ways =)
Instead of using a rolling mill, which is used to flatten the wire, it's possible to use a spaghetti maker. I used it with mine and it accomplished the same effect.
It always amazes me how people manage to find fault in anything ........yes a few gaps but so what great idea well done ......I imagine like anything else the next effort will be more precise, you've given me some great ideas thanks.......
looks good, just a few gaps here and there (wouldn't look bad from 5 feet). Don't normally use glue with wire inlay like this, but I feel your "knife" was too wide for your wire. With wire, you essentially slit the wood, and wedge the wire in. The tension from the grain trying to spring back holds the wire in and once you oil up the wood, that inlay is held in there tight. That being said, at least on this wood, the glue didn't seem to discolor it once oil was applied, so it did work well, fast setting CA glue?
Jonny Deth Yeah i would agree just flatting the copper is cheaper/better than fret wire (also fret wire depends on lots, and is rarely as nice looking)
There are a number of flush cutting wire cutters available which would greatly assist ni narrowing those pesky gaps. Flush cutters have no relief on one side giving you a truely flat end to a wire.
no really? LOL .. he's not using a pasta machine.. thats a rolling mil in the vid. they are quite expensive pieces of equipment.. you dont use it to make pasta.
Yikes. Those gaps man.... Needed more love. However taking human error out of the equation this was a pretty good inlaying tutorial. It covers the basics.
Thanks for sharing. Very beautiful and unique. I’m curious why you choose to make the routes with the hand tool instead of a small router tool on a precision base ? I’m asking because I’m curious about making inlays on our instruments and have been researching what tools people use for this.
This is excellent! It's helped me understand how I can use this on some of my projects, and I'm looking forward to it. Perhaps some of the detractors who have posted critical remarks could share some of their perfect works? If not, just enjoy instead of spoiling for others...
The four corners are pointed and not round, to correct that is not to cut a small piece for the top curve. Thus extending the corner wire further. I also noticed some wire gaps. How can you fill those voids?
you seemed quite slap dash with the super glue... Surely the over ru dried in some of channels before you got around to laying the wire creating even more of an uneven channel? yeah ok its not perfect but i think this is more of a demonstration of concept video rather than an all out finished piece of work... good stuff.
What wonderful advice to apply super glue after inlaying the wire; if only it had worked. Following this video, I inlayed over 80 words, along with art deco corners, into walnut with flattened copper wire. Imagine how my surprise turned into rage as about half of my inlays kept on popping out when I started sanding. And, unlike your tutorial, my joints were tight and filled. Thank you for providing the worst advice I could have received for this technique. My fun project turned into a fucking nightmare, wasting both material and my time.
This was an example of technique, not a museum piece. It was to show how a thing is done to make a video to inspire...but all I see is a legion of jerks. If you build something..be as anal retentive as you want with yours. Then pit it on here..and watch the same legion of naysayers crap on your video too. I enjoyed seeing this and it was information I've always been curios of. Thank you to the author of this video.
Chris Bridges Now I am not going to crap on the video. As long as it was not put up here as advertising for that nifty inlay copper wire flattener on sale now at local craft store. But would you take any offense if I craped on your comment? Thought I would just ask to be polite.
Chris Bridges so true, i bet half of the nay sayers coudnt even do half as good of a job..this gave me an awesome idea for my next rifle stock project..i love youtube😂😂😂
Chris Bridges I know it’s an old comment but just wanted to say well done for standing up for this maker. This is a beautiful video and there are too many keyboard craftspeople who produce nothing all to ready to criticise. Nice one man! 👍🏻
I made many bookends for family. Used Brass strip, not copper. Also never had to use any glue. Hammered in, and the brass stays for life. And never left any gaps anywhere. BTW.
Rolling machine aside, does anyone know or can recommend a type of glue to use for this sort of project? I'm not sure what is being used to hold the wire in place...
As everybody I dont like the gaps, BUT I am inspired to do something like this. Thanks you for showing . Yes always kow it better AFTHER . I like it and will adjust/adapt the proces to my skills, wishes and expectations.
