Producing Thin Wood Inlay Strips and Purfling Strips on the Band Saw (120)

In this video I will describing the production of multi-layer wood inlays for furniture building and also ultra-small multi-layer wood inlays commonly known as purfling for guitars and other musical instruments. I will be describing the complete construction of these multi-layer wood inlays on the band saw using the Accu-Slice system.
I was able to produce precision multi-layer inlay strips as thin as 0.045” and with thicknesses as small as 0.050” on the band saw with no splitting of the layers and no chipping on the edges.
The process begins with the accurate slicing of the thin wood strips at thicknesses from 10 to 20 thousandths of an inch thick on the band saw. These thin wood strips are then glued together to produce a 2” wide laminate wood strip with thickness of 0.045” and 0.075”. The thin wood laminate strip was then sliced once again on the band saw to produce the final wood inlays and purfling strips.
I was able to produce finished wood inlay strips and purfling strips that were precise in dimensions and exhibited no splitting out of the thin wood layers. I was able to slice Purfling strips with 5 layers of 0.015” wood layers for a total 0.075”of an inch wide by 0.100” inch thick. I was also able to slice Purfling strips with 3 layers of 0.015” wood layers for a total of 0.045”by 0.100” thick. I also sliced a few thinner purfling strips that were only 50 thousands of an inch wide. So the smallest inlay or purfling strips that I was able to slice measured 0.050” thick x 0.050” wide x 36” long.
In summary I was able to slice these perfectly straight ultra-small purfling strips on the band saw with no splitting of the layers or chipping of the bottom layer when sliced on the band saw.
Details on the Accu-Slice system are on our web site at:
www.accu-slice.com/
For additional information of the Accu-Sled II visit our web site at:
www.accu-slice.com/store/p108/...
We have also published a number of other videos on guitar parts construction:
Producing Bindings for Guitars & Thin Boards on the Band Saw
• Producing Bindings for...
Slicing Book Matched Guitar Sides and Backs on the Band Saw - Part 1 - Intro - Luthier Tip
• Slicing Book Matched G...
Slicing Book Matched Guitar Sides and Backs - Part 2 - Production of Guitar Sides- Luthier Tip
• Slicing Book Matched G...
Slicing Book Matched Guitar Sides and Backs - Part 3 - Production of Guitar Backs- Luthier Tip
• Slicing Book Matched G...

[@markgrimm3564]

wow thanks so much for your time i'm getting my order ready for the purchase of accu-slice i used your link to them i hope they give ya a few crumbs for demonstrating there slid jig

[@AndresAmengual]

Amazing work. Congratulations.

[@floridabeardedwoodworker]

OK in the next video make those into segments for turning.... lol That system is amazing!!!! I hope to add it to my workshop some day!!! Thanks for the informative videos.

[@markgrimm3564]

can ya tell us where ya got the aluminium that the aluminium angle sits on for the glue up jig

[@Accu-Slice]

Mark: We et our aluminum from several sources including McMaster Carr, On Line Metals and Metals Depot. If you want a single piece then McMaster Carr is probably your best option. We use the other supplies when we purchase in larger quantities.