Skill: Inlaying a butterfly

[@TheDevilsBigToe]

I stumbled across this whilst looking for inlay tutorials on instructables.I must say this is a fantastic tutorial. Very clear, to the point, great tips and well put together.I'm almost ashamed to admit I had not seen your videos before, but I shall certainly be watching more!Well done and a great big thank you.

[@tjcarita]

Thank you for this great inlay demonstration a joy to watch you at work. You are a master at the art and also your speaking skill is flawless!

[@douglassourbeer5636]

Beside woodworking you have a wonderful speaking skill. No stumbling, no ums and ahs or youknows, Excellent presentation.

[@ta3355]

Excellent work and tutorial…well done Brian!

[@scottmadara9416]

Excellent video. Super detailed. I used it for a step by step approach as a learned the techniques. Thanks again for making this.

[@jamesrpm]

Good job ! Clear directions and explanations of why you did it that way. Good camera work too, not jumping all over or zooming in and out. Far better than some cough(rough cut) PBS TV shows.

[@carr869]

I love watching a true Craftsman work. Thanks again.

[@ronin4711]

More than perfect, the video quality and detail is great plus the narrative is clear, thanks.

[@tfk3160]

Excellent instructions, well filmed, nice music and the result was perfect. I'm in the process of creating a mantel out of a walnut slab that has a few checks in it and I needed to know how to do this. This video and several practice sessions should do the trick. Thank you!

[@mwlarouche3974]

Brian, that's what I call a profesional job. I love the accuracy in your work. Keep on sending tutorials like these. Thanks for this one, though. I like what you do, very much. -Martin W. Larouche, Photoshop Elements expert.

[@cody1612]

Wow amazing work Brian. I've been watching videos on how to inlay a butterfly and finally you have shown how to make a perfect one. Other guys say put some saw dust in the gaps. What a joke. Thank you sir. I will putting my new knowledge to the test and watching more of your channel now.

[@micahlong8186]

Excellent how-to! Mahalo from Hawaii. I found an old koa table with a cracked top. I now have the confidence to do this type of repair, which will only add to its beauty.

[@danhillam]

Wow! What a well done and informative video. Thank you for your quality work.

[@pj_fetscher]

Been a friend of yours for a while on the instagrams.. Sorry for not subscribing to this channel sooner. It's definitely underrated! You're certainly a motivation. Thank you for sharing everything with us.

[@Gyrroth]

That looks really clean. Great job!

[@jlanky16]

This was great! Your videos are amazing and so informative! Thank you! Your voice is also very soothing!

[@tonymathesonxvs11001]

Hi Brian, it's my first time on your channel and it's refreshing to see good, clear and concise instructions, in an easy to follow format. A BIG thanks for the post and the knowledge. I will be using this technique in the not too distant future when repairing damaged or cracked/bad checked wood in my turnings.Once again, thank you, regards and best wishes. T.

[@yardlimit8695]

A VERY NICE FIT...............the best one i've seen so far......thanks

[@tgsavel]

Great video! Thanks for taking the time to make it- really appreciated!

[@AlFurtado]

Beautifully demonstrated and craftsmanship

[@amatamat55]

Thanks for sharing your talent with us. You have great skills.

[@Learnwoodwork]

Thanks!

[@amatamat55]

Learning Woodworking Your welcome

[@davidecolombo3851]

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[@yetanotherperson6436]

I had questions as you went along but you answered them all by the end of the video. Thank you.

[@carr869]

OK, the chalk idea is brilliant. Thank you for te video.

[@Cheekclapper93]

nice work and the music really helped keep it entertaining

[@RossyBikes]

Great video. Just what I needed. Ive always stuggled with things like this. Using various things like doubled sided tape, clamps or the good old hand clamp but they always move. This worked great. The day after I watched this video I needed to inlay my logo plaque and it worked so well. I would have stuggled so much with out the glue tip. Many, many thanks.

[@cesarsilva2403]

Awesome content you have here man, please keep doing this great videos

[@tonyc1437]

Beautiful work, well described, thank you so much.

[@bigworm5024]

Very nice lay, m8. Enjoyed the video

[@markgoode4109]

Excellent lesson. I learnt a lot. Best wishes

[@djrajiisab]

Fantastic. Perfectionism. Thank you!!

[@oscarcifuentes1982]

Are you planning on doing anymore skill videos? This one was awesome!

[@Handleyman]

Excellent video. I really learned a lot. Thank you.

[@donfillenworth1721]

Nice technique! Thanks for sharing.

[@sandreoni1]

Great instructional video!

[@thewoodshop69]

Excellent technique that is about the best way I have seen it described what exactly do you make

[@davidyoung353]

Great Video sir! Nice close up video for us to see clearly, well explained, easy to understand. Thanks for sharing. Subscribing now!

[@beardguyworkshop]

Thanks for the video, this will really help me out, with inlaying butterflies for the first time.

[@emurbati]

Excellent and perfect job, thank you and good luck.

[@johngurney7087]

Thank you, great video much appriecated

[@TipsfromaShipwrightvideos]

Let's go do some woodworking

[@brucewallace9916]

wow grato, por partilhar... tnx so much.

[@eltonroberts8817]

Very nice and precise..what size and kind of router bit were you using? And the headlamp idea 💡 is awesome 👌 great video

[@Redemptify545]

Awesome video. I'm in letting a rifle stock and its seems hard to fine good videos of hand chisel in letting.

[@glennshea4109]

thank you for your time and expertize

[@tim62744]

NICE JOB MAN

[@juandefelix]

+Learning Woodworking, what's the jazz guitar music you use in your videos?? I love it. Awesome videos BTW!

[@richardbrown8923]

Awesome work thank you!

[@mwinston618]

Was the outline done from the thicker side or the thinner side of the butterfly?

[@44krob]

Very nice. Other inlay videos I have seen are using router kits with offset bushings. Inlays created with the router only inherently have filleted corners. Although the individuals demonstrating that technique seem to be happy with the results, they were obviously machine-cut and lacked attention to detail. Sure the inlays had adequate fit but it was kind of ... otherwise inadequate. I am curious how much bevel you have on the edges. Your cut was traced from the smaller face, right? Is the larger face maybe 1/32” greater in each dimension, more or less? Maybe 1/16” at the most? If the inlay is larger, should the bevel be wider? And for narrower inlays, is the bevel more slight? To answer my own questions, yes, yes, no, 17, yes, usually, no, and never except in the morning during winter. Natural materials are forgiving but sensitive. Some wood is more easily compressed, and some are more vulnerable to stress. We are not building a watch. Things have a way of working out! Thank you. Valuable lessons. I’ve given thumbs up and subscribed.

[@TitusLivy777]

Very nice! Thanks!

[@craigtate5930]

Love this technique

[@McC4rthy]

Definitely learned something, thank you!

[@IWant2KickYou]

Great video. I feel confident enough to try it out. Do you taper the inlay so the bottom is more narrow or the top?

[@ehsue3908]

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[@44krob]

Saul Braxton the bottom has to be narrowed. As a result, the piece is wedged in. Your question was 3 years ago so I presume you are well past it by now.

[@wilcoxtube]

Just ran across this video - thank you! Am going to need to do some structural inlays across some splits in slabs that I am working with. Question - have you ever played with cutting your butterflies out with a scroll saw using just a slight tilt of the table - so you don't have to hand-make the bevels? Hoping that works given I have to make quite a few.

[@joefernandes1359]

Wow, you are good. I would never be able to sneak up to that line without ruining it.

[@denisvozian4791]

What's the brand of the chisels you use?)

[@brynnemorrison9942]

just one question... is it better to scribe the butterfly before u taper it because might it be too snug if u scribe the tapered side.obviously yours was perfect but just wondering

[@davidkolovson8681]

Great stuff Brian. What router bit do you recommend for inlays? Is that a 1/8 downcut spiral bit?

[@Learnwoodwork]

I use a 1/4" onsrud downcut for almost everything big. But for small inlay work on instruments, i go all the way down to 1/8" or smaller

[@comette4u]

Learning Woodworking Hi! I'm a Neophite here: The type of router you were using was...? [I'm guessing it was a Dremel type.] Thanks Much!

[@Belg1970]

Thank you for this great tutorial, how long in real time did this take to do? Without the editing and so forth.

[@44krob]

Pat M, just guessing, less than an hour without the camera watching. Two days with the camera watching, and two days post production.

[@tonyennis1787]

So... what's the guitar?

[@stringwoodguitars1194]

that is awesome

[@ronin4711]

Brian BTW, you could use a "scrawl saw", tilt the base to a few degrees and your butterfly will have a perfect bevel on it for a perfect inlay... Just curious, 12 videos, that's it, no more?

[@cobberpete1]

Thank you, learned a few things here. I like and will use the light trick. ;0

[@susanbenitez1856]

I just got this package a few days ago, and I've had a hard time putting it down. There are lots of full-color pictures, with thorough descriptions of every step in the project. The plans are super easy to read and understand, unlike several others I looked at online. Definitely a valuable addition to my woodworking reference library. I would highly recommend it to anyone who's interested in woodworking *TopFineWoodworking .Com* ......

[@DemasShopforEverything]

Perfect :)

[@craigmonteforte1478]

Nice work Brian I do mine the same way I do call them Bow Ties ? Only beause the guy that taught me the procedure called them that ive heard then called ask types of things as well so I’m not sure what the correct Woodworking name really. Is not that it matters the only difference that i do is i prefer a Porter Cable D handled router that feels the most secure in my hands to minimize any tipping and controls my speed comfortably

[@liquidtool]

Why wouldn't you carve a bowtie from a solid piece? Why glue it up like that?

[@camiramzi1]

Hi i like your videos, one thing you need to put a thumbernail of your project.

[@taylorjohnson2864]

Are you working with sycamore?

[@mikewashere9660]

Great but very slow.. a technique used for centuries ..longer, but these days you are already using a router, why would you not use a template? ,and use of router with inside outside cutting bushing, granted it too is time consuming, and limited to 1/8" inside corners, (easy chisel work) for the cut-in, yet still a faster very accurate way, of doing even more detailed inlays.. Many are the ways of a crafter, none are fitted to every crafter, each having there own way to point Z from point A.. As basic 101 inlay work, ..great presentation! Thank you!

[@brucewallace9916]

wow grato, por partilhar... tnx so much.