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Darryl Keil
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Dear Jim,There is really no commercial tool meant for this that I know of and everyone probably has a different way of doing this.Here is my way. I would lay up the top and then use a forstner drill bit to take out the veneer in the diameter hole you want. I would then use a matching leather punch to get a nice round piece of holly. I think you can get them up to 2" at least.This is just my opinion, but Im not so sure that a round circle in the center will look so good. I think just the holly inlays between each pie would look quite sharp as is. I hesitate to say anything as design decisions are so subjective, but what the heck, take it or leave it. I could be quite wrong. Another thought would be to make the holly center out of sand shaded pie wedges that line up with the rest of the top, lot of fussy work, could be nice though.SincerelyDarryl Keil: I'm imagining a coffee table with a radial lay-up, perhaps 12 pieces. : I'll accent the joints between adjacent "pie slices" with a stripe of : holly inlay from the center to the periphery (thin- veneer on it's : side). I'm thinking that a round circle of holly inlay perhaps 1 : inch in diameter, at the center would look good, with the accent : stripes radiating out. How to do that center circle? 1) How to cut : a perfect 1" or 2" piece to inlay? 2)How to create the perfectly : round void into which to inlay it? Router with a template? (How to : make that template?) Don't glue the center down at the inital : pressing? Are there commercially available devices to help with this?
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