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Thin Accent Material

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I'm looking for ideas associated with different materials to use as a thin accent in turnings, e.g. thin piece of maple with walnut, etc.. Obviously a thin piece of wood works very well, however I suspect a number of turners have found other solutions, i.e. thin plastic of some kind, etc. Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.
 
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How thin? I know there are a number of veneers you can buy, and probably lots of different species. You can buy 1 1/16 inch thick baltic birch plywood at toy stores that carry stuff for people who make RC airplanes.

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How thin? I know there are a number of veneers you can buy, and probably lots of different species. You can buy 1 1/16 inch thick baltic birch plywood at toy stores that carry stuff for people who make RC airplanes.

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Thanks - am thinking 1/16, 1/8, in that range. Will keep this in mind. Thanks
 
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I normally use colored wood veneers to separate contrasting embellishments on yo-yos, for example, this Swiss Pear body and ColorPly lamination:
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I also use a lot of knife handle scale materials for laminations:
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But for good looking laminations to work, you have to get the mating surfaces perfectly flat.
 
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Guitar pick material is one I have used in the past. With plastic like materials I use epoxy when making the laminations. You can find in colors with the most poplar being white sandwiched between black.
 
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Hmm, that makes me think of the plastic pick guard materials used on the electric guitars. Some of the ones on acoustic guitars has that turtle shell type pattern, and a host of others. Not sure how you would glue it up....

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Hmm, that makes me think of the plastic pick guard materials used on the electric guitars. Some of the ones on acoustic guitars has that turtle shell type pattern, and a host of others. Not sure how you would glue it up....

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Bill indicates he uses epoxy to glue it up.
 
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Hmm, that makes me think of the plastic pick guard materials used on the electric guitars. Some of the ones on acoustic guitars has that turtle shell type pattern, and a host of others. Not sure how you would glue it up....

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Well I guess I don’t understand your concern. I have glued plastic to wood many times. With the guitar material you need to rough the sides that will be glued and use epoxy glue. Below is a picture of the material I have used. Bottle stopper with the laminated material.

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