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Amazing Japanese Hakone marquetry is mesmerizing

Japan's ancient art of Hakone marquetry is used to provide intricate decorations on wooden boxes and other items. Woodworkers painstakingly cut pieces of different wood species and glue them together to form geometric shapes and patterns. Using only hand tools, they slice off thin sheets from the blocks to be applied like regular veneer to other woodwork projects. This poetic video shows master craftsmen Tanegi and Taneita Zukuri in action making this beautiful marquetry.  
By William Sampson, October 28, 2016 | 1:26 pm CDT
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Video

Amazing Japanese Hakone marquetry is mesmerizing

Japan's ancient art of Hakone marquetry is used to provide intricate decorations on wooden boxes and other items. Woodworkers painstakingly cut pieces of different wood species and glue them together to form geometric shapes and patterns. Using only hand tools, they slice off thin sheets from the blocks to be applied like regular veneer to other woodwork projects. This poetic video shows master craftsmen Tanegi and Taneita Zukuri in action making this beautiful marquetry.  
By William Sampson, October 28, 2016 | 1:26 pm CDT
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Wood Machinery & Supplies

3-flute roughing tools

Vortex Tool’s Series 9000 & 9100 Three-Flute Low Helix Roughing Tools are designed for high-feed rates on CNC routers and are used when surface finish is not important. Ideal for dense materials such as hardwoods and plywood, the Series 9000 roughing tools run quieter and leave less of a “rippled” edge, the company says. American owned and operated, Vortex designs and manufactures a wide variety of standard and custom high-performance router and insert cutting tools for the woodworking and plastics industries.
By Karen M. Koenig, October 28, 2016 | 10:06 am CDT
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