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   saschafer | Oct 12, 2007 05:37am | #1

   "Is there any other wood that gives the same effect/affect?"

   Effect, in this case. Many (maybe even most?) woods show the effect to some extent. In a wood like mahogany, you can see it in alternating bands, which is what gives rise to the "ribbon stripe" figure. Hold a piece of mahogany one way, and note which bands look dark and which ones look light. Now turn it 180° and notice that the bands that were light before are now dark, and vice versa. You can also frequently see it in bookmatched panels. Hold the panel one way, and the piece on the left looks darker than the piece on the right. Tilt it a little bit, and suddenly the piece on the right looks darker than the one on the left.

   It helps if the wood is cut so that the fibers are laying at a slight angle to the surface. That way, you get the most light/dark contrast as you view the wood from different angles.

   "Is this accomplished using Inlay?"

   Yes, inlay or marquetry or something like that. The basic idea is that the pieces of wood are oriented in different directions, so you're looking at the fibers from different angles.

   -Steve

    

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   WillGeorge | Oct 12, 2007 08:03pm | #2

   Thanks for the reply. I guess I need to look at wood in a different 'light' and 'see' what I come up with..

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   philip | Oct 14, 2007 03:29am | #3

   Theeeee eeeeeffect you see is called Chatoyancy. I am not a Professor of English so dat is how I remember the difference between effect and affect.
   Chatoyancy is found in many woods. Mad bowl turners go even madder when they see it.

   Philip Marcou
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   saschafer | Oct 14, 2007 05:25am | #4

   "Mad bowl turners go even madder when they see it."

   I think that's from the methyl isobutyl ketone in the denatured alcohol. Or maybe the brake fluid.

   "Effect" is a noun. "Affect" is a verb. Except that sometimes "effect" is a verb and "affect" is a noun. Simple, see?

   -Steve

    

    

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   philip | Oct 14, 2007 05:48am | #5

   Yep. One can also effect a cure and pack personal effects, but remain unaffected.Philip Marcou

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   WillGeorge | Oct 14, 2007 08:13am | #7

   Philip Marcou.. Damn! I understood that one! Now how to I remembers it?But what about Affect!

   Edited 10/14/2007 1:14 am by WillGeorge

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   Jimurock | Oct 14, 2007 04:26pm | #8

   Ah, just forget "affect" as a noun.   The only people who ever use it are social scientists trying to persuade themselves that the science part means something.

   Jim

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   WillGeorge | Oct 14, 2007 08:10am | #6

   "Effect" is a noun. "Affect" is a verb. Except that sometimes "effect" is a verb and "affect" is a noun. Simple, see?LOL.. Same as I lernt' in schools.. Still gets confused on it!Or was that Effect upon or Affect upon or The other way around?

   Edited 10/14/2007 1:11 am by WillGeorge

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   jptenberg | Oct 14, 2007 09:20pm | #9

   Will-- The technique used is parquetry, which involves cutting veneer to shapes and joining them together in various patterns.  Think of fancy desiugns in wooden or marble flooring.  To get the effect achieved in the whiskey bar, orient the grain of adjacent pieces differently.  I have an example of a dresser toop in figured maple that uses this technique.  In this piece, all diamonds were cut in the same shape, but every other one was flipped to get a different grain rientaion, thus producing a checkered effect.

   Thomas Schrunk has studies the luminescence of wood and has done some amazing things in veneer using these principles.  He had an article in FWW in issue 192 talking about figure in wood.  This is a good place to start.  He also had an article about veneering in #189--this is also worth looking at.  His website is thomasschrunk.com

   I'm having trrouble posting the pic, so I will try again later.

   Peter

   www.jpswoodworking.com

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   WillGeorge | Oct 15, 2007 05:49pm | #10

   parquetry ... Thanks. That was the word I was looking for.