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   mike4244 | Nov 29, 2005 09:31pm | #1

   Just curious,what is oyster work, I haven't heard that term.

   mike

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   ned7 | Nov 29, 2005 10:42pm | #2

   Mike,
   Imagine taking a smallish log (often a branch) a couple inches in diameter and cut across it at an angle (closer to 45 degrees than 90). The cross section will have a shape similar to an oyster shell. Chosing the wood carefully will reinforce the image of a shell, especially if there is good contrast between the sap and heart wood. If you cut a bunch of these cross sections thinly, you can inlay them onto another board as a decorative accent, main design feature or use as a veneer. In the March/April 2004 FWW there was a good article with an awesome picture of this technique and how to do it.Here is one picture I found on the web, it is not great but gives you the idea.
   http://www.furniturebuying.com/pages/construction/veneer.shtml

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   mike4244 | Nov 30, 2005 10:59pm | #5

   Thanks, learned something new today.

   mike

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   ned7 | Nov 29, 2005 10:45pm | #3

   It seems that some of the FWW technique books and back issue can help you with this. I found this site http://www.xs4all.nl/~stremen/fww.html that listed what was in the index of all the FWW magazines. If you hit ctrl F in your browser and search for the word oyster, you will be able to find the back issues that cover the technique. Apparantly, several books on veneering and/or marquetry also cover the technique, I saw that when I did a Google search.

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   hogwood | Nov 30, 2005 06:34am | #4

   Thanks for your tip. I need all the help I can get.

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   MBerger | Dec 01, 2005 04:24am | #6

   FWW issue #169 has an article by Silas Kopf on resawing oysters, which covers some of the process and has a few nice photos of example work.

   Here's a link to the page where you can purchase the back issue if your interested: http://www.taunton.com/store/pages/fw_toc_169.asp