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I recently built a blanket chest and wanted to create a unique veneer inlay on the inside of the lid. My wife and I used the Google Image search on the internet to look at photos of various inlay patterns. The one we found that we really liked was a lattice pattern as shown below on a serving tray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I decided to use maple and mahogany veneers to make this pattern. I purchased these veneers online from Rockler Woodworking and Hardware. I bought 2 of the 3 sq. ft. Plain Maple Veneer packs (Item # 44504) and 1 of the 3 sq. ft. Mahogany packs (Item #44848). I also bought a 3\/16\u201d wide Black Maple Striped Inlay banding (Item # 44968) from Rockler to use around the perimeter of the inlay pattern to offset it from the cherry lid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first step was for me to figure the sizes of the pieces that would look good within the dimensions of the lid. The recessed section of the lid where I wanted to put the inlay was 35″ wide by 9-3\/4″ tall. I used the free drawing program SketchUp to try different sizes to see which one would look best. I decided to go with the rectangular maple pieces being 1\u201d wide by 3\u201d long and the square mahogany pieces being 1\u201d wide by 1\u201d long. Here is what it looked like on SketchUp:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I used an X-acto knife, ruler and straight edge to start cutting out all the pieces. I decided to cut the maple pieces with the grain parallel with the long edge and cut the mahogany pieces at 45\u00b0 to the grain. It ended up being 88 full size pieces of maple and 87 full size pieces of mahogany. Later, I would cut all the partial size pieces to fit around the perimeter. It took quite a while to cut all these pieces, but at least the NFL playoff games were on that weekend so it made time go by pretty quick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you notice on the internet photo of the lattice pattern that the light colored pieces have a shading effect on the ends to give the appearance that it is woven. This is done thru a process called Sand Shading. Sand Shading is the art of applying heat to veneer in order to achieve shadow and depth. This process slightly scorches the edges of the veneer pieces to give a shading effect. To do this, I used a frying pan and put about 1 to 1-1\/2 inches of sand into it. I heated it on medium for about 10 \u2013 15 minutes stirring it periodically. Once the sand got hot, I stood the maple pieces into the sand, short ends down. I left it in the sand for about 10 seconds to slightly burn the ends. I then flipped the piece over to shade the opposite ends. Here are some pictures of the process:<\/p>\n\n\n\n