Woodworking Blog — Roarockit

The Marquetry Shack

This is Marquetry!! Hard to believe eh? Ian says, "I create bespoke marquetry pictures. Every picture is unique, taking advantage of the wonderful tones and contrasts you can only get with natural wood veneers."

Marquetry Demo

Inlaying contrasting and beautiful veneers can be used to express your designs in wood!

Guitar Refurbish, step-by-step

Changing up an old favourite!

Laminating a Chair Back

This tutorial shows how to build a foam mold in order to laminate a chair back using the Thin Air Press.

End Table Top Build

This is a simple tutorial on laminating fancy veneers to a substrate material

Drum Shell Build

This is about vacuum veneering exotic veneer around a drum in the Thin Air Press.

Checker Board Build

A simple veneering project with dramatic results! A laminated veneer checker board.

External Mold Build

This tutorial is about using an external mold with the Thin Air Press. Sometimes building a simple wooden form that veneers and the TAP bag can be externally wrapped around, is a better solution than using an internal mold

Large Vacuum Bag Project

Time-lapse of a huge vacuum pressing project

Vacuum Pressing A Large Curved Table Top

A student and I press a large table form using a vacuum bag and external mold. The outer layers are walnut veneer, the inner sheets are made from wobble board.