alex_holden Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I've seen a few pictures of high-end instruments with fancy wooden end plates, where it looks like the centre portion is made from laminated wood with a pretty veneer, and there is a border around it (that looks at least as wide as the action box walls) made from solid wood with a moulded profile. The Wheatstone Aeola that conzertino recently posted for sale is a particularly gorgeous example: http://www.concertina.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=19850 Does anyone know how these boards are constructed? Is the border made from eight mitred strips glued to the outside of a centre board that was previously laminated and cut to shape? If so is there a simple edge butt joint between the border and the core, or are they overlapped to increase the strength? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david robertson Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 These ends are made from a single piece of laminate, with the edges formed on a router. The only difference is that the edges are finished in black French polish. When restoring them I usually mask the frames and use a brush to apply black stain to the edges, then apply clear French polish over the whole end with a traditional pad or 'rubber'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_holden Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 I see, thanks. That's certainly simpler than I imagined. Here's another example (unfortunately not very good pictures) where it definitely looks like it's fabricated from a separate core and border: http://www.concertina.info/images/dipper/dipper.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ghent Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 (edited) I put a separate border around the outside, takes about an hour per end. I have also seen a Wheatstone that did it the same way. I overlap both the "core" and the action box frame. Edited September 26, 2017 by Chris Ghent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_holden Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 Thanks Chris, that looks beautiful. Is it something like this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Ghent Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 I used to do it like that, exactly like that, but there are a lot of factors to get right at once. These pics probably explain my current method better than a lot of typing. The parts are all from the reject bin so they don't fit together, in the first pic one part is from an octo, the other from a hexagon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_holden Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 I see, thanks. Nice solution! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Middleton-Metcalfe Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 a rather good way I have seen this done is by glueing up a laminate of say 4 layers of thin wood veneer, the bottom 3 being dark in colour (black tulipwood veneer apparently works well) and the top layer being brighter (classically amboyna or some other decorative wood) then the router is passed round the edge to form the moulding which will reveal the dark lower woods, its rather effective I have seen at least one other concertina maker do it this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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