Cutting purfling after gluing

[Barry Daniels]

Instead of gluing the support to the purfling, use a jig like this. I made it a few years ago for this exact purpose. It also works on trimming bent sides. The large wood dowel is part of a closet rod pole and it is glued to the plywood base.

[Enrico Schiaffella]

Hi Barry, yes this is a great idea! Thanks

[Barry Daniels]

If necessary you can put a little nail sticking up next to the blade slot for a micro-fence.

[Enrico Schiaffella]

Yes, I think that is important. In fact today I cut two more slices using a fence and it cut very well. Thickness was very homogeneous. I am pretty satisfied with the results. I still want to try another idea tomorrow and see if it works. It is a device that theoretically should help me thickness it. I will let you know how it turns out. But I definitely want to try the waist support jig that you showed.

[Clay Schaeffer]

hi Enrico,
It looks like you found a way to get the job done.
Here is a purfling I made some years back. I wanted it to match part of the rosette. It was fairly wide and I didn't want to build it flat and then try to bend it, so I built it on the mold and then cut the strips. Where I wanted to glue in some abalone pieces I used Styrofoam as a place holder.

[Enrico Schiaffella]

You did a clean job here. The end result is very pleasing I would say. Also, the spruce is wonderful!

[Enrico Schiaffella]

Ok, last chapter. I used this jig for thicknessing. I just run it through the thickness sander. It is very fast, easy and precise. I am happy with the results. So at the end I don’t know if my procedure of bending and gluing first and Then cutting is better than the other versions. I am pretty sure that I will keep using it. I prefer it. Rather than gluing many thin strips you work with few. Cutting it is not that bad and with my system, thicknessing is really a breeze. But you have to build few jigs. But I only think it’s worth if you make rather complex purflings. Otherwise there is no reason to go all through this.