Aaron Festa wrote: On a bigger topic anyone have ideas that a newbie can make using a coping saw and some files and chisels?
Intarsia is a form of woodworking which fits coped pieces to form the piece. Colors are handled with different species, but can be polished, stained and painted. The basic tools for this artform is a coping saw, some files, and chisels.
The level of detail can range from simple...
to extreme...
to
OH MY!
It's akin to putting together a jigsaw puzzle, in 3-D, and you get to make all the pieces.