CrzyGuitarist Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 Hey, I have started a custom project with my friend and have come to the point of the neck, we wanted to do a custom inlay job into a Ebony Fender 25 1/2 Scale fretboard from Stew Mac, is there any special tools we absolutely need, or could we just use a saw or exacto-knife? And what glue is best to keep the inlays in? One last thing, how would we go about cutting the inlays into a cross like shape? Thx alot guys, Dave P.S.- We've used all your tutorials and stuff so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Welcome to the forum CrzyGuitarist You may want to try a jewelers saw for cutting out the shapes if you want to do it by hand, when it comes to the cavities in the fret board for the inlays a dremel with a router base are also a great thing to have handy because chisling them out is very hard and time consuming by hand not to mention frustrating. When it comes to glue I use a two part epoxy but others may have a better suggestion since I don't do that many inlays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank falbo Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 For Ebony if you can work quickly I would use Stew-Mac's black superglue. Then you don't have to mix the epoxy with ebony dust if you have to fill gaps. For a first inlay project, I would plan on having gaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrzyGuitarist Posted August 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 Thanx guys, hopefully we'll be finised soon and I'll post some pics, I've thrown over $600 into this project and hopefully we're gunna get good at it and start a customs shop over the internet. -Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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