gunslinger Posted January 4, 2006 Report Share Posted January 4, 2006 Just curious how many people sick with wood for your inlays? different colors, dyes, etc.....? Tips? I just ordered some Ebony, purpleheart, maple, and rosewood. I got some good ideas for this. Cant wait to get it in and give this a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPL Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Here's Woody, sorry, it's not a great pic. I didn't use any dye just veneer marquetry inlayed into the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ledzendrix1128 Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 For the bass im building i plan on inlaying maple fret markers into the maccassar ebony fret board. I plan on doing it rather soon actually, the fret board is comming in the mail tomorow, so maybe within this week ill get some pictures up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 here's a walnut guitar that i built. for the inlay i used 16 different species of wood. the light colored outline is binding material. http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?folder_id=1060875 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPL Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Very nice uncle. Is the black filler or wood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitefly SA Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 zendrix: im not sure if its a good idea to inlay with maple on ebony, i think when you radius sand that a lot of ebony will get into the maple and won't be able to clean out completely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 Very nice uncle. Is the black filler or wood? ← thanks..it's crushed black stone powder and superglue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ledzendrix1128 Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 zendrix: im not sure if its a good idea to inlay with maple on ebony, i think when you radius sand that a lot of ebony will get into the maple and won't be able to clean out completely I never really thought about that, the fretboard is actually coming pre-radiused, and i planned on making the maple level with an already radiused fretboard using a chisel, and then i would be doing minimal sanding, but ill test it out on scrap first to see what happens now that you say that. Maple is a close grained wood though, i would think there wouldnt be any pores for the ebony dust to really get into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Maple's still got pores, and they're certainly large enough to get ebony dust in. Using edge tools (chisels, plane) to level, and then moving to scrapers is the best way to keep things clean. I scrape my maple fretboard binding when I use it, and then seal it with shellac (painted on) to keep it from going very nasty coloured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanatic1 Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Maybe a good way its to glue the maple inlay with epoxy or poli first and after you can sand normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Maybe a good way its to glue the maple inlay with epoxy or poli first and after you can sand normal. ...how does this prevent staining? Acrylized/stabilized wood might provide a solution, but I don't know enough about the stuff to really comment. Larry Davis at Gallery Hardwoods would be a good person to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 http://www.landryswoodworking.ca/gallery/l.../Projects/Larry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanatic1 Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 I hope not to bother with the image, but i make a wood inlay, but the fingerboard itsnt finish yet, maybe i will use poly or epoxy, let me check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Tip for inlay cutting: make a little platform to support your work. Just take a scrap of ply, saw a big kerf into it, and then saw away. Gives you more control when cutting thin, flexible things (Be that wood or pearl). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanatic1 Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 thanks mattia its true, you need support for the inlay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 It'll also prevent you from, y'know, sawing into your table ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr3Va1L Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Would it be possible with an alredy radiused FB to inlay the maple then sand it to the radii? wouldn't you just need to stop often to check things out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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