GoodWood Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 (edited) I was looking through my Stewi Mac catalog,and saw they have some nice little hand tools for inlay. Anyone have any recommended cutters for doing it by hand. I have the dremel and will get the bits for it and all, but I love carving by hand etc...Ive been thinking about some linoleum cutters I may have packed away from college. Those were sharp and had fine points for detail cutting. Or mayb its time to just test out the dremel... Edited March 5, 2007 by GoodWood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Ummmm.... you're planning to cut shell with your dremel and linolium cutters? Get a jeweler's saw and some hobby mini-files for the cutting, leave the dremel for the cavity routing. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodWood Posted March 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Oooops, no, I was talking about the Logo, wood on wood, or wood (headplate) with epoxy, ebony dust for filling in. I found this, for about $35.00 they will set you up with some niffty hand tools. I may make my own to just test it out. http://www.contenti.com/products/engraving...ls/270-303.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted March 6, 2007 Report Share Posted March 6, 2007 Those are for engraving, not for cutting or inlaying. Serious, find out what tools you actually need for inlay, and THEN start thinking about it. There's a tutorial on the main projectguitar homepage (not the forum, the page) that'll tell you all you need to get started... cause honestly, from what I understand you're saying you're WAY off the ball. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodWood Posted March 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 From what I can see, these are the same stuff as Stewart Mac has on catalog, http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Special_...ving_Tools.html but its for engraving the pearl, not making the inlay negative. Any tools out there for specific inlay negative cavities? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 You're confusing terms man. Please just listen to me! Cut cut the shell shapes, you need a jeweler's saw! Engravers are for "drawing" little lines in the pearl AFTER you're done with the inlay. TOTALLY different art. Please read Lavin's tutorial like I told you to on the main www.projectguitar.com page's tutorials section! Also, as for the "negatives" you were right in calling them cavities. For that, yes, a dremel and small bits (from 1/8" down to 1/32" is what I use) are great. But to find out how to do that... once again, read the tutorial. No offense, I'm kinda tired of answering since you don't seem to really be listening... so I'm gunna make this REAL easy. HERE is the link to that tutorial. Please read it, it shows you step by step EXACTLY how to do an inlay... and all the stuff you need. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted March 9, 2007 Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 What Chris Said. The engravers are for scratching/engraving patterns into the pearl once its inlaid. Can be filled with wax, ink, special filler (also on StewMac's site), techniques vary. You use a hand saw (coping saw) to cut out pieces, and then you need to make some sort of matching cavity in the wood you're inlaying into. The easiest way to do this is with a rotary tool (Dremel, f'r instance) in a router base, tiny bits, and route away. You can make the cavities by hand, but it's not that easy. You'd want a good marking knife, and a selection of small (miniature, almost) chisels. Nothing specialised, really, most hobby shops/good woodworking catalogs should have them, and if you want to spend hours chiseling out cavities, be my guest. It's possibly, and I do occasionally use my 2 and 3mm 2 cherries chisels to clean up corners on inlay routes, but the bulk of the work is done with my dremel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodWood Posted March 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2007 What Chris Said. The engravers are for scratching/engraving patterns into the pearl once its inlaid. Can be filled with wax, ink, special filler (also on StewMac's site), techniques vary. You use a hand saw (coping saw) to cut out pieces, and then you need to make some sort of matching cavity in the wood you're inlaying into. The easiest way to do this is with a rotary tool (Dremel, f'r instance) in a router base, tiny bits, and route away. You can make the cavities by hand, but it's not that easy. You'd want a good marking knife, and a selection of small (miniature, almost) chisels. Nothing specialised, really, most hobby shops/good woodworking catalogs should have them, and if you want to spend hours chiseling out cavities, be my guest. It's possibly, and I do occasionally use my 2 and 3mm 2 cherries chisels to clean up corners on inlay routes, but the bulk of the work is done with my dremel. Rgr That, -shut up and use the power tool!! Got it. Thanx fer da link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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