skibum5545 Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 I may be completely out of my mind, but I seem to remember seeing somewhere on this site a tutorial on how to inlay a fretboard with the kind of silver a dentist uses to fill teeth. Anyone know where it is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/inlay.htm The third one down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted February 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Cool, thanks! 2 more questions: Any idea where I can get the mercury and copper/tin? Any rules/regs I need to watch out for (in US or Michigan)? AND Is it actual silver produced, or just silver-colored metal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elton Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 wow this looks really easy to do, i wnat to buy this mecury silver thing to... where do u buy the tools? my shop teacher has an engraving machine he would probably let me use it to make the cavities... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted February 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 It's not the engraving I'm worried about, I'd find a way for that, it's that our school panics and evacuates every time a mercury thermometer breaks, getting enough of the stuff to do a fretboard would be hell! Still, I'm curious... I have a family friend whos a dentist, maybe they could hook me up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted February 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 also, can it be routed? Could I rout the fretboard radius after doing the inlay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 also, can it be routed? Could I rout the fretboard radius after doing the inlay? I've worked with sterling silver inlay before (and am currently doing another). You'd be much better off sanding the radius than trying to rout the silver. I think the results would be quite disasterous. It can be sanded with some patience though. Just remember to change to a finer grit before you get too close to the final shaping - otherwise you won't get the scratches out and it will not look good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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