Please see the final product, and listen to it (towards the end) if you are interested: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i7oan6goNuU.html
Thank you Suntan69, fact; most guitar makers are not good financial targets, as are the artists that I hang with, but I thank you for your advice... glad you watched the video.... Michael
Hi Drew, the depth has the pearl proud, and for sure there is glue below, but much or most is pushed to the sides. thanks for watching and your question.
Nice job! Not being in a well appointed shop made this video very approachable. I felt like with a few router bits, an inlay, and some stuff I have in my cupboard I’d be in business. Thanks!
Incredible, always wondered how this was done! I don't have a coping saw but I do have a scroll saw -- would that be too aggressive to work with MoP or Abalone?
Ps: this ended up as the headstock vineer for a brazilian rosewood, and matching ebony fret board, honduras nexk, see :ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i7oan6goNuU.html or a couple of others in process (same guitar) if you are interested Michael
Hello Cornelius I expect so. The proven use with epoxy is the ability to hold the sawdust so well. Be interested to see how you make out? Thank you for watching. Michael
@@majorgunn I couldn't quite tell from the video, does the epoxy have the same problem as wood glue with darkening the sawdust, or does it hold the color pretty evenly?
I build Mountain Dulcimers. A student of mine just bought a 35 year old dulcimer built by Richard and Denise Wilson. It has a beautiful Unicorn Pearl inset on the fingerboard. Is that by any chance your parents?
is that REAL ivory? i thought any kind of ivory is illegal or so. where did you source those pieces? i need like 10x10", how much would such a piece will be?
He mentions in the video they're piano keys, so he pulled them off an old piano. You're not going to find a piece as big as 10" by 10" because any new ivory cannot be legally imported.
Piano keys is what I showed, How many broken down pianos have you seen, "otherwise go to a goodwill or antique shop and buy one of a bazillian carved pieces, no need to kill another elephant.
OK! Thanks for giving information! I also try that once when I have the right tool for it. Unfortunately, I can not get a little small milling machine. So I have to make one myself I think :-/. Have fun for your hobby :-). It's very great work - gratulation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello Barbara, the bit is about 2 mil and I put a shaper taper that I got from a dentist for the last bit. They can be purchased at Lee Valley in Canada, and probably other wood supply places, (for Dremels). Good luck, Michael
Over the years, I have asked dentists for their old bits. I take them a medium sized jar with my name and phone number on the outside. I keep an address book and go around about once a month to empty out the jars. I have gotten thousands of used, but still very useable, grinding bits, FREE! Most are carbide, some are diamond. I show my appreciation by making them something personal for their office, or perhaps a couple of bottles of wine.
Great video, I want to start making my own inlays. Newbie question: how would you go about taking what you just did and putting it on the guitar? You say it's a headstock veneer, so would you plane it super thin and glue? Does anyone route right on the actual guitar?
Thank you for the kind remarks, I did end up using that headstock blank, if you look at minute #11:00 you can see it in process:ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bWOVFrLhGbo.html AND there is another at the final stage of the guitar: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i7oan6goNuU.html Thank for your interest, and good luck, it is fun...
