Woodworking Inlay Made Easy
An easy way to inlay a design into your next wood working project. Great for furniture and guitar fretboards. Show your support! Visit http://www.eguitarplans.com/ and buy a plan. Or visit https://highline-custom-guitars-2.creator-spring.com/ and buy a shirt!
Wow magnificent inlay work …congratulations !!!!!!!!
how about SCREW INLAYS ?? https://youtu.be/F5s0FSwp-LA
Hi chris,
I have a question as to the next step of this process. how does the neck oil up (I’m using BOIL – boiled linseed oil)? Does the CA glue used to harden the timber mate, bleed into the the surrounding grain and does the affect the finish with the BOIL.
Again, many thanks for sharing. great work.
-AJ
Doesn’t the timber mate stick in the pores of the surrounding wood?
Is it possible to use baking soda and superglue with some coloring?
Im definitely doing this!
I may use that technique on a muzzle loader kit I am about to put together… was looking for a type of only to do (there really are a ton of them), this one looks both easy yet intricate and is still one of the cheaper ways of doing it…. THANK YOU!
Question: If I am going to oil the wood, would I do it before or after doing the inlay?
I got a cough for 3 days with the CA . Keep me awake for all that time . . Not realizing that’s what caused it it happened again to me . I even went to the doctor after the first time . He didn’t know what it was either . I finally figured it out .
Do the right thing …..Ventilation ! I was spreading it out on a hobby project very large areas in a small basement room . I still use it often but carefully.
Nice
Do you have à link for your timber mate please?
What are the sizes of the router bits and where did you get them? Finding dremel bits smaller than 1/8 inch – which are too big (at least for me) for detail work – are not easy to come by
Thx
Thats what i used to cut mine out i been building for over 20 years now.
In the beginning of the video I was thinking he gonna inlay some abalone or something similar…
Can I get a price on getting my favorite guitar a custom fretboard done. I don’t trust myself this much yet.
The problem with this is the sanding, with the amount you sanded, that guitar neck will no longer be even, the should be done while making the neck not after, then the issue of filler and glue in the fret dividers won’t be an issue
Thank you for the information. That’s very nice work!!
You’ve had years to assess this. Does it hold up well? It looks great. Thanks 👍🇦🇺
Not that I’ve read ALL the comments, but has anyone noticed that the CA glue that ‘dries rock hard’ – was NOT removed from the fret grooves? The issue wasn’t even mentioned.
Had an inlay collapse, wasnt full thickness in one corner, and have been looking for a means to fix it, I think we have a winner!
But if you stain the fret won’t the areas with superglue around the inlay not stain?
How did you secure the paper to the fret board when you cut the inlay?
I think you could also make inlays out of dental composite. Easy to use, durable and can be polished to a very glossy surface. Brand new composite is kinda expensive, but you can use expired products. They work just as well, just cannot be used on patients for legal reasons. Ask your dentist or local dental school, they probably have some old ones lying around.
Thanking you for this share
At least you’re not using ramen noodles lol.
Silly question: can you do the same with wood dust + glue?
Very nice , can I purchase all these items at a hobby shop?
This technique relies on a crisp outline of the image…something I have been unable to do. And pearl and abalone catch the light. This doesn’t.
This inspires me to do my own custom fretboard. I priced down having it done from a few shops found on web, I’m not that well off financially to afford those rates for an aesthetic purpose. Even worse, I was ordering my dream guitar and way out of my price I would pay. I even got a price from esp. $8,000.00.
After shopping on eBay, I ordered all parts needed for less than $200.00. I’m on my way to building my dream guitar myself for a hell of a lot less.
I would really love to have my 80’s ex series Ibanez done professionally due to it being my best playing guitar out of 20 guitars. Most inexpensive one next to my Jackson Charvelle from 80’s as well.
If I can master custom fretboards, I will be starting my own brand of guitar with any fret design anyone wants, relatively inexpensive.
First off, I just ordered a new fretboard for around $50. Not much of a loss if I screw up. Ordered the wood filler he is using. Also ordered fret material sheet I can make inlays with. I found a sticker version of inlays I would like to use as patterns already sized for me.
Have to love YouTube university for learning skilled trades.
Edit: I build, remodel, do all exterior aspects of a house. This project cannot be more complicated. I have a bad habit of building guitars from parts on eBay and then selling it on eBay. Not very profitable but I did it for fun. I do make my own bodies but I have patterns to copy so it really doesn’t count. This will make my guitars unique and each one of a kind. If I pull this off I will be doing it under my bosses business and let him market my brand. He’s good at it.
I’ve done similar with caulking filler. Good way to start doing inlays. Almost foolproof. (Though nothing is totally foolproof to a suitably talented fool !!)
How do you resolve that the cut outs for the frets are now more shallow? And that the middle of the fretboard is thinner than the edges?
Love this and your other instructionals.
Gonna try this on a headstock design. But I want to match a color I’m using. Can you expand on tinting the filler? What options you recommend?
Thanks in advance sir!
Looks great,but does it bother the frets when you install them.
This video was a life saver, thank you very very much.
Wall putty + Wood glue ?? After it dries . Super glue on it. Will it work?
use this product and loved it! thank you for sharing your technique
I thought about trying this with a tinted epoxy resin as the filler. Have you ever tried that? I imaging the sanding step would be harder with the epoxy. With the proper white and silver tints it might be possible to achieve a faux mother of pearl effect with the epoxy I think. I am considering trying it for a head-stock logo….
But… But… He sanded a fretboard that had already been radiused… He got that hard gunk in the fret holes…
Am… Am I missing something
Use epoxy.
wow, that is great! Doing it freehand as well. You are less shaky than I am lol.
That is a super cool technique! I enjoy that you are always thinking outside the box.
This is a great tutorial. Thank you for sharing.
today i learned that there are some other ways you can use with wood filler thank you kind sir
Thanks for the tip.
I LOVE IT MAN
I have been messing up a bunch of Brazilian pepperwood trying to make a handle for my father’s knife with his initials in it.
I have failed multiple
This is going to do the trick thank you very much 👍✌️
Great concise vid, thanks, going to try this on a scrap in prep for a current build……….
You could also paint like metal flake candy apple lacquer and probably do a hand rub color tint into that first you have to use some kind of silver base or gold base go to get the candy metallic behind it You might even be able to get into your filler
I notice all using inlay powder work on UNFINISHED pieces of wood. I am trying to replace missing inlay on very nice little Indian elephant leg table. How do I protect the finished wood
How deep inlay was(in mm)? I have hard time to understand inches
Thank you for a great video and for sharing….a couple of questions: Can the routing process be accomplished with a trim router, with plunge base? I have read that the heavier trim router is more stable than the Dremel….and I already have the trim router!