Be careful if you're bending even thin sections of recon; most of it tends to be brittle, especially when any pressure is applied.
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| Author: | kamaK [ Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:36 pm ] |
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i am in the process of doing my first large inlay on my fretboard. i am doing flowers with lots of long, thin petals or stamens? whatever they are called there are about 25 of them about 2 inches long and 1/32 wide. my question is because i cant see myself cutting these out of the recon stone i am using, can i sand the recon stone down and use the (dust) from that mixed with glue? or epoxy? and fill the flower in. if so how much dust do i need and what type of glue or epoxy should i use? |
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| Author: | kamaK [ Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:48 pm ] |
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i just read the earlier post about this topic. i guess my next question is about color. i want the finished product to be a dark red color that will show up against an ebony fretboard. |
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| Author: | Michael Dale Payne [ Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:46 am ] |
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Pigmented epoxy will work, recon stone dust and epoxy should work, Now, why not cut the inlay? Recon stone, Corian, pearl and abalone all make wonderful inlay medium. Most pored inlay I have seen that has any mass to it looks kind of hooky. I would do a test piece before I committed |
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| Author: | kamaK [ Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:02 am ] |
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your right about that i might just end up cutting the inlay. i figure that a thin peice like that will just bend so that i dont have to get the exact curves of the flower inlay. it will be shaped like a half moon with a bunch of lines curving outward. |
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| Author: | 1bordeaux [ Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:43 pm ] |
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Be careful if you're bending even thin sections of recon; most of it tends to be brittle, especially when any pressure is applied.
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| Author: | Steve Saville [ Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:52 pm ] |
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I decided to go dark. I made some ebony dust and usd CA. I hope the customer likes it! 
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| Author: | old man [ Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:46 am ] |
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I like it. Ron |
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