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One of the new things that I tried, is making a epoxy filled inlay.
The procedure is actually quite easy, just route the cavity and fill the cavity with epoxy resin.
I use lampblack to dye the epoxy black.
The only problem is getting the cavity look right.
So I tried on a test piece on the technique.
It came out pretty decent.
Template for routing
After routing the cavity
Filled with epoxy
After sanding looks ok.
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Once the test piece is ok, I began to work on the actual inlay piece.
This inlay will be glued to the headstock part, customised for the owner of the guitar.
The template is similar to the test piece but slightly more complicated.
To route the cavity I use my B&D RTX to route.
After that I followed with chisel and marking knife to make the edges more distinct.
Then the rest of the procedure is the same.
After routing the cavity
Mixed the resin with lampblack
Filled the cavity
Sanding flat
Final cut out.
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Following that I surround the borders with purfling and binding similar to the rosette theme.
Red purfling with black binding.
After glue dried, I trim the ends to size.
Gluing the red purfling
Surrounding the red purfling with black binding
Using vice to clamp
Final shape but havent trim the ends yet.
All trimmed to size, checking the layout on the headstock
