How do you line up diamond inlays?

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Re: How do you line up diamond inlays?

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gotta love the mill. I lost the motor last week and I am impatient waiting for a new one
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Re: How do you line up diamond inlays?

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tippie53 wrote:gotta love the mill. I lost the motor last week and I am impatient waiting for a new one
I will second that; the mill is really cool. Gotta love it!
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Re: How do you line up diamond inlays?

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tippie53 wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nPpLjxT4do
here is how I do it.
I use 3 mail lines the center and to place the double inlays a line that follows the taper 7/16 in from the ends. The a center line on each fret that gets inlay , keep it simple.
Okay, I have some questions for you John:

1: what size bit do you use for the 5 pilot holes? I'm using blue paua inlays from StewMac and the points are not rounded.

2: my fretboard is not tapered, and I'd intended to bind the fretboard as well (using flamed maple binding I purchased from LMI which is .08" thick. Should I taper and bind the board first before doing the inlay?
~ Neil
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Re: How do you line up diamond inlays?

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yes taper and bind first .
I use a 1/32 bit for most inlays the delicate stuff I will go to a .020
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