My second one: A maple 00 14 fret

[John J]

Neil- I use a cabinet scraper quite a bit. Still learning how to get a perfect edge on it though. I put a light coat of spray shellac on the top and plan to use my random orbital sander.

[John J]

Routed the top channels for the rosewood binding and the herringbone purfling.

[John J]

Body pretty much done. Neck next.

[Diane Kauffmds]

Oh my! The detail in the binding and end wedge is truly beautiful.

[MaineGeezer]

Beautiful! I don't know what it is about herringbone purfling, but it sure sets off a guitar. I like the use of the dark binding with it.

[John J]

Working on the headstock. Hand cut the inlays from maple. Routed then glued them in. Filled voids with tinted epoxy. Sanded clean.

[John J]

More pics.

[Diane Kauffmds]

Wow, what a great job of the inlay John. I never thought of tinted epoxy for filling; it would have saved a lot of time. Thanks for the tip. What kind of epoxy? Do you scrape it after it dries to reveal the inlay?

[John J]

Wow, what a great job of the inlay John. I never thought of tinted epoxy for filling; it would have saved a lot of time. Thanks for the tip. What kind of epoxy? Do you scrape it after it dries to reveal the inlay?

Diane
I used slow setting epoxy from StewMac. For this one I used clear and the added a touch of their brown inlay filler in burnt umber. For my first I used their black tinted slow set epoxy. I then used my random orbital sander to clean it up. Covers all kinds of tiny mis-adventures.

[MaineGeezer]

Looks good!


I've got to practice doing inlays. Right now I'm not just bad -- I'm totally incompetent.