Vine inlay

[Steve321]

Here is a vine inlay I did on my last banjo. Good old DePaule.

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[Tomcat]

Beautiful work!

[TEETERFAN]

Looks great!! Depaule does a great job.

[Steve321]

I find doing inlay relaxing. Erik Sullivan (Sullivan Banjos) told me when doing cross fret inlay to leave a little wood for the fret barbs to bite into but not so much wood the fret wire doesn’t cover it. I try to get as close to that goal as I can.

[Tomcat]

Do you use a router or hand tools to make the pocket for the inlay?

[Steve321]

I use a Dremel with a precision router base from StewMac. I also use a foot switch to turn it on and off.

[Tomcat]

Thanks for the info! I'm just getting started on my first kit build, and I'm considering adding some decoration.