Day 7 - Inlay Work Part 2

Lots and lots of patience and work to do inlays. Fortunately when one is not allowed to move, I don't feel guilty about sitting here, watching stuff on Hulu and cutting mother of pearl pieces at my computer desk err... work bench. Anyway, here's some more close up work shots. I hope I can find the charger for my camera because I'm down to one battery and it's like 5 years old and I don't want to buy a new camera because I can't locate chargers... All right, nuff of that, here's some good action shots:

Action shot showing my setup with a jeweler's saw cutting out a section of vine with a thorn in it. I just draw those in with a pencil freehand and split the line with the saw. Pretty stinkin' easy.

Here we are in the middle of a cut. That saw can turn AMAZINGLY sharp corners. All you have to do is keep moving it up and down and rotate the workpiece slowly and it rotates in one spot.

Here's a piece of vine cut out. Don't sneeze.

And this is like 5 separate pieces cut out and laid end to end to create a vine. Leaves will come next. Two things I'm still debating. I've got some really pretty green abalone coming for the rose in the center. I don't know if I should do all white leaves or half and half. Also, I could file the ends so they fit together perfectly, or I could leave them slightly disjointed for a more wild effect. I think I actually like the disjointed look better. Either way, this fretboard will have a ton of time and work (and $$$) invested in it and will look sexy as hell when it's done.

Over and out for the night, guys, Hopefully Dio is watching us from above (or below...)