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Working inlay in turquoise and silver
Jamie wanted real turquoise and I'm inclined to oblige him. I found a diamond grit cutoff wheel for my dremmel and cut some diamond shapes out of the stone. Then I thought it would look nice purfled in silver.
So first I cut some silver strips from a silver plate  Since the cutting process curled the silver strip in two directions, I beat it flat  Then clamped the strip and filed the edge flat  In this pic you can see the turquoise diamond glue down to a piece of padouk and one strip of silver glued to the turquoise  The edge of the silver is filed flush with the connecting edges of turquoise  The next strip of silver is soldered using silver solder (what else) to the first strip  The steps are repeated around the turquoise diamond  The entire ensemble is filed smooth  After buffing the silver shines like a mirror edge to the turquoise. Next step is to make 9 or 10 more and then inlay into fretboard 
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06-06-2018, 09:26 PM
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Wow John, what a huge amount of work that is and such detail, but the end result is great. Went real even though everyone was trying to talk you out of it haha!
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06-06-2018, 09:43 PM
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It is taking me about an hour for each one. I may get faster.
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06-06-2018, 10:14 PM
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Jewelry next?
Wow!
So now you can add high end turquoise jewelry to your resume? Looks very nice indeed! Cool stuff. Way to go Paul
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06-07-2018, 04:52 AM
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Im hoping if i pad that resume sufficiently i get on the day shift.
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06-07-2018, 05:24 AM
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Very clever and beautiful.
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06-07-2018, 05:28 AM
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Looking good John,
I love the fretmarkers, nice touch with the silver.
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06-07-2018, 05:33 AM
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Really cool stuff John! Well done. Jamie, this is one mind blowing guitar you're building!
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Nice touch indeed!
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06-08-2018, 04:39 PM
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The 12th fret
Looking for something a little different to go on the 12th fret. I glued a piece of turquoise to a small dowel, chucked that ensemble up in a drill and spun the turquoise against the same disk i used to cut the stone. It turned down to a little cylinder of turquoise that fit snugly into a silver tube. I glued it in and cut off two lengths to make dots. See what you think.
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