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Hopefully, someone here can answer a question, or give me some advice.

I'm thinking of doing a pattern from Steve but instead of gluing the fret work onto a piece of

wood (raised design), I would like to cut the fret pattern out of the larger wood and then fill the

cut-out with some kind of resin/filler of a different color and that will sand some. any suggestions?

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I've heard of some folks using Polymer Clay. Push it into the cutting, bake it in the oven, then sand it flush.

 

Clayton pours resin pen blanks (for turning). I bet you could mix some of that with pigment and pour it into the cutting, then sand flush. He uses mica dust for the pigment. I'm sure you could find other pigments too. I'd imagine a hobby supply shop (trains and models, etc) would have something like that.

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Ditto what Travis said. Poly Clay is probably the easiest and least messy way to do it. Using PR will work, but you probably want to sand and finish the wood before you pour the PR. The PR will cure to a nice glass-like finish, but if you sand the PR it will take a lot of work to get it looking good again.

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Steve Good has a video on Youtube using FIMO clay.

 

 

Steve also has a video on using Inlace but I can not locte Inlace in Canada

 

 

I have done this for key fobs and they come out quite attractive but I can't find pictures on these but I have use FIMO clay for inlays on bowls as below

 

 

 

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I was thinking of the inlace, but clay would work too. Travis is right though I do use resin (PR) for pens and stoppers. but like Dan said once sanded it would tske some work to get it looking good again. Another problem with it is when it cures it shrinks a little, so you would have some small gaps between it and the wood. would like to see what you come up with.

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I came accross this article on making "stained glass" for your projects (http://www.scrollsaw...uncatchers.html) using Gallery Glass. I've got some on order and am going to give it a try and see how it works. Not sure if would be the look you are going for though.

 

I'd like to hear about your experiences. Let us know how it goes. I'd love to see some pics, too.

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