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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: Tim Crosby on July 18, 2008, 05:28:51 PM
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Does anybody have any tips on cutting out matching inlays? I need to make six all the same size and shape. One at a time is the way I have been making them as needed or for two or more I have glued two pieces together to cut and file two the same out then bevel the edges before separating them, That is how was going to do the six but I just wondered if there is a better/easier way. They have 7 angles to each to add to the fun and are about 3/4 X 1/2".
Tim C.
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Make a jig or whatever and clamp them in a vise and finsih filing them all together. I use a padded jaw vise and finish filing them. While I have not done six I will be doing 2 matching inlays that way. I put to you that if you do three at a time and put the three on one side and the the other three matched ones on the other side that as long as all 6 or the two sets are close it would be hard to tell any differences.
DP
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Make one out of high carbon (like O-1, W-1, 1070, 1095, that sort of thing) steel then harden it. Then glue your brass/silver to it and file out your inlay and file it out. The hardened steel will not file and you will have six perfect matching inlays AND a pattern should you want to use this inlay in the future.
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I like the 3 and 3 idea. Put a drop of super glue between them before filing to the final shap to make them easier to handle. A little heat and they'll pop right apart.
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Thanks for the ideas. I like the harden pattern idea but I will not use the pattern
again so I think I will try the three approach since I usually do two. Now off to sacrifice a few saw blades.
Tim C.