Tips, Tricks and Tutorials - Ep 2 of 3 - Trapezoidal Fretboard Inlays

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In this episode, Ben demonstrates two different techniques for excavating the cavities in the fretboard for the trapezoidal, mother of pearl inlays.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:07 Place the inlay where you want it to be - measure!
1:26 Mark around the inlay
2:38 Masking tape and super glue trick - measure!
5:12 Cut around the inlay
6:39 Evacuating the cavity using the 'cut to cut' method
10:58 Fit the inlay
13:15 Glue it in
13:57 Second cavity marked
14:00 Using the Proxxon mini router
17:45 Tidying the cavity using hand tools
21:10 A little more routing
22:15 Gluing down the second inlay
Conclusion
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