Back to the inlay repair. MOP blanks arrived and templates made.
New inlays cut and shaped.
Time to finish this up. Made a quick holder for the FB. The two pieces of wood will act as guides for the Dremel.
The pockets for the inlays needed to be deeper. This one is almost flush with no sanding. One down, three more to go.
I decided to replace one more inlay. Tedious. Trace the pattern and cut with a jewelers saw, then finesse the edges with files. The short sides are not straight, but have a slight curve. Mother of Pearl also smells like burned finger nails or hair.
New inlays glued in place. Time to sand the new ones flush to the FB, then fill the gaps between the inlay and rosewood. After that, one final sanding and the FB gets set back to Washington.
Inlays flush. Just need to go through the finer grit sandpaper after filling the areas around the inlays.
Fretboard finally done. Time to box it up and send it back to Washington. (Though I ended up hand carrying it up there.)
