Tent ferrules and inlays

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Permalink Reply by Tim on November 23, 2009 at 11:01am

you can use just about any thing for dot inlays get one of those plug drills for a 1/4" plug and us pertty much any thing drill a hole in the fret board glue them in and sand level. also you can use wood filler with dye or epoxy thats been died. i though about using buttons and expoying them in then sanding the expoxy flat.

Permalink Reply by Lou on November 23, 2009 at 11:38am

Leather rivets work well and you can get them in brass, chrome, etc.

Permalink Reply by Keith Parmer on November 23, 2009 at 11:47am

I went to Ace Hardware and got some brass grommets, I think they are about 3/4 in dia. with a 1/2 in. hole.
And I used some little metal dots I got from the craft dept. at Wal-Mart.

Permalink Reply by HOGS GRUNT on November 23, 2009 at 1:22pm

Clive,
I am in UK and just got some ferrules from a guy on thebay. I have posted a link to his site.
See what you think.
Hogs.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2804037982...

Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on November 23, 2009 at 1:39pm

For dot inlays, I punch a 1/4" hole in a medium weight guitar pick with a standard office hold punch, and drill a 1/4" shallow hole in my fingerboard with a forstner bit. Add crazy glue and that's that. Now I hoard cool colored guitar picks.

Permalink Reply by Keith Parmer on November 23, 2009 at 3:02pm

Sorry didn't notice that you were (UK based)

Keith Parmer said:

I went to Ace Hardware and got some brass grommets, I think they are about 3/4 in dia. with a 1/2 in. hole.
And I used some little metal dots I got from the craft dept. at Wal-Mart.

Permalink Reply by Clive Palfrey on November 23, 2009 at 3:47pm

Thanks Keith....great guitars by the way
Clive

Permalink Reply by Clive Palfrey on November 23, 2009 at 3:48pm

Tim said:

you can use just about any thing for dot inlays get one of those plug drills for a 1/4" plug and us pertty much any thing drill a hole in the fret board glue them in and sand level. also you can use wood filler with dye or epoxy thats been died. i though about using buttons and expoying them in then sanding the expoxy flat.

Permalink Reply by Clive Palfrey on November 23, 2009 at 3:49pm

Thanks Tim ,great help.Seems all I need is imagination
Clive

Tim said:

you can use just about any thing for dot inlays get one of those plug drills for a 1/4" plug and us pertty much any thing drill a hole in the fret board glue them in and sand level. also you can use wood filler with dye or epoxy thats been died. i though about using buttons and expoying them in then sanding the expoxy flat.

Permalink Reply by Clive Palfrey on November 23, 2009 at 3:57pm

Thanks Hogs Grunt , bought them within minutes of me reading your reply, what a great service this site is
Thanks and regards Clive.

HOGS GRUNT said:

Clive,
I am in UK and just got some ferrules from a guy on thebay. I have posted a link to his site.
See what you think.
Hogs.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2804037982...

Permalink Reply by David L. on November 23, 2009 at 4:28pm

Hi Clive,

I use 2 sizes of curtain grommets and the smaller have an internal hole diameter 3.5cm (outer 5.5cm) - how small are you looking for?

The bigger ones I bought from here
http://www.curtaingenius.co.uk/shop/products_category.asp?cat=9
and although they sell the smaller ones I picked them up from a fabric shop between Prestatyn and Flint (have also seen them in John Lewis and a couple of curtain shops elsewhere so somewhere in Cardiff must sell them.)

There was a great thread recently on fretmarkers but I am unable to find it since the forum shuffle - one person even used bullet cases. I have used these glow in the dark stick on dots from ebay which I stick some clear nail varnish over to make them permanent http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Glow-in-the-dark-vinyl-fret-markers-EZ-to-see...

Good luck with your search,
David

Permalink Reply by Wade on November 23, 2009 at 10:53pm

I started using aluminum nail heads. cut the head , just leave a little of the body of the nail attached to glue into neck.

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