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Permalink Reply by FatBoy CooKen on August 26, 2012 at 1:41am

I'm no pro, but personally, if I was not preferring to actually inlay it, I would trace the pattern, transfer it to the zouki and using a small router bit in my laminate trimmer, route it in & then fill it with some epoxy matched in color...matching the epoxy would be trial & error, with more error in my case{lol}

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Permalink Reply by Bluesheart on August 26, 2012 at 1:54am

Cool, that is kind of how I was thinking. I don't know how well I can carve it with my dremell. Only one way to find out I guess.

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Permalink Reply by rusty case on September 5, 2012 at 3:43pm

I've had a router bit/dremel bit catch, and get away from me, before.

happens pretty quick!  8-O

I think I would try setting that mandolin on a copy machine or perhaps tracing it onto some frisket paper.

then, make a cut along the lines you wish to follow, to delineate them, with an exacto knife blade.

Perhaps you could even make a bit of a bevel on the inside of the line with that same very sharp, precise blade...

Then, using a small, inexpensive artist brush, apply a few coats of acrylic, from the crafts store???

They have many different qualities, colors, and properties, starting at 99cents for a small bottle which would be more than sufficient for such a project.

Actually, that is not quite so intricate of a pattern... it could be used as a model and duplicated by tracing a coin or some sort of bottle cap, a quickly made french curve made from card stock, and  a nice sharp pencil.

You can also make a simple compass using cardstock and the pencil, with some tape...

Have fun!

rc

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Permalink Reply by FatBoy CooKen on August 26, 2012 at 2:03am

Another possible method would be to scan it if your capable or shoot a close-up, print it out, cut & shape to please then a simple tracing of the outline with an exacto or what-have-you, and then clean out the center...a lot easier than doing all that intricate carving, but putting 'faking it' at a whole new level ;)

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