OM Guitar – Headstock Logo Inlay Part 2

By Tony on May 29, 2013 in OM Acoustic Guitar, Projects, Woodworking
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Disaster struck as I was working out some final bumps in the abalone inlay!  Ahhhh!!!!

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Hmm.  Opportunity to try something else.  Luckily, the pieces all fit together nicely.  So I started by super gluing them to a thin piece of Indian rosewood that was leftover from the back of the guitar.  This created a nice stable base to work off.  I then sanded the rosewood flush with the inlay.

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Next I used a forstner bit to cut a 1″ diameter recess to match the inlay and set the disk in place.

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I secured the disk/logo into place with some 5 minute epoxy mixed with some rosewood sawdust, making sure that I did not get any epoxy into the inlay area.  Finally I flooded the inlay with multiple layers of super glue.  This resulted in a 3-dimensional look to the inlay, where the interior edges of the inlay are visible and the bottom of the inlay area is rosewood that closely resembles the headstock overlay.

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Once the lacquer coats are on it will really pop!  On to shaping the neck!

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