I have a razor that needs scales and the original ones were plastic with an inlay. Figured I would try to replicate the scales, but I couldn't think of a way to set the inlay "in" the plastic and not just on top. I know they used to set the inlays in the plastics when forming the scales in a mold, but since I can't do that I need to find a new way. Found some info on here about using heat so thought I would test it out. After quite a few attempts with different methods I got it to work, but when setting the inlay into the scales the excess plastic had to go somewhere so it pushed up around the edges of the inlay. At first I thought someone just glued the inlay on the originals, but after my heat experiments I noticed it looked exactly the same. It doesn't really look that bad if you do it carefully and slowly, but you can still see the bunched up plastic if you look closely. Anyway I was just wondering if anyone was able to improve on this method or found another one that will work. If I could justify buying a laser engraver it would make things so much easier. I am thinking I will just have to go with an overlay or just go with wood and try to cut out an inlay which I am not good at. Guess practice makes perfect.