Thread: How to do Chip Inlays; The Icedog Method

Hoy! Very nice indeed...too cool for words!

Mac

Awesome tutorial! I too have a lot of ideas flowing now to incorporate this. Thanks!

this process reminds me of watching a magic trick. If you just see the end product your like wow how they do that?? but when shown the process you think, wow I could do that 2 you know what you have given me a great idea though. My grandfather has some old rifles and shotguns upstairs, a few that have some cracks in the stocks. cutting out a design to cover these up, would not just fix them , but make them pretty cool looking.

Originally Posted by zwaldo

My grandfather has some old rifles and shotguns upstairs, a few that have some cracks in the stocks. cutting out a design to cover these up, would not just fix them , but make them pretty cool looking.

See? This is why I don't keep my ideas secret. This guy Zwaldo is going to take some old busted weapons and turn them into works of art. Because of his efforts, the world will be just a little bit better, a little bit more civilized. Thanks Zwaldo!

indeed, in my experience you get more out of sharing ideas than keeping things secret

Great tutorial - and fantastic results! This is yet another example of why this community rocks.. craftspeople, from the very accomplished on down to the just-starting-out, *freely sharing* their ideas, accomplishments and art!

Very, very much appreciated.

Brad, you should consider posting this on Instructables - Make, How To, and DIY as well - folks there would appreciate the knowledge too.

Originally Posted by Kern

Great tutorial - and fantastic results! This is yet another example of why this community rocks.. craftspeople, from the very accomplished on down to the just-starting-out, *freely sharing* their ideas, accomplishments and art!

Very, very much appreciated.

Brad, you should consider posting this on Instructables - Make, How To, and DIY as well - folks there would appreciate the knowledge too.

Kern,

I never looked at the Instructables website. I will take a peek.

Thanks!
Bradzilla

thanks for sharing!!! this reminds me of the japanese during wwII. they were masters at modifying stone. they'd carve out a hollow, fill it with gold bars for instance, then take the stone they cut out, crush it and make a cement mix and patch it over. unless you looked really really close you couldn't tell the rock had been messed with. very clever.

Originally Posted by Big Red

thanks for sharing!!! this reminds me of the japanese during wwII. they were masters at modifying stone. they'd carve out a hollow, fill it with gold bars for instance, then take the stone they cut out, crush it and make a cement mix and patch it over. unless you looked really really close you couldn't tell the rock had been messed with. very clever.

Who do you think taught those clever cats from old Nippon to do their stonework?

Thank you Brad! I have a few Wade & Butchers with cracked and broken bone and horn scales that this willo work beautifully with! It's such a shame to have to through away those old scales that have seen better days. But with this, they will not have to be thrown out! God Bless Brad!