Thread: How to do Chip Inlays; The Icedog Method

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?

I wonder if you could use the Icedog method to fill pits instead of removing metal. Make s slurry of epoxy & steel filings, smear into the pits with plastic putty knife, sand smooth. Gonna have to try it on a scrap piece of steel.

JohnnyJ,

That's a great idea but I would use an epoxy that specifically is formulated to adhere to steel. Also, like the dentist does when filling my (I'd say "your" but you may have perfect teeth), try to under cut the pits a bit so there is some mechanical retention as well as surface bonding/adhesion. One more thing is the thermal coefficient of expansion for the steel may be quite high so if you do test your idea, be sure to run some very hot (if not boiling) water over the test piece.

Good luck!

Brad

Try using Devon or JB Weld as the epoxy part, they already contain metal and are for bonding metal together, should stick fine. Mate of mine used to use Devcon for filling holes in foundry casting moulds, so should be up to the job.

J.

Wow! Good job! One day I try to.