question about "faux" inlays

nineballsafety8

nineballsafety8

6ft 5" 285, hits 'em hard
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I was just curious, and please no flaming here...

But I have an idea for some cool ringwork that involves scalloped (or radiused) diamonds all the way around the ringwork (kind of like samsara's but slightly different)

The idea is a hardwood band (likely birdseye), but black scalloped diamonds all the way around, would have to do the math, but probably 18-24 per ring... if these were real inlays (ebony), the labor and whatnot would likely make for damn expensive rings.

My question is, how much of a difference would it be cost wise to have the pockets cut, and just filled with black epoxy (or whatever viscous material would dry black).

I know this is "not the right way to do it", but the rings serve not mechanical function in the playability of a cue, and if they are just for looks... black is black

how much of a difference in overall cost would it make? (considering rings at all positions in a build)
 
When using Epoxy as a filler it often causes bubbles and that is more hassle than just gluing the inlays.
 
So basically, you are saying that if I can't afford to have the rings done right, choose a less expensive ring design? LOL

I even thought about have a laser cut stencil made and airbrushing the design into the ringwork :D LOL

cheap, and fancy probably shouldn't go together though huh
 
No, they are saying that you are doing 2/3 of the work, might as well get it right.

1/3 inlay design/layout/setup
1/3 cutting pockets/inlays

Missing 3rd is gluing in your inlays.

Roughly.

Epoxy isnt really ideal, its a glue.

This would be akin to sculpting a fender out of bondo, vs using it just to fill a dent.
 
nineballsafety8 said:
So basically, you are saying that if I can't afford to have the rings done right, choose a less expensive ring design? LOL

I even thought about have a laser cut stencil made and airbrushing the design into the ringwork :D LOL

cheap, and fancy probably shouldn't go together though huh
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Cheap and fancy is done all the time with decal cues. My first major cue alteration was a stenciled cue. I took my plain jane Mali in the mid 80s and painted a real fancy design on it with stencils. If I wanted sharp diamonds in the middle of a ring and wanted to fill it with epoxy putty, I would just cut lines around the diamonds which would create the diamond shape out of the ring material and then fill the line with cream colored epoxy putty creating a diamond with sharp corners.
 
nineballsafety8 said:
I was just curious, and please no flaming here...

But I have an idea for some cool ringwork that involves scalloped (or radiused) diamonds all the way around the ringwork (kind of like samsara's but slightly different)

The idea is a hardwood band (likely birdseye), but black scalloped diamonds all the way around, would have to do the math, but probably 18-24 per ring... if these were real inlays (ebony), the labor and whatnot would likely make for damn expensive rings.

My question is, how much of a difference would it be cost wise to have the pockets cut, and just filled with black epoxy (or whatever viscous material would dry black).

I know this is "not the right way to do it", but the rings serve not mechanical function in the playability of a cue, and if they are just for looks... black is black

how much of a difference in overall cost would it make? (considering rings at all positions in a build)
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Check out this stuff

http://www.inlaceonline.com/text/products/kits.html

A lot of wood turners use it. The finished results can be very good
 
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