budnder
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A cardinal inlay LaserLinz ran on sale a couple weeks back.
I've done maybe half a dozen laser inlays, and when I took the cardinal out of the box it was all busted up, so I figured I'd have to return it. Emailed Constant and he suggested just going ahead and giving it a whirl. It actually went together just fine, and you can't tell where the breaks were. The only issue was the feet and eye, which are so tiny I wasn't even sure there was supposed to be an inlay for them. I found a speck amongst the crumbles that looked like it might be an eye, so in the eyeball it went. Nothing resembling feet, though, so just filled them with a bit of black epoxy. The fill worked out just fine, and, in fact, I wish I would have filled the eye with a contrasting color, rather than the wood speck.
It was super easy to turn and took a CA finish easily as well.
All in all, it worked out.
The kit is the new Sierra from Exotics - Diamond Knurl (in all black).
I've done maybe half a dozen laser inlays, and when I took the cardinal out of the box it was all busted up, so I figured I'd have to return it. Emailed Constant and he suggested just going ahead and giving it a whirl. It actually went together just fine, and you can't tell where the breaks were. The only issue was the feet and eye, which are so tiny I wasn't even sure there was supposed to be an inlay for them. I found a speck amongst the crumbles that looked like it might be an eye, so in the eyeball it went. Nothing resembling feet, though, so just filled them with a bit of black epoxy. The fill worked out just fine, and, in fact, I wish I would have filled the eye with a contrasting color, rather than the wood speck.
It was super easy to turn and took a CA finish easily as well.
All in all, it worked out.
The kit is the new Sierra from Exotics - Diamond Knurl (in all black).
