Hi. Great video. Here in UK, I use hide glue to adhere the genuine MoP to spoil stock, take 0.1mm passes to cut my signature logo, then spray water on the MoP and gently blow heat gun over the Mop till the glue releases.
Instead of using such thin mother of pearl stock, use thicker stock for the letters, mill logo into the head stock, then mill the letters as a mirror image on a piece of not so thin ‘spoil’ stock, do not separate the letters from the spoil stock, just remove the thin spoil stock with the letters still attached, but epoxy the thin spoil stock with the letters still attached into the headstock and then mill off the top of the thin spoil stock. That way you don’t have to peel up the letters, only the surrounding waste mother of pearl. The letters can be thicker on the thicker mother of pearl, will be much more durable and still in the correct orientation without any fine manipulation. Just a thought, but could be altered some as you wish.
Yes I have, and I like it. I use about 6 different hold down methods depending on what the project is. With as delicate as these were I decided to stick with the turners tape. Blue tape probably would have been less messy though. Thanks for the suggestion!
I want to do an guitar inlay just like you. I purchased Think and Tinkers PreciseBits(0.090 ). What should be the recommended Feed speed and depth of cut for milling process of Pearl Shell?
@@CustomCreativeCarvings I will +1 for the awesomeness of the PreciseBits Shell cutting bit for inlay. IMO, what you really need are these shallow-cut bits. The deep cut POS bits on Amazon/Wish/Alibaba deflect too much in the shell. Buy once, cry once with your CNC bits. BitsBits.com is another good source.
Hi. Great video. Here in UK, I use hide glue to adhere the genuine MoP to spoil stock, take 0.1mm passes to cut my signature logo, then spray water on the MoP and gently blow heat gun over the Mop till the glue releases.
Thanks. I'll have to look into hide glue
"No mollusks were harmed..."!🤣 Nice video Sir!
🤣🤣🤣 I couldn't resist. Thanks for the compliment.
use a small spray bottle with a bit of naphtha to lift the cut pearl easily
Thank you, I will have to give that a try.
Instead of using such thin mother of pearl stock, use thicker stock for the letters, mill logo into the head stock, then mill the letters as a mirror image on a piece of not so thin ‘spoil’ stock, do not separate the letters from the spoil stock, just remove the thin spoil stock with the letters still attached, but epoxy the thin spoil stock with the letters still attached into the headstock and then mill off the top of the thin spoil stock. That way you don’t have to peel up the letters, only the surrounding waste mother of pearl. The letters can be thicker on the thicker mother of pearl, will be much more durable and still in the correct orientation without any fine manipulation. Just a thought, but could be altered some as you wish.
Sounds like a good idea. In this case , the customer supplied the stock. I had to work with what I was given.
Have you tired blue painter tape with super glue to hold your parts? Much less costly then double back tape.
Yes I have, and I like it. I use about 6 different hold down methods depending on what the project is. With as delicate as these were I decided to stick with the turners tape. Blue tape probably would have been less messy though. Thanks for the suggestion!
I want to do an guitar inlay just like you.
I purchased Think and Tinkers PreciseBits(0.090 ).
What should be the recommended Feed speed and depth of cut for milling process of Pearl Shell?
Check out my : "CNC cutting gold mother of pearl" short from last year. It has all of the settings that I used.
"$35 mistake. Welcome to CNC world."
#yup
Lol, absolutely true! It would be nice if it was my first, I wish it was my last.
Would you be able to mill true MOP? Or is it too hard?
I have milled MOP with this bit, the cheap bits from Amazon will not cut it though. It is a very slow cut, but it can be done.
@@CustomCreativeCarvings I will +1 for the awesomeness of the PreciseBits Shell cutting bit for inlay. IMO, what you really need are these shallow-cut bits. The deep cut POS bits on Amazon/Wish/Alibaba deflect too much in the shell. Buy once, cry once with your CNC bits. BitsBits.com is another good source.
I posted a short of milling MOP, let me know if you need a link.
very lengthy procedure and expensive tools. not user friendly.
Yes it is, even with the expensive tools it is still a difficult process. The end result is amazing though.