dot inlays?

[pie_man_25]

I'm nearing completion of one of my cigar box ukes. This one is going to be quite different though - solid quartersawn spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides, solid one-piece mahogany neck, and I'm making a fretboard and bridge out of some flame maple I got at the lumberyard. I'm hoping this one will be much more than simple "folk art".

I want to make some simple dot inlays out of the walnut that I have, but I have no idea how to make them. Also, if you have any aesthetic ideas, feel free to contribute.

 

[seamonkey]

For the neck, plug cutter to make the dots, and a Forstner bit to drill the hole.

For side of neck, drill a hole in a piece of steel. cut a strip a little bigger than the hole and force it through the hole to make a fine dowel.

Drill a hole on the side of the neck and plug with piece of this dowel.

 

[pie_man_25]

I imagine the plug cutter would be a drill attachment?

 

[pilotjones]

I imagine the plug cutter would be a drill attachment?

Yes. There's are pictures of one in the last couple of pages of the build thread in my sig.