The right side inlay seated very nicely, but the left side did not. I think a typo in my speeds for the left one caused it to cut to fast and induced slop into the cut.
Is there a reasonable way to fill those gaps? I’ve thought of trying make soem purple heart sawdust to mix with glue and fill them with that. I’ve also thought about filling the gaps with either superglue or epoxy. The latter would not make it appear to be gapless, but it would make it not have the voids. The sawdust trick never seems to work out very well either though.
This is a rather large tray for a custom order, so I’d rather not have to scrap it and start all over. That said, I would need a decent looking fix. Anyone have ideas that might work well?
I would use the sawdust trick. The trick with sawdust is to get it with 220-320 grit, pack it in the voids leaving some slightly proud and use some thin set CA. After some drying time lightly sand it back down flush.
My experience with purpleheart is it is hard, heavy and brittle. The sawdust and wood glue would be your best bet. Just pack it in with a tooth pick or small tool because when you sand off the residue the gaps could reappear. Maybe put the saw dust in first and then add the glue. A thin super glue might work as well but the sawdust first then the glue.
