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Hi everyone,
I need 1.0mm square plastic (or other inlayable type material) or smaller size rods, in varying colors, as well as black and white.
Does anyone know of a source for this type of thing?
Thanks,

Craig L

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www.handcraftinlay.com

You might see what these folks have

http://www.tapplastics.com/

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Jim Hansen

Craig,

Maybe http://www.professionalplastics.com

Pat

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formerly known around here as burbank
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http://www.patfosterguitars.com

Craig, Could you use 1mm thick veneer (there's a lot of 0.042" thick stuff around) and cut 1mm wide strips? I do that kind of thing a lot for my marquetry work. I use my laser to cut them neatly.

I did a bit of an intensive web search for 1mm square plastic rod and came up empty handed. How about cutting up some Corian on your bandsaw?
Cheers,
Dave F.

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Cambrian Guitars

"There goes Mister Tic-Tac out the back with some bric-brac from the knick-knack rack"

Can you use round and just level it off (looks the same once inlaid)? Anything that small can't really be extruded square, to my knowledge. It's hard to find a plastics supplier that will even extrude plastic rod that small. 1mm would be the lower bound on what most equipment could do, and most places won't do under 1/8th, but I have a supplier that extrudes 0.06" for me to use as side dots. One roll of material is more black side dots than even the biggest factory could use in years, though!

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Bob Garrish
Former Canonized Purveyor of Fine CNC Luthier Services

Plastic sheet and veneer are probably your best bet. You can then trim to suit your needs.

Try Online Metals.Com.(and Plastics Too) Looks like you would have to slice them from their sheets.
http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cf ... &top_cat=0

René