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I drilled a marker dot hole a little off center at the 12th on an Ivoroid bound fretboard and thought I was screwed. I cut a little tapered plug out of the same material, lined up the stripes and pounded it into place. Sanded over so the dust filled the voids and put a drop of acetone on it. Next day I sanded smooth and re-drilled the hole and the repair is pretty much invisible. Just thought I'd mention it in case anyone else runs into the same problem. Can you tell which one it was?

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Nope!

Nice job, Terence.

Pat

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Nope!

Nice job, Terence.

Pat

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Very hard to tell. If I had to guess I'd say the one on the right you moved down a tiny bit. But it's hard to tell for sure.

That's the great thing about ivoroid. You can make joints seamless. When I do butt joints with it I take a spare piece of binding cutoff soak the last inch of it in some acetone then use the soft part and scrape a bit of it off and into the joint. When it melds and hardens it makes for a near invisible seam.

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John Mayes
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That's right John. I moved it down about 1mm. If you know right where to look you can see it but I don't think anyone would ever notice it if they didn't know. I was really careful to keep everything very clean when I was doing it and over drilled the 1/16" hole to 5/64". I've done what you do on binding joints but this seemed different. I did not expect it to work as well as it did.
Thanks
Terry

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I can't see it, even after knowing where the repair is. Great job. The purfling looks good too.

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I can see it there on the right but barely. I don't think anyone would see it if they weren't looking for it. And didn't know what to look for based on personal experience

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Steve Smith
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yeah I wouldn't not have noticed unless you would have mentioned it. Even then i was squinting. Good repair! We all make mistakes, it's knowing how to fix/avoid those mistakes that come with experience.

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