: Quick question. Is it better to pre-glue a bunch of strips on top of waxpaper
: on the bench then trace and cut out the pattern and drop it in or just fit
: small strips one at a time until the cut-out is filled? I'm sure you can
: do this either way, but which way is preferred? Is it just personal
: preference? I'm amazed at some of the inlays builders on this board have
: done. It's very impressive. How many fiberglass or plastic kayaks have
: fancy artistic inlays on their decks? None that I have seen.
: SMF

Scott, I think if your area of setting your inlay in was pretty flat them glueing up several pieces would be OK if the design wasn't too detailed. But a wide piece of glued up strips with many detailes would be very hard to get every thing filed and sanded for a good fit without making some fitting mistakes. By going one strip at a time you can get the fitting nearly perfect and if you misfit it is easier to throw that one piece away rather then a big piece that you have spent lots of time on. My deck was curved and so I fit one piece at a time and used thicker wood so I could sand it down to fair with the deck.

John