Preparing an inlet to cover bolt hole in flats..

[KenMarburger]

After repair of head of stock, (glassing cracks, staple installation, glass bedding, etc.) what are anyone's opinions on repairing the hole left by a through-the-flat stock repair? Would you prepare small inlets slightly larger than the holes? Or would you make the inlets the same size as the flats? (both using the same species of wood for the inlets of course)

[Rick Losey]

there have been some pictures posted here of Parkers that have had the flats taken down just a little and veneered - covered with a thin layer of walnut to hide the bolt repair - they were done very well and look great

[Brian Dudley]

Yes. Vaneering on a piece of thin walnut, with the outline of the action panel being the breaking point of the vaneer edge is the best way to hide a hole in a stock head.

Other possibilities would be to checker the cheek panels. Or even go as far as I laying in a piece that is the shape of the checkered panel and then checkering it so that there is no evidence of a pin through the checkering.