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Closing the box does have a down side...especially when there is this disturbing rattle and you cannot find your watch
Looking awesome, Jason.
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09-14-2014 01:03 PM
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Ha! Good thing I don't wear a watch.
Originally Posted by Scot Tremblay
Closing the box does have a down side...especially when there is this disturbing rattle and you cannot find your watch
Looking awesome, Jason.
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I actually found it a little sad to close the box and cover up all that hard work forever (hopefully)!
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The results are looking great!
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You could upgrade the back with something like this ! Originally Posted by Jehu
christophe
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great thread, keep it going... :-)
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Ninjasan Originally Posted by ninjasan
You could upgrade the back with something like this !
christophe
There're more discreet solutions:
Last edited by balthazar; 09-15-2014 at 05:59 PM.
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Not a bad idea! But I'm thinking Velcro might rattle less.
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that looks like great craftsmanship so far, Jehu.
looking forward to seeing the binding channel.
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Thanks, Fritz!
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Much to Fritz's chagrin, the binding channels will have to wait. My attempts at homegrown solutions have not been particularly confidence inspiring, so I've decided to bite the bullet and order a gramil from LMI... one of these little critters:
In the meantime, I thought I'd share what I've been up to neck-wise. I'm using a one-piece neck blank with a joined heel due to the dimensions of the stock I have.
First I roughed out the shape, cut the truss rod groove, and made the dovetail tenon with a saw and chisel:
... and the mating body mortise.
Then I attached the neck extension and the headstock ears:
And today I am planing the fingerboard to thickness.
Forward ho!
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Fascinating Jehu. I admire your skills Thanks for sharing. This is a great project and I hope that it all comes out as you wished.
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looks like you are very good with planes and other hand tools.
that's really impressive.
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Hi Jehu,
Do you already have the definite headstock shape in mind ?
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Thanks, Fritz. Part of the point of doing as much of this as I can by hand is to get better with hand tools, and I'm definitely seeing some improvements.
Ninja -- Yes, I have a general idea sketched out, I just need to finalise it and make a pattern. It's based in a somewhat abstract way on the shape of my dog's head. (Don't worry, it looks better than it sounds!)
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[QUOTE=Jehu;462037]....based in a somewhat abstract way on the shape of my dog's head. [QUOTE]
....and up until that point you had been doing so well, it all made relatively good sense. Then the dog's head came into the process........
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Don't worry, I'll keep it classy. I'm thinking something like this...
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Perfect!!!!!
Last edited by edh; 09-24-2014 at 12:17 AM. Reason: text
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Oh that's OK then, you had me worried for a minute.....
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Poor dog !
christophe
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Apologies for the lack of updates, folks, but rest assured that guitar-related happenings are, erm... happening. Binding channels are being channeled, and heads are being stocked. But in the meantime, here are a few pics of what's going on in the fingerboard department.
After some careful measurements and calculations, the fretboard scale was scored onto the blank.
Then began the World's Slowest Slotting Procedure. I found a coping saw blade that had a kerf width appropriate to my fretwire. Then, at each notch I lined up a square block and used a fretsaw to slot down to the appropriate depth.
Sometime later, I ended up with a slotted blank.
I then scored the width and used a plane to get the board to size, and sawed out the shape of the end.
Radiusing and binding will happen once it's on the neck, which is in the not-too-distant future. But first, the body binding!
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I remember, fondly I might add, cutting my first few fingerboards with a fretsaw. There's something very eternal about cutting the slots that way...perhaps the length of time it takes has something to do with that feeling...
Thanks for the update, Jay. I don't have much time for the inter web these days but do check on where you're at with your build every week or so. Looks like things are coming along great. Looking forward to the stringing up photos.
Last edited by Scot Tremblay; 10-17-2014 at 11:30 AM.
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Jehu, how do you know how deep to cut the slots? Do eyeball it?
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Pretty much. I measured how far up the blade I wanted to go, and then just eyeballed it on each cut. It's not an exact science in this stage of the game; I'll have to deepen the slots once I have the fretboard radiused.
Scot -- good to see you're still checking in! I had assumed that you had turned away in disgust at some point.
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Nope, no disgust here, never. I enjoy seeing what others are doing. I'm just really busy with my building so, even though I check in, I don't often comment. Sending positive mental vibes though. Originally Posted by Jehu
Scot -- good to see you're still checking in! I had assumed that you had turned away in disgust at some point.Last edited by Scot Tremblay; 10-20-2014 at 01:13 AM.
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