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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2021 8:24:20 GMT -6
yes, the routers... Hum... When I first started out like I said I borrowed a rather used up router. Wound up burning it up on that first body I made. I felt bad and bought him a new one. I bought two that day. One fore me. HA! But I bought better than I borrowed. He told me I didn't have to do that. But that is the way I am. He was kind enough to lend it to me and it burned up on me.
But anyway, I had that router for a long time before it went out on me. I bough a 3rd one back when I was in AZ. It's a big one and I now keep it in my router table. I bout one of them smaller ones that is a lot easier to handle by hand. Yes it's one I got from Harbor Freight and it did not cost all that much. I'll see how long it will last. But it has speed control on it and does a great job.
On my bigger one it too has speed control and I have 2 chucks for it so I can use the bigger bits when needed on it. It's a Craftsman router I bought before Sears closed up. It's been a good router.
Well, I need to go for now. EB
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2021 10:56:08 GMT -6
In trying to get my fret board off my jig I broke it.
So I wound up buying a new one from Stew Mac. This new one is super heavy duty.
it has the 25" scale on one side and 25.5 on the other.
Here is the neck blank out of the clamps. I need to true it up some. It looks like it's going to be a cool looking neck once done.
EB
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Post by antares on Sept 19, 2021 13:06:15 GMT -6
Cool work Eddie. Your enthusiasm is infectious!
I don't remember what my router is Dane. I do remember paying £10 for it in a close down sale. We have these really cheap tool lines over here like "Challenge" which is or was the "Argos" catalogue shop in-house brand, and I expect you have them too, well it's one of those. Basically junk. I'll go and take a look at it down the shed tomorrow in the daylight but it would indeed be for giggles Dane.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2021 14:03:00 GMT -6
Not a whole lot going today. I did do some work on the beck blank, but not a lot. I worked on redoing my shop today. Seems like you may think you have it the way you want it, Until you go to use things. With my shop being small I have to try and make good use of space.
So I put things where I think I can use them without fighting for space. I don't like to have to keep moving things around to use them. I hope I now have it figured out. LOL!
Like I said I did a little work on the neck blank. I now have it squared up and the lines drawn on for profiling it and marking out for the truss rod. I was wanting to get the peg head angle cut and the truss rod channel routed in. But I don't think it will be today.
EB
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2021 16:52:49 GMT -6
Here is what I hot done today.
I got the fret board profiled and the neck is all squared up. I did a little bit of a change for me. I put an open book thing at the end of the fret board. I thought it would be something I haven't done before.
It's getting there. Here I have the fret board laying on top of the neck blank. I am still thinking of putting binding around the fret board. That means I will have to bend it at the end of the fret board. Should not be a problem. But, I have to wait until tomorrow. Lost sun light.
I didn't show this time how I profiled the fret board. All I do is I use two sided tape and stick a straight edge to go off of. I then cut as close as I can to that edge. I then use my router (table) with a top bearing on it and trim it up. I do the same thing with the other side. This is the way I have been doing it for years. I was telling the wife today that I might have to make me a good template/jig to go off of. So, that it makes things a little easier on me.
Tomorrow, I hope to have the truss rod in ans the fret board glued on. I will end up using the fret board as my neck template. Something else I have done for years. This neck is going to end up being one of thin necks. I like my thin necks. For me they have a lot of comfort for my hand.
That's it for today!
EB
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Post by dnic on Sept 20, 2021 18:55:17 GMT -6
I know I responded to this yesterday or this morning. Aggravates me when I loose stuff. looking Eddie.
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Post by antares on Sept 21, 2021 6:31:02 GMT -6
Great to see it coming together Eddie. I have a set neck double cut- the one that you guys helped me with when I converted it for P90 from hummer, and it has the slimmest neck ever, but I've gone the other way now and a good baseball bat Tele neck works better for me these days.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2021 10:56:50 GMT -6
I know I responded to this yesterday or this morning. Aggravates me when I loose stuff. looking Eddie. That happens to me as well. I'll respond then it's gone. Must be a glitch in the app.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2021 12:49:07 GMT -6
Got some of the binding glued on and I got the truss rod in. That will be it for me today.
I bought a bunch of these little ratchet clamps form my favorite place... Ha! I had to use some WD40 on them to get hem to work right. They work good now. What can I say they were cheap. They worked out good for gluing up the bindings. They will also come in handy for gluing the fret board on.
Tomorrow, I'll see about bending the wood binding for the end of the fret board. I think I have a plan. Once that is done I'll sand and scrape the bindings to match the fret board, before I glue it to the neck blank.
And yes I lost a little control on the router and wound up making the slot bigger by the adjustment by the head stock. But It will be fine.
I bought me a belt sander as well. I tried it out on some of the wood I bought. It seems to do a good job for leveling out the wood and making it nice and smooth. So, sometime tomorrow I will glue up the body blank let it day and start sanding it smooth.
On this build I am going to get then neck close to being done before I glue it to the body. I am also waiting on the leather top to be sent to me. My son has done some other work to it but he is not say what he did... Hum...
I am not sure how thick the leather is. So, another reason I am waiting on it. So I can get some idea as to how deep I should place the neck. I don't want the leather to be to proud to the fret board.
The weather is going to be cooling off a lot in the next few days. So, I hope to get a lot done. EB
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2021 13:05:31 GMT -6
Here is what I am working on today. Trying to get the binding on the end of fret board. Grrrrrrr!!!!
What I had to do is I had to make the binding thinner. I could not get it to bend without cracking in half. So, I cut what I had for binding thinner. I'll put the first layer on then another one on top of that to get it to the thickness I want.
here I have taped the binding after bending it.
I soak wood in water for a few mins. As you can see, some of my attempt's didn't work.
This is an old soldering gun I use for binding my wood bindings. It works really well. My Dad had this soldering gun when I was a kid. It is also the one I started out with in building guitar.
I took some time to relax after taking a few pictures. I am waiting for glue to set up. Going to try and get the fret board done today. I may not get it glued on. I did get the body blink glues up. That was the first thing I did today. I had a really hard time in getting the seam to flush up together. For the life of me I could not get it flat. But, what I wound up doing, was I took some of the sandpaper that I got in a box. It is sticky back sandpaper. I put it on my router table full width of the table. That worked out great! It did take some elbow grease to get the two halves to match up, but I did get it there.
OK, going back out to see if I can get the fret board binding done.
EB
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2021 16:04:00 GMT -6
Got the fret board on to the neck blank!
fret board being glues on.
Now I have to sit wait for the glue to dry. Tomorrow will be another work out for me. Sanding... Lots and lots of sanding.... First up will be the body wood. Need to get it smooth. That will take some time to do, even with a belt sander.
Got a surprise a little bit ago. My son has the leather top done. He sent me a picture of it. So cool to see something go from a drawing to what it looks like now.
I can hardly wait to get this mounted on my guitar! WOW! This is so cool!
One of the coolest things about this build is that son is involved in making this guitar come true. It's been an awesome day today for me. I was able to be outside all day, well, except for taking a rest once in a while. But it felt so good to be able to be outside having fun working on this build. The weather here is so good. I wish it would stay like this all year round.
Well, like I said tomorrow will be a busy day. Once I get the body smooth, then I'll be all over the neck. I need to radius the fret board and I think I'll profile the sides of the neck first, then radius the fret board, and if I have enough left in me, I'll put the frets in. That will take some time for me to do. I have to sand the fret tang off for it to fit over the bindings. I don't have a tool for that. But I have had good success in doing it the way I do it. But it does take some time.
Once the frets are in then I'll start carving the neck. My favorite part of a build. Carving the neck. EB
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Post by dnic on Sept 23, 2021 18:22:28 GMT -6
That leather is very nice. Looks amazing. I like to fret my neck before carving as well. I don't get people doing all the carving before and then having to support the neck in a special caul. That makes it feel a a refret.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2021 10:25:39 GMT -6
That leather is very nice. Looks amazing. I like to fret my neck before carving as well. I don't get people doing all the carving before and then having to support the neck in a special caul. That makes it feel a a refret. I have done both ways. But to me it is more stable to fret before carving off the back of the neck. Like I said the fretting on thins one will take some time to do. So I would rather leave the neck pretty much un carved.
I talked my son into making me a EB logo out of leather for the peg head as well. Can't wait to get the leather.
EB
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Post by Deleted on Sept 24, 2021 15:21:39 GMT -6
here is what I did today. I decided not to work on the body today. I have been work on the neck, pretty much all day.
As you can see, I have started the fretting. A little time consuming, but I am getting it done. Please note I profiled the sides of the neck. The radius of the fret board took longer than I had planed. but I got there. This birds eye maple seems to super hard. I start out with 80 grit and worked up to 250 grit. The fret board looks nice and smooth.
All in all this build is coming right a long. Like I was say about the birds eye maple. That maple is some of the hardest maple I have ever worked with. It not easy to sand by hand or otherwise.
Once the fret are in I'll stat carving the neck. I need to put a heal on it and I am trying to decide what I an going to use wood wise. I'll figure that out as I go along.
I would like to finish up the frets today. But I think I'm done for today. I'll pickup up again tomorrow.
EB
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Post by dnic on Sept 24, 2021 20:28:18 GMT -6
Looks good Eddie! I really enjoy the fretting process. I recently updated my fretboard radius-ing procedure. I made a bed and a sled for my little router. I'm sure you've seen it in action in a video or two. But it enables me to route the radius onto the fretboard. Then very little hand sanding is involved to clean it up.
I like that maple board, looks sweet!
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