Hello everybody!
A few weeks ago I finished another project. Originally I wasn't planning or making a proper work log because this was going to be a Christmas gift and I was short on time, so this will be a very basic build log.
The bass was going to be a gift for my now 5 month old niece. Yes, I know i'm a bit early...
The wood slabs for the body:
Not pictured is the center veneers. They are 0.6mm white/black/white veneers. The yellow rings are worm holes. One was in the area where the pickup was placed, and the other was in the waste area, so no problem.
Thinning down the slabs in a CNC router:
Top routes done:
I don't have any end mills long enough to go through the slab, so I had to route from both sides. I had to do this anyway to make the rear cavities. The holes in the corners are there to help align the piece for the rear routing. I also cut the screw holes for the bridge to save some work with measuring the placement of the bridge.
The channels for the pickup and bridge wires were routed before the body was glued together. You can just about see the missing veneer to the lower left corner of the pickup cavity. As you can see I did hit my target of the glue line of the center veneers and the back wenge piece.
This is the index plate for the rear route:
The holes was milled to match up with the front holes of the body, and the body clamped on top of this sheet. with some wooden plugs in the holes.
Outline of all the cutouts milled with a 1mm bit:
This is to reduce tearout when using 3mm and 6mm bits.
Rear routes cut:
I also made the recesses for the neck screw ferules and the holes for the neck screws in the same run.
And we have a basic body!
The roundovers and contours were done by hand later.
Rough cut scarf joint:
I cut from both sides using a hand saw. Pretty close...
After a few minutes with a hand plane I have this:
The top of the neck was later milled down, so all the roughness on top wasn't any problem. This picture was taken after I had milled the headstock shape.
Headstock before glue:
The discoloration on top is from some tearout that I fixed with some CA. That happened when I was removing the waste material after milling. I hadn't milled deep enough, so some fibers broke off. This happened because I was milling this from the back of the headstock to allow for some thinning down of some of the piece.
To be continued...
A few weeks ago I finished another project. Originally I wasn't planning or making a proper work log because this was going to be a Christmas gift and I was short on time, so this will be a very basic build log.
The bass was going to be a gift for my now 5 month old niece. Yes, I know i'm a bit early...
The wood slabs for the body:
Not pictured is the center veneers. They are 0.6mm white/black/white veneers. The yellow rings are worm holes. One was in the area where the pickup was placed, and the other was in the waste area, so no problem.
Thinning down the slabs in a CNC router:
Top routes done:
I don't have any end mills long enough to go through the slab, so I had to route from both sides. I had to do this anyway to make the rear cavities. The holes in the corners are there to help align the piece for the rear routing. I also cut the screw holes for the bridge to save some work with measuring the placement of the bridge.
The channels for the pickup and bridge wires were routed before the body was glued together. You can just about see the missing veneer to the lower left corner of the pickup cavity. As you can see I did hit my target of the glue line of the center veneers and the back wenge piece.
This is the index plate for the rear route:
The holes was milled to match up with the front holes of the body, and the body clamped on top of this sheet. with some wooden plugs in the holes.
Outline of all the cutouts milled with a 1mm bit:
This is to reduce tearout when using 3mm and 6mm bits.
Rear routes cut:
I also made the recesses for the neck screw ferules and the holes for the neck screws in the same run.
And we have a basic body!
The roundovers and contours were done by hand later.
Rough cut scarf joint:
I cut from both sides using a hand saw. Pretty close...
After a few minutes with a hand plane I have this:
The top of the neck was later milled down, so all the roughness on top wasn't any problem. This picture was taken after I had milled the headstock shape.
Headstock before glue:
The discoloration on top is from some tearout that I fixed with some CA. That happened when I was removing the waste material after milling. I hadn't milled deep enough, so some fibers broke off. This happened because I was milling this from the back of the headstock to allow for some thinning down of some of the piece.
To be continued...
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Sorry about that.
