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My six taking shape...
- Thread starter Bassic83
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Not yet- I'm working off the plans from MIMF, I may keep the body they have, or I may modify it. We'll see what transpires.
Bassic83 said:
Are those the plans done by Moll Guitars? I bought those plans myself. I'm curious to know how it all will come together!
Jon
Yup, those be the plans, matey! Very detailed, though I plan on choosing my own pickup placement. I'm also using Q-Tuners, so none of the rout templates for the pickups are even close. I'll make my own templates. The plans call for both maple and walnut in the body core. I have a line on the maple, but am still trying to find my walnut. I'm thinking of doing a wenge accent line between the layers, bidding on some veneer online. We'll see...I'll keep everyone posted, it's moving rather slowly right now. I'm using my friend's wood shop and expertise, and am constrained by his family's needs and plans (they come first, of course) and by my ability to find my woods. I had originally planned on a myrtle burl top, but the guanacaste is so much higher-grade that I have to go with it. My buddy also lives about 65 miles from me, so it's not an easy task to just pop over for an hour or two. We have to plan around his schedule, so that we can spend a few hours at a time. Once it gets to a certain point, I'm going to bring it to my house for neck shaping by hand. I plan on using a Sure-Form and lotsa sandpaper!
One, with two graphite bars running parallel to the edge of the fretboard. The trussrod is actually in the pics, if you look closely. The graphite channels have also been cut. The neck is really solid, I don't think the truss rod will be working too hard. Wenge fingerboard to be cut next weekend, and maybe the body too. We'll see, I'll post pics as I go.
Update- I finally found a spokeshave, and had at the neck with it. Much faster than the rasp. I still need to level a couple of high spots on the back of the neck from where the bandsaw wandered, but I think a good belt sanding might be in order there. The quarter-sheet sander I have is not the tool for the job- too small to "catch the wave", so to speak. Bought a little bandsaw today to help myself out with cutting out body templates. The scrollsaw is OK, but I want to rough it out quick. Need a stand for it, but I can find one somewhere. Nice to have some of the major shaping out of the way, gives me a sense that this might be possible after all! 
Now that you laid it out with the templates, have you decided on the omega cut out or not?
Looks like you have room for it!
BTW, GREAT looking design!
Jon
Looks like you have room for it!
BTW, GREAT looking design!
Jon
Bassic83 said:Update- I finally found a spokeshave, and had at the neck with it. Much faster than the rasp. I still need to level a couple of high spots on the back of the neck from where the bandsaw wandered, but I think a good belt sanding might be in order there. The quarter-sheet sander I have is not the tool for the job- too small to "catch the wave", so to speak. Bought a little bandsaw today to help myself out with cutting out body templates. The scrollsaw is OK, but I want to rough it out quick. Need a stand for it, but I can find one somewhere. Nice to have some of the major shaping out of the way, gives me a sense that this might be possible after all!
I made a tool for this type of action and I use it all the time now - a sanding bow. I cut a 1-1/4" x 22" x 1/4" thick piece of ash and bent it in a gradual bow and stapled a strip of 80 grit cloth to it. Used like a saw it really removes the wood. But it can be used in lots of different directions. Also, my bow has a compound curve (by accident) so that it has a flat curved end and a more pronounced curve at the other end. Those can be used in different ways by gripping the bow closer to the end. Rounding over is easy as well as maintaining rounded contours. You'll just have to make one to see all of the ways it can help. It's also cheap!
