Was cleaning up the top with some naptha, the bearclaw in this spruce is gonna be nuts under finish!
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Special Edition Build Off - Tinozza style
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Got the end graft done.
Super high tech setup here:
Yep, sitting in a drawer with a shower mat protecting the bottom and face. Took a lot of tape to get the template I made from swimming around!
Routed and then chiseled square:
Then the fun part, getting the purfling fitting and sanding the end piece til it all fit. I tapped it all in with a fret hammer and then wicked in ca glue.
Then scraped and sanded flush
Super high tech setup here:
Yep, sitting in a drawer with a shower mat protecting the bottom and face. Took a lot of tape to get the template I made from swimming around!
Routed and then chiseled square:
Then the fun part, getting the purfling fitting and sanding the end piece til it all fit. I tapped it all in with a fret hammer and then wicked in ca glue.
Then scraped and sanded flush
This thing is gonna need a neck! Had to make a new thing to hold this guy as it's too big for the one I use for acoustic geetars. In retrospect, if I had made this yesterday I could have used it for the end wedge.
This is gonna have a mortise and tenon bolt on neck, with a fretboard extension too.
Here's the neck getting the tenon
And here's the body. About to get the mortise. Friggin hate this part!
A u-shaped structure:
Initial fit, action is a wee-bit high
This is gonna have a mortise and tenon bolt on neck, with a fretboard extension too.
Here's the neck getting the tenon
And here's the body. About to get the mortise. Friggin hate this part!
A u-shaped structure:
Initial fit, action is a wee-bit high
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I've got a carbon fiber rod question for y'all, having only done them once before and I don't remember what I did....
I've got channels routed for them on either side of the truss rod, do you guys epoxy them in? I was thinking I would epoxy them in, and then try to wedge a piece of wood in the slot on top of them so I have wood to glue the fretboard to.
What do you folks do?
I've got channels routed for them on either side of the truss rod, do you guys epoxy them in? I was thinking I would epoxy them in, and then try to wedge a piece of wood in the slot on top of them so I have wood to glue the fretboard to.
What do you folks do?
I epoxy them in and flush mount them, then just glue the fingerboard right over top of that. I've not thought about it before, but now I'm suddenly looking at a couple of guitars with mild paranoia, haha. 
I typically use wood glue to attach them in case they need removal in the future, but I have epoxied a few on, with the understanding that I'll be planing that thing off if it needs to come off. 
I typically use wood glue to attach them in case they need removal in the future, but I have epoxied a few on, with the understanding that I'll be planing that thing off if it needs to come off. 
The level of precision and craftsmanship on display here is mindblowing...
Thanks for letting us tag along, Sir!
Thanks for letting us tag along, Sir!
Today's installment is titled, "I wish I had a real drill press". Follow along, friends, I'm sure many of you will get a good laugh out of this setup!
I'm doing a bolt on neck here, with a fretboard extension, and need the holes for the threaded inserts in the tenon to be super clean and perpendicular.
But I only have a crappy tabletop porter and cable (laughter ensues).
So, here's what I do - i have it on a little stand at the end of a bench, with the base and table turned away (the table doesn't seem to rotate, if it did that would help a lot), and there's a big hole in the end of the bench under the bit.
I don't remember what this jig is really for, but it will work for this:
Next I clamp the neck to it, and there is a 1.5 or so degree wedge under it too to bring the tenon up to 90 degrees (the neck has already been fitted to the body, so the tenon is no longer perpendicular to the top of the neck)
Then i drop the neck in the hole in the table, line up the bit, and apply more clamps
Clamps holding the jig to the top, more to the neck, basically lots of clamps. Are we having fun yet?
I make sure its all 90 degrees or pretty darn close, and drill the first hole
Ooo la la, thats a nice hole!
Here's both holes, with the inserts installed
Now for the holes in the body, luckily these can be a little oversized and don't need to be precisely square
Then I attached the neck. I've gotta say the side sound port makes this a lot easier than a regular old hole in the top! I countersunk the body holes a bit, there are spring washers in there
Lookin good!
Fretboard extension next up!
I'm doing a bolt on neck here, with a fretboard extension, and need the holes for the threaded inserts in the tenon to be super clean and perpendicular.
But I only have a crappy tabletop porter and cable (laughter ensues).
So, here's what I do - i have it on a little stand at the end of a bench, with the base and table turned away (the table doesn't seem to rotate, if it did that would help a lot), and there's a big hole in the end of the bench under the bit.
I don't remember what this jig is really for, but it will work for this:
Next I clamp the neck to it, and there is a 1.5 or so degree wedge under it too to bring the tenon up to 90 degrees (the neck has already been fitted to the body, so the tenon is no longer perpendicular to the top of the neck)
Then i drop the neck in the hole in the table, line up the bit, and apply more clamps
Clamps holding the jig to the top, more to the neck, basically lots of clamps. Are we having fun yet?
I make sure its all 90 degrees or pretty darn close, and drill the first hole
Ooo la la, thats a nice hole!
Here's both holes, with the inserts installed
Now for the holes in the body, luckily these can be a little oversized and don't need to be precisely square
Then I attached the neck. I've gotta say the side sound port makes this a lot easier than a regular old hole in the top! I countersunk the body holes a bit, there are spring washers in there
Lookin good!
Fretboard extension next up!
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Well done! You really only get one chance to get that right, but you did well!
Routed for the fretboard extension - a major brown pants operation!
Got the extension fitted really tight:
Glued to the neck, added inserts and stuff.
All bolted up
Only bummer is, I dont have a drill bit long enough to do the hole for the truss rod (access will be from inside the body). So, can't attach the fretboard and carve the neck til one arrives.
Got the extension fitted really tight:
Glued to the neck, added inserts and stuff.
All bolted up
Only bummer is, I dont have a drill bit long enough to do the hole for the truss rod (access will be from inside the body). So, can't attach the fretboard and carve the neck til one arrives.
Beautiful.
patience, my friend ....the bit will arrive and you’ll continue this amazing build....
patience, my friend ....the bit will arrive and you’ll continue this amazing build....
Sanding the arm bevel this week I found the veneer was too thin in some parts
Well, that's kind of a big part.... there was also more of the walnut showing between the purfling and ebony than I wanted.
So, I sanded it off, and then refined the bevel to go right up to the purfling. Made a new veneer and attached it
Much cleaner now, and the ebony goes right up to the purfling everywhere.
Worked on the headstock too - I was trying to save the rest of the macassar for another fretboard, but since I had to take another veneer off for the arm bevel I decided to bookmatch some for a headstock back strap too
That should look really good once it's shaped.
Worked on the front too, got it to final shape, added a white and a black veneer to the back and mounted it
Ignore the toothpick locater pins, they will get drilled out soon. Fretboard isn't attached, just here to show how the transition will look. I'm planning on a black tusq nut and bridge. Will shape the headstock tomorrow once the epoxy cures all the way.
It's getting there! Might actually make the deadline!
Well, that's kind of a big part.... there was also more of the walnut showing between the purfling and ebony than I wanted.
So, I sanded it off, and then refined the bevel to go right up to the purfling. Made a new veneer and attached it
Much cleaner now, and the ebony goes right up to the purfling everywhere.
Worked on the headstock too - I was trying to save the rest of the macassar for another fretboard, but since I had to take another veneer off for the arm bevel I decided to bookmatch some for a headstock back strap too
That should look really good once it's shaped.
Worked on the front too, got it to final shape, added a white and a black veneer to the back and mounted it
Ignore the toothpick locater pins, they will get drilled out soon. Fretboard isn't attached, just here to show how the transition will look. I'm planning on a black tusq nut and bridge. Will shape the headstock tomorrow once the epoxy cures all the way.
It's getting there! Might actually make the deadline!
