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Winter build off 2019 - Victory 5D

#21
Starter holes for the chambering routs done, and the routs for the wiring channels have been layed out. Unfortunately, I couldn't reach everywhere with my drill press and had to use a drill stand (which is much slower) Normally, I'd hog out these slots with the forstner, but my drill press doesn't have the reach. I'll be completing the slots with multiple passes of the router.
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#23
Wiring channels complete. Documenting the end points so I don't have to search for them after the top is on :)

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Well it's cold and snowing here in the suburbs of DC, so I got a quilt; I could match it this way:

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Though I think this works better:
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Worst case, I make another 'back strip' and say I'm working Alembic into the mix :D
 
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Well things have been going so well I was due for a screw-up:

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Gap in the seam, and it's off kilter; something slipped in the process (I blame those damn 13's). This was my first time gluing up a top like this, so lessons learned. Time for a top-strip to match the back strip! (let's add Alembic to the mix!) Maybe I should consider doing a wood pickup cover while I'm at it.

Recovery plan: Rout the neck pocket first then rout out the channel for the top-strip all the way to the walnut layer, then glue in the top-strip.

Options for the top-strip :

1. Match the back strip with walnut-mahogany-maple-walnut-maple-mahogany-walnut

2. Cut a thin strip of excess quilt and flank it with walnut

3. Thin strip of walnut burl flanked with something else.

4. Something else (hint hint: make a suggestion)
 
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Jon Clegg said:
Well things have been going so well I was due for a screw-up:

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Gap in the seam, and it's off kilter; something slipped in the process (I blame those damn 13's). This was my first time gluing up a top like this, so lessons learned. Time for a top-strip to match the back strip! (let's add Alembic to the mix!) Maybe I should consider doing a wood pickup cover while I'm at it.

Recovery plan: Rout the neck pocket first then rout out the channel for the top-strip all the way to the walnut layer, then glue in the top-strip.

Options for the top-strip :

1. Match the back strip with walnut-mahogany-maple-walnut-maple-mahogany-walnut

2. Cut a thin strip of excess quilt and flank it with walnut

3. Thin strip of walnut burl flanked with something else.

4. Something else (hint hint: make a suggestion)
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If that were mine, I'd saw it straight down the middle of the glue seam, re-joint the edges and reglue. Using a table saw, you'd only lose 3/16" across the width of the two boards, and probably another 1/16" in the jointing.
 
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Jon Clegg said:
Yeah, lesson learned.:banghead:
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Don't beat yourself up I've buggered up more then that before. No matter how slow and careful I go there is always that chance I will miss something. My latest is going real slow mostly due to paranoia about slipping up as I can't easily replace the neck section. Maybe you can route down and do a multi color insert kind of like this.
 
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Slidlow said:
Don't beat yourself up I've buggered up more then that before. No matter how slow and careful I go there is always that chance I will miss something. My latest is going real slow mostly due to paranoia about slipping up as I can't easily replace the neck section.
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Thanks. Naw, I'm not really beating myself up. When I realized it, I didn't even curse (much) :laugh: I just started thinking 'Well how am I going to fix this one?' and how do I do things better the next time.

One of the best things I learned from martial arts was the 'we learn more from our mistakes' mindset. Just wish sometimes that I didn't have to learn so much :D
 
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Jon Clegg said:
Thanks. Naw, I'm not really beating myself up. When I realized it, I didn't even curse (much) :laugh: I just started thinking 'Well how am I going to fix this one?' and how do I do things better the next time.

One of the best things I learned from martial arts was the 'we learn more from our mistakes' mindset. Just wish sometimes that I didn't have to learn so much :D
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I try to adhere to the "learn from others mistakes" doctrine as much as possible to cut down on making my own!:woot::roflmao::laugh::D
 
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Jon Clegg said:
One of the best things I learned from martial arts was the 'we learn more from our mistakes' mindset. Just wish sometimes that I didn't have to learn so much :D
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The second-dumbest thing I ever did was back in the 7th grade when I was riding my bicycle to school and thought, "I wonder if I could cross my hands, grab the handlebars and ride like that?" I immediately hit the ground hard, causing myself a great deal of pain.

Why is that the second-dumbest thing I ever did? Because after I recovered enough to get back on the bike and start riding again, I thought, "Now that I know what to expect, I wonder if I could successfully ride with my hands crossed?"... That was the dumbest.
 
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I would route a channel as narrow as possible to clear the problem, then make up a laminated strip to install in the channel. In my simple mind a wide, single wood strip is more dramatic, while a thin, multi-wood strip is more elegant. I tend toward the former, but am trying to look at thing more like the latter lately.
 
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Jisch said:
I would route a channel as narrow as possible to clear the problem, then make up a laminated strip to install in the channel. In my simple mind a wide, single wood strip is more dramatic, while a thin, multi-wood strip is more elegant. I tend toward the former, but am trying to look at thing more like the latter lately.
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I'm leaning towards the multi-wood strip as well. Also now looking at black hardware. Creeping elegance.
 
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