Winter build off 2026 - Primal Screamray

[Lo-E]

What’s the radius of that cutter?

 

[Flying B]

What’s the radius of that cutter?

9.5"

 

[Flying B]

I found my collet extension. I'm not sure how recommended these things are but can be very useful in this kind of scenario.

Fretboard radiussed.

 

[Beej]

That collet extension is interesting. I'm not sure I'd want use it in a handheld router two feet from my crotch, but it's interesting nonetheless.

 

[NKBassman]

Frustrating time today trying to countersink this neck plate for the machine bolts. The countersink it came with were nowhere near deep enough so I tried to enlarge them. The results were not good, no matter what I tried there was a lot of vibration and the holes ended up not very round, and I also ended up going too deep.
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Not really good enough. So I think I'm going to flip the plate over and use these flange headed bolts instead. Not what I wanted but looks a lot tidier.
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Personally, my preference would be accepting imperfect countersunk holes over large flange head bolts digging in to my hip.

And you can always redo another neck plate later...

 

[Flying B]

Personally, my preference would be accepting imperfect countersunk holes over large flange head bolts digging in to my hip.

And you can always redo another neck plate later...

Yeah if they bother me then I can redo it, but it's definitely nowhere near my hip

 

[Flying B]

Trying to get a head start on the wiring this weekend as I'm going away for nearly two weeks and the deadline is looming!
Much more complicated than anything else I've done.

 

[bassingeorge]

Subbed

 

[Bertr]

For a cleaner result, use a drill press. Set it for high rpm, and use a light touch.

Another solution might be to take the plate to an engine refurbishing workshop: Clean valveseats is their business. A bit small for a valve seat, but one never knows. Just an idea.

 

[Flying B]

Back from my holibobs so trying to crack on with this. I sanded the fretboard to 400 and then recut the fret slots after radiussing. Stole the trick from someone on here of using a piece of fretwire with the barbs filed off to check the depth. An offcut of dowel for a handle made it nicer to use.

Then I thicknessed the headstock. I removed most of the waste on the bandsaw then used a bobbin sander to finish and to get the scoop.

Also got the tuner holes drilled.

 

[Flamingo21]

holibobs

Am I alone in having to look this up?

 

[Flying B]

Am I alone in having to look this up?

A local idiom.

 

[Flying B]

Didn't get much done today, but I put some oil on the fretboard to prepare for fretting, which should be tomorrow. Apart from fretting about the deadline, which has started already.

Undecided about whether to stain the maple before oiling, looks pretty nice as is, but some stain could pop the figure a bit more....

 

[Gary_M]

Didn't get much done today, but I put some oil on the fretboard to prepare for fretting, which should be tomorrow. Apart from fretting about the deadline, which has started already.
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Undecided about whether to stain the maple before oiling, looks pretty nice as is, but some stain could pop the figure a bit more....

That fretboard is insane!

 

[Flying B]

I stayed on for a couple of hours after work today to try and make some headway. Got the frets installed then made some templates for control cavities. I made a start routing then ran out of time at that point.

Mock up.

This song came on the radio as I was running out of steam, that gave me a boost!
Have a great weekend folks.

 

[Flying B]

Just working out some facets for the neck carve, using my favourite p-bass neck

Just putting these here for me, but if anyone's not familiar with the facet technique I can try to explain it.

 

[Beej]

Am I alone in having to look this up?

I confess I had to as well. Reading it, I figured it meant holidays, and guessed it was english slang, cuz if it was aussie, it probably would have been 'holibobbo'

 

[Flying B]

Got a bit more done today. Finished routing the cavity and the shelf for the cover. Drilled some wiring holes. Also you can see I had to go a bit deeper just around the volume pot as it has a slightly shorter threaded section. I also made a template for the battery box, and routed that, and also machined up a bit of purple heart for the cover.

Good progress, but I'm doubting I'll finish this before the deadline as I've very little time to work on it apart from my lunch breaks.

 

[Flying B]

Round over done

 

[Flying B]

Got the hole drilled for the jack, and also the strap pins. Think that's about it for the body apart from a control cavity cover. And a lot of sanding.

Think I'm gonna use this so called football style jack plate. Looks more like a rugby ball than a football to me.