Finally got around to making my Neck and Pickup template
(Pic shown from back side)
I also have the body template near complete
Will probably get the body cut within the next week
Pics of my new bass
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- KVRAF
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- 2028 posts since 22 Jan, 2005 from Back in the Country
OK
Finally got around to making my Neck and Pickup template
(Pic shown from back side)
I also have the body template near complete
Will probably get the body cut within the next week
Finally got around to making my Neck and Pickup template
(Pic shown from back side)
I also have the body template near complete
Will probably get the body cut within the next week
Bunch O Stuff
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 2028 posts since 22 Jan, 2005 from Back in the Country
Update
I started cutting today. Routed out the neck pocket and all the pickups. That stuff looked good after some dremmel tool and filing. I mounted the body template I'll use to route the body outline. When making the body outline, I made a mistake. It's in the neck pocket. You can see it in the pic. I'll be able to recover from this though. I got a plan!!!
When starting to route the body outline, my router broke down, so I need to get a new router. Post another pic soon
I started cutting today. Routed out the neck pocket and all the pickups. That stuff looked good after some dremmel tool and filing. I mounted the body template I'll use to route the body outline. When making the body outline, I made a mistake. It's in the neck pocket. You can see it in the pic. I'll be able to recover from this though. I got a plan!!!
When starting to route the body outline, my router broke down, so I need to get a new router. Post another pic soon
Bunch O Stuff
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- KVRian
- 522 posts since 19 Jul, 2007 from Netherlands
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- KVRAF
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- 2028 posts since 22 Jan, 2005 from Back in the Country
obiwanjacobi wrote:Ouch, how are you going to fix that?
Nice wood btw.
It's not as bad as it looks. If you look at the pic, on the template, there's a perpendicular line to the center-line in the neck pocket area. That's the end of the neck pocket. The un-strainght portion in the route on the body blank was put there intentionally, to give me something to "eyeball" off of. It's past the cutoff for the neck. All I'll need to do is cut a straight line for about an inch or so. I'm debating on if I do it by hand or set up a fence. If I set up a fence, I'll do it from the backside.
When I cut the template, I knew I messed up the neck area. I really didn't want to remake the entire template, so I figured I'd correct it on the fly.
The wood is Oregon Black Walnut. I'm still unsure of how I'm going to finish. Nitrocellulose, or hand rubbed oil.
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- KVRian
- 522 posts since 19 Jul, 2007 from Netherlands
I have one guitar that is fully done in Danish Oil (about 4 or 5 coats).
And its wonderful on the neck. I have another guitar that is almost finished, built from parts that also has a neck with Danish Oil.
Finish the wood very fine (800 or 1000 grit) and rub the Danish Oil on it with a brush (cloth does not work as good for me). Then leave it a couple of minutes and then remove the excess oil with a cloth. If it is sticky, you've waited too long
Then wait 8 to 12 hours and repeat. For unfinished wood you should at least put 3 or 4 layers on. It will stink a little but that will wear off.
Downside is that the wood is not protected as well as with nitro.
And its wonderful on the neck. I have another guitar that is almost finished, built from parts that also has a neck with Danish Oil.
Finish the wood very fine (800 or 1000 grit) and rub the Danish Oil on it with a brush (cloth does not work as good for me). Then leave it a couple of minutes and then remove the excess oil with a cloth. If it is sticky, you've waited too long
Then wait 8 to 12 hours and repeat. For unfinished wood you should at least put 3 or 4 layers on. It will stink a little but that will wear off.Downside is that the wood is not protected as well as with nitro.
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- KVRAF
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- 2028 posts since 22 Jan, 2005 from Back in the Country
Update
Got the body cut today. You can see in the photo, I've made the correction to my template. In the next day or so I'll be shaping the heel, routing out the control cavity, doing the tummy cut, and putting on the fillets. After that, alot of sanding
Cheers
Got the body cut today. You can see in the photo, I've made the correction to my template. In the next day or so I'll be shaping the heel, routing out the control cavity, doing the tummy cut, and putting on the fillets. After that, alot of sanding
Cheers
Bunch O Stuff
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- KVRAF
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- 2028 posts since 22 Jan, 2005 from Back in the Country
Update
Routed off most of the fillets, put in the tummy cuts, and sanded down the edges. Will be working on shaping the heal, and routing out the control cavity soon.
Cheers
Routed off most of the fillets, put in the tummy cuts, and sanded down the edges. Will be working on shaping the heal, and routing out the control cavity soon.
Cheers
Bunch O Stuff
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- KVRAF
- 5140 posts since 22 Jul, 2006 from Tasmania, Australia
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- KVRian
- 522 posts since 19 Jul, 2007 from Netherlands
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- KVRAF
- 7152 posts since 4 Apr, 2005 from here and there
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- KVRAF
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- 2028 posts since 22 Jan, 2005 from Back in the Country
I'm Bummed!
After I took the pic last nite for posting here, I made a terrible discovery. There's a hairline crack along the grain, crossing nearly half the guitar. It didn't become visible until the wetting agent I use to show the grain dried off, but it didn't dry from the crack. If you are facing the guitar, it runs from where your right arm would rest on the body, diagonally through the bridge pickup, and then for another inch or so. At the end of the guitar, the crack is the entire thickness of the body
When I purchased the piece of wood, the sales person was very helpful in taking pics of the crack, and pointing it out to me. The sales person also said that this would probably sand out. From the very detailed pics, I thought the same.
Sometime the bastards win!
Just trying to figure out what I should do with this. Continue as if it were'nt there. Put a couple wood screws in through the bridge pickup cavity for strength. Use it for fire wood.
Just know my motivation has been reduced a bit.
After I took the pic last nite for posting here, I made a terrible discovery. There's a hairline crack along the grain, crossing nearly half the guitar. It didn't become visible until the wetting agent I use to show the grain dried off, but it didn't dry from the crack. If you are facing the guitar, it runs from where your right arm would rest on the body, diagonally through the bridge pickup, and then for another inch or so. At the end of the guitar, the crack is the entire thickness of the body
When I purchased the piece of wood, the sales person was very helpful in taking pics of the crack, and pointing it out to me. The sales person also said that this would probably sand out. From the very detailed pics, I thought the same.
Sometime the bastards win!
Just trying to figure out what I should do with this. Continue as if it were'nt there. Put a couple wood screws in through the bridge pickup cavity for strength. Use it for fire wood.
Just know my motivation has been reduced a bit.
Bunch O Stuff
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- KVRian
- 930 posts since 20 Mar, 2005 from Newcastle, UK
Is there no way you can 'wedge' it slightly open, inject some wood glue then clamp it up for a couple days?
Would be such a waste if you couldn't get past this
James
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- KVRAF
- 7152 posts since 4 Apr, 2005 from here and there
offthewall wrote:Would be such a waste if you couldn't get past this
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- KVRAF
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- 2028 posts since 22 Jan, 2005 from Back in the Country
Update
One of the things about working with wood is that there are ways to recover from mistakes, accidents, and the like.
In my case I have put a couple of 1.5 inch screws, traversing the crack, in through the bridge pickup cavity, so that the repair work won't be visible.
My main concern is that the string tension on the bridge will lift that section. The screws should minimize the lift.
This of course dictates that the guitar gets an oil finish. If I were to finish it in lacquer, and the wood shifted, the crack would be readily visible. An oil finish will minimize the visibility.
On to routing out the control cavity
Scoops
One of the things about working with wood is that there are ways to recover from mistakes, accidents, and the like.
In my case I have put a couple of 1.5 inch screws, traversing the crack, in through the bridge pickup cavity, so that the repair work won't be visible.
My main concern is that the string tension on the bridge will lift that section. The screws should minimize the lift.
This of course dictates that the guitar gets an oil finish. If I were to finish it in lacquer, and the wood shifted, the crack would be readily visible. An oil finish will minimize the visibility.
On to routing out the control cavity
Scoops
Bunch O Stuff
