hey Westie07, get solar panels installed for power, I got a system installed last month. The rise of power costs has been absurd in WA, sure it's the same everywhere in Australia
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hey Westie07, get solar panels installed for power, I got a system installed last month. The rise of power costs has been absurd in WA, sure it's the same everywhere in Australia
Yeah Warren it's crazy expensive over here in Qld as well. I'm holding off the solar until I get some renos done, but I keep starting new guitars. Lol.
The binding is now finished.
The white plastic did not react to acetone so I had to use super glue to glue the first layer of white binding to the guitar. I found that a thicker super glue works best for this application as it doesn't soak into the wood as much as the runny stuff. So I used a “gel” super glue to give me a longer working time to get the binding in place. Luckily the black binding did react to acetone so once the first white strip of binding was glued to the guitar I was able to use acetone on the black and bind all three layers together.
It turned out a bit messy but luckily I left the binding about .5mm higher than the top of the guitar just in case of a stuff up and to allow me a margin of error that I could sand back. The sides I didn’t worry about too much as it will be given a Walnut stain so that should hide a multitude of sins.
The Binding applied and taped to the guitar.
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Before sanding. The messy result of using acetone on the black binding.
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After sanding. With aggressive sanding I was able to get a much better result.
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This week I hope to sand through the grades to either 400 or 600 grit and tidy up any “dings” before starting to apply the finish.
Really nice work indeed, Robin.
That is superb Robin. I hope that one day I have the kahunas to put this type of binding on:)
@Simon
Thanks mate.
@Andy
'Tis easy Andy. If I can do it anyone can.
It would've be a lot harder to add purfling, as it is not usually as deep as binding and that would require a second rebate of a different depth. So I took the easy way out, and just made it 3 layers of binding. Darn, I'm letting my secrets out of the bag. lol.
Cheers guys
rob
If I ever grow up I wanna be Robin
Spoiler alert!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dedman
Robin doesn't make it!!https://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-con...an-600x400.jpg
@Dedman
Believe me, you don't.
@Zandie
Darn, I wish you would have given me more notice. I could have made some better decisions.. lol..
Great job, you must be learning heaps