wow looks great Doc, shape looks like the shape you pencilled. Looks like you are ready for 80 grit sandpaper and go up through the grits.
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wow looks great Doc, shape looks like the shape you pencilled. Looks like you are ready for 80 grit sandpaper and go up through the grits.
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Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Cheers mate, it took me a long time and alot of filing to get it to that state, I rounded-off that corner adjacent to the A string tuner hole, I'll add some 80 to 400 grit sandpaper to my Big Green Shed shopping list.
I'm assuming that I should sand the edges of the headstock down a bit so that they are slightly rounded, I reckon the neck will look great clear coated.
Doc you could always use some black and gold toilet paper to sand the headstock edges, but it would be about 5 grit probably too harsh haha
The bigger your Green Shed shopping list is you do know the longer your naughty warehouse sentence will be ?
Depends how nice DB is feeling at the time
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Originally Posted by wokkaboy
Lol....I'm not really too worried about being sentenced to the naughty warehouse I'll gladly take my punishment like a man, yeah I know black and gold toilet paper can be a bit rough, you have to make sure you have a good sock of it cause it can be very bad when it runs out at the wrong time.
I did a quick check to see what the neck would look like with the Gold Grover Locking Tuners installed and it looked pretty smikky.
I'm debating to myself whether I should go ahead and drill the holes for the mounting screws for the tuners, I've been testing the fitting of the other parts of the guitar and so far I can't see any issues, I must have gotten lucky with this kit, I like the quality of all the body routing, everything looks well-centred.
Good work on the headstock Doc. Always good to get any wood cutting out of the way with no incidents.
I'll have to fire up my kwakka and patrol your local big green shed, looks like a booking coming up!
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haha good one Ponch, I didn't know you booked forumites for shopping in the big green shed !
better pack a cushion and a fat fuel card, fair trip NSW to Darwin !
@ Doc no need to rush drilling tuner screw holes unless you are 100% happy with the alignment.
I find it easier to do after the finish is on
@ andrewdosborne I'll tell you what, I'll just save the time and expenses for a Trial and just plead guilty, I talked to my Lawyer and he agreed, given the extenuating circumstances.
@ wokkaboy No worries then, it may be better if I just take my time with the build anyway.
Update, I decided to go ahead and drill the holes for the neck-mounting screws in the neck, I used a 3.5mm Titanium-coated drill bit in my 12V Ozito Cordless Drill, before placing the Drill Bit in the chuck, I used one of the Neck-mounting screws as a gauge to make a mark on the drill bit so I could consistently drill the holes to the correct depth and not end up drilling all the way through the neck, which would have been a disaster, once all the holes were drilled I grabbed the neck plate and black-plastic cushion from the cardboard box the kit came in, and then proceeded to install the neck on the body, the screws were a bit of a tight fit in the screw holes so I used some of my Big Bends Nut Sauce lubricant to lubricate the screws, worked a treat and I didn't end up with any broken screws, pretty happy with that.
The neck seems to be solidly in place now so I shouldn't have any major issues later on, the reason why I decided to drill the holes for the neck-mounting screws is because doing that is going to make doing my mock build alot easier,since the neck fit is slightly lose in the neck pocket, the screws will hold the neck in the pocket and I won't have to use a hand to hold the neck in place, both my hands will be free, the neck is going to be clear coated anyway.
Incidentally, I bought my Ozito 12V Cordless Drill from the Big Green Shed as a replacement for my old Cordless Drill because the Old Drill's battery died and couldn't be charged, if there's one tool I could recommend for building these kits, it's a decent quality Cordless Drill, I reckon they are ideal since they usually feature some kind of speed control, and they are pretty light too.
Anyway, once I find my Samsung Galaxy Y Phone I'll post another pic of my guitar with it's neck installed, the White Pearloid Scratchplate has the three Entwistle AS57 pickups installed too, the Bridge and Output Jack are in their places as well.
A bit of candle wax or soap on any screws always works.
I bought a 14.4V Ozito about 5 years ago as a backup when i misplaced my good one (lent it to someone who forgot to bring it back)
Up until a week ago all was good then one of the batteries carked it, but the drill has done alot of work without a whimper, so i have never replaced it. Negatives were short battery life, but with 2 charged you could go for a while. I will get a new drill next week, probably a Bosch, but i wouldnt hesitate to buy another Ozito if i need a backup, probably an 18V as i go pretty hard with them.
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Originally Posted by tonyw
One thing I like about my Ozito Cordless Drill is that it has a bright white LED lamp that comes on when you pull the trigger, pretty handy to have when you're drilling a hole and the ambient light is dim.
I'll make a mental note about the Candle-wax trick...cheers.
One thing I'd like to know is, what is it about people who borrow things and forget to give the things back?, had that happen to me quite a few times, I think they deliberately forget to return things because they covet the things they've borrowed, makes you wonder why they don't just go and buy one of the things themselves.