Looks amazing Simon. Very impressed by your ideas and solutions. How did you compensate for the 3mm aluminium on the other piece of blackwood? Just sand it away?
cheers,
Gav.
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Looks amazing Simon. Very impressed by your ideas and solutions. How did you compensate for the 3mm aluminium on the other piece of blackwood? Just sand it away?
cheers,
Gav.
Thanks gav! I free hand routed out the shape but I went 1mm too deep. I glued on some veneer to compensate for the height difference later on.Quote:
Originally Posted by gavinturner
Sorry haven't been posting. I was trying to do as much as I could during the week. I'll write up a detailed process when I have the time, but here's some pics.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...ps4jbgoo63.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...ps0nsxuz7y.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...psdlalcmlh.jpg
With some mineral spirits applied. The wenge became really dark so I think I'll have to sand to a higher grit and hopefully that won't make it too dark when the oil is applied.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...psj0whjkzd.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...psnmkokumr.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...psynwd1gyq.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...psln9ananu.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...ps5vkokiyz.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...psav4s0qzd.jpg
Almost there! I'm doing the headstock inlays tomorrow and will have to make a truss rod cover. I already made some matching wooden knobs and hopefully they'll turn out nice.
And then I have to wait for the machine heads to come before I can complete the headstock. Then it's the finish sanding and finishing!
What a cracker of a build Simon.
Thanks Tony!
A work of art, sensational build
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Yeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssssssss! Looking amazing.