Build #7 - Custom TL-1HA

Lovely work Trev

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Originally Posted by McCreed

Not my kind of thing... but that's effing epic woodcarving!

I know nothing about that type of woodcarving, so how do you do it? Fine chisels???

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Thanks McCreed, vh2580, Simon and Dozy.

Actually, I know nothing about wood carving either! That is possibly why I had some trouble with the skull!! My first version looked like C3PO had been run over with a heavy roller.

The "carving" is done with a bench sander (mainly the belt, often at the curved end), hand held RO sander and the dremel with a small drum sander attachment. Some woodcarving chisels may have been useful (note to self for next time).

Still got lots to do - but progress has been made, and I think I'm on the right track.

If it works, it works! Well done.

Finished the finger bones and worked on the guitar body grafts. I think I only 2 body grafts - one for the skull and one on the the top horn for the thumb.

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The "carving" is done with a bench sander (mainly the belt, often at the curved end), hand held RO sander and the dremel with a small drum sander attachment. Some woodcarving chisels may have been useful (note to self for next time).

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Knowing you've achieved that with reasonably crude tools, I'm even more impressed now!

I could only further impressed if you had said you did it with "stone knives and bear claws" :p

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Originally Posted by McCreed

I could only further impressed if you had said you did it with "stone knives and bear claws" :p

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That's how he made the pickup.

Today I grafted on the extension to hold the skull and thumb. The skull section is dowelled to the body to give the join a bit more strength. So hopefully, when the skull part is glued on, it will be super strong.

That should hold it!

Is that blood I see on the top of the body near where the skull will go??????

(it better be, or I'll be super disappointed :p)

If you want blood, you've got it (though it's not an Angus tribute).