come on Gav don't talk yourself down mate.
No one gets to be a PBG moderator without any skills!
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come on Gav don't talk yourself down mate.
No one gets to be a PBG moderator without any skills!
Body was in pretty good nick at the start....
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a Friday night and Saturday of sanding at least 2 of each...180, 220, 240, 320, 400 & 0000 steel wool
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(**the sound of basswood hitting the pavement**) uh oh! a combination of me placing the sealed body balanced precariously and within reach of a 1 year old and 3 year old and a 1 year old and 3 year old being themselves!!!
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pic is of one of four dings......oh well...nothing that more sanding and filler cant fix;)
Ok so, I haven't done much woodworking since yer 10 and i'm pretty sure I went backwards since then. Don't let this man near a saw!
drew the head stock cut the way Adam shows in the video, tried to cut it...ended up like this....:eek:
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oh well nothing that sanding for a long time wont fix ;)
ta daa
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...followed by more sanding and smoothing of the neck.
I'm not totally satisfied yet will revisit on another day.....
no mate you both build pro quality guitarsQuote:
Originally Posted by Gavin1393
coming along well Andy, nice progress
That headstock looks fine, don't be too hard on yourself. What's your plan re the dings?
headstock looks good Andy, good effort !
bummer about the body hitting the pavement, basswood is pretty soft. Try and iron and wet cloth you may lessen the size of the dents
I used timber mate filler and lightly sanded those parts back starting at 240, then 320 then 400 again. Then resealed. It came out ok.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fretworn
well done Andy, as DB says there's always a workaround.
In the meantime leave the body and neck somewhere safe so the kids don't knock off the bench again !
Good progress Andy. Yes, and watch out for the terror toddlers! Any object of any importance will draw them like a magnet until the item has been dropped, chewed, eaten, thrown, drawn on or all of the above!
@ Ponch have your kids ruined any of your builds ?