looking cool already mate
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looking cool already mate
Nice work Pabs.
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headstock looking great already Pabs
So, filling out the plug with sawdust and glue did not go particularly well, just made the join even more noticeable. Oh well, veneer was always the plan anyway.
http://i.imgur.com/mwkZPY1.jpg
Luckily enough, I found an old veneer sample pack I forgot I had. Grabbed the only light coloured one left and went with that, slightly off colour, but who really cares.
First attempt at veneering.
http://i.imgur.com/0N1uBg1.jpg
Did the back of the headstock first, just in case I fluffed it. Turned out much better than I expected.
http://i.imgur.com/AWR5Pu0.jpg
Front veneer clamped and left overnight.
http://i.imgur.com/IDHeyGp.jpg
Cut, filed, sanded, finished, happy.
All in all, a successful first venture into laminating veneers. Not without stress, but a decent outcome in the end. Neck mods finished, on to the body!
nice work Pabs looks great, what type of timber is the veneer ?
Thanks mate. I've got no idea what timber it is, apart from the distributor's name, the pack is unlabeled.
no worries, its pretty light colour veneer with not much grain but looks great and hides the plugged tuner hole. Any idea what the thickness was have you got digital verniers ?
It was 0.6mm. Just happened to check that before I began.
I'm installing an active preamp so I need a battery.
https://i.imgur.com/jnNLCyq.jpg
Routed out and squared the corners with a chisel.
https://i.imgur.com/wnUaB1J.jpg
I was going to recess it, but as there is only about 5mm left, the extra 2mm seemed to risky and as i have interrupted the hole for the bridge ground, that needs to travel under the box now. I can live with it.