Art Deco lap steel scratchy

[dave.king1]

Watching this one with great interest

[FrankenWashie]

Wish I had a bandsaw!
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Yep, i've often said the same thing...not to mention a Table saw, a drill press, a thicknesser..............

[Alm_63]

Yep, i've often said the same thing...not to mention a Table saw, a drill press, a thicknesser..............

Oh yea! , a thickness planer would be great just about now.
Instead it's a couple of hours of sanding.

[Fretworn]

I'd already decided that, once the 12 string is finished I was going to strip down and re-make my old scratch built lappie. So I will be watching how you approach yours so I can steal ideas.

[Alm_63]

I borrowed this belt sander from my brother in law OMG what a beast!
One hour of hand sanding down to two minutes of beast power!!
80 grit to level out the plane marks, 150 to finish to no marks left state

[Alm_63]

I'd already decided that, once the 12 string is finished I was going to strip down and re-make my old scratch built lappie. So I will be watching how you approach yours so I can steal ideas.

I found some plans on the net, so I'm using those as a base and then making it up as I go along ;-)

[FrankenWashie]

I borrowed this belt sander from my brother in law OMG what a beast!
One hour of hand sanding down to two minutes of beast power!!
80 grit to level out the plane marks, 150 to finish to no marks left state

Show it who's BOSS Bruce!

[Alm_63]

Sorry about the delay, this one is proving a little hard to fit in.
And a couple of my headstock ideas have ended up a serious time vampires and major fails.
But here is a small update

[stan]

Hang in there Bruce, this thing gets better every time I look at it

[Alm_63]

Thanks Stan,
I'm off to the green shed on Saturday for more materials.
So hopefully more progress