Ideas and plans are still continuing.
Went into Bunnings the other day for research purposes(Photo is in the selfie thread!!) and I think I need to re-think my plan for the edging of the guitar. The foam insulation has numbers and lettering printed onto it, which looks to be pretty difficult to remove without damaging the foam. I'm thinking there could be some flex in the pipe too, being only locked in place a either end. It may not sit nicely against the body.
My next issue will come from working the timber body.
Can anyone tell me how clean a job you get from using an angle grinder to shape their guitar bodies? Initially, I'm looking at a 90x90mm lump of timber that will need to be shaped similar to the Yamaha body shown on the first page. Would this be too much material to remove using the angle grinder using sanding discs, or would it be better to cut some material off first?
Looking from the front of the guitar, I'm aiming to keep the full width of 90mm at the saddle, but it will taper down to the neck join which is roughly 55mm on an LP neck.
From the Saddle to the rear of the guitar it will also taper, but this could be anything depending on my preference at the time.
From side on, the back of the body will also be reduced some, approx 70mm to allow for the pickup control box, and narrowing to the neck again, and similar to the rear.
I do have access to an electric planer at work, but I've never used it, so some practice would be in order. We also have an electric belt sander too, so that would theoretically keep the sides of the body straighter than an angle grinder.
Suggestions would be appreciated!
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