Lyn #20 - The Lescaster

[McCreed]

Impressive work as usual Robin.

+1

You're making me contemplate a body blank out of 185 x 30 DAR pine from the BGS!
I could make a 370 x 60 x 1200 blank (enough for 2 bodies) for $37. I'd need to thickness it down to 45mm, but I have a sort of offset strat idea in my head.

And, I'm not embarrassed to say there would be power tools involved!!!

[robin]

@Sonic
Thanks mate. The "sandwich" effect is just a happy coincidence of me lacking the ability and the tools to work on a "real" piece of wood. lol

@McCreed
Thanks mate. I have never worried about how thick my guitars are. Just measured one and they work out to be 50mm. Maybe a smidge thicker than ideal but its close enough for me.

I must admit my "hand tools only" mantra only works if building guitars is a hobby and you have spare time on your hands. I'm not sure where I would be without it. And as we all know hobbies are good for your mental well-being. So I choose hand tools simply because it takes longer.

Cheers guys
rob

[McCreed]

I have never worried about how thick my guitars are. Just measured one and they work out to be 50mm.

Yeah, I guess I'm just kind of stuck in tradition (Fender mostly). That said, a bit thicker may not be a bad thing for a little extra weight if I do all pine . However I think 60mm would just feel wrong for an F-style shape that's in my head.

[fender3x]

I am very impressed by your work, Robin. Doubly so when I realized that in at least three of the pictures it's clear that you are doing this without your glasses!

[robin]

Haha, thanks Fender, well picked up. But I'm usually hyped up on coffee to make up for it.



Actually I'm myopic, and usually forget to have my reading glasses on me, so for near stuff I just go without.

rob

[Bakersdozen]

+1

You're making me contemplate a body blank out of 185 x 30 DAR pine from the BGS!
I could make a 370 x 60 x 1200 blank (enough for 2 bodies) for $37. I'd need to thickness it down to 45mm, but I have a sort of offset strat idea in my head.

And, I'm not embarrassed to say there would be power tools involved!!!

Safe-T planer up to the job of thicknessing 15mm off in multiple passes, you rekon?

[McCreed]

Safe-T planer up to the job of thicknessing 15mm off in multiple passes, you rekon?

That's the plan! (unless I manage to get up to my FIL's shed 2.5 hours away! He has a thicknesser.)
However I'm pretty confident the Safe-T Planer will work fine. Especially with pine. I've done a 4mm pass on Tassie Oak just experimenting before, and it went through like butter. Most I've taken off of rock maple is 2mm, but again, easy peasy.

I reckon multiple passes with the Safe-T-Planer followed by a belt sander and I can create a very level blank to work of off.

edit to add:
Manufacturer says planer cuts 1/4 - 3/8" (6.35 - 9.5mm)

[Bakersdozen]

That's the plan! (unless I manage to get up to my FIL's shed 2.5 hours away! He has a thicknesser.)
However I'm pretty confident the Safe-T Planer will work fine. Especially with pine. I've done a 4mm pass on Tassie Oak just experimenting before, and it went through like butter. Most I've taken off of rock maple is 2mm, but again, easy peasy.

I reckon multiple passes with the Safe-T-Planer followed by a belt sander and I can create a very level blank to work of off.

edit to add:
Manufacturer says planer cuts 1/4 - 3/8" (6.35 - 9.5mm)

Yeah nice thanks mate, I'm certainly thinking about getting one. Esp for jobs like this. Robin has got me inspired as well

[FrankenWashie]

That's the plan! (unless I manage to get up to my FIL's shed 2.5 hours away! He has a thicknesser.)
However I'm pretty confident the Safe-T Planer will work fine. Especially with pine. I've done a 4mm pass on Tassie Oak just experimenting before, and it went through like butter. Most I've taken off of rock maple is 2mm, but again, easy peasy.

I reckon multiple passes with the Safe-T-Planer followed by a belt sander and I can create a very level blank to work of off.

edit to add:
Manufacturer says planer cuts 1/4 - 3/8" (6.35 - 9.5mm)

I want to get one of those Safe T planer gizmos for taking material off the back of my scarf jointed headstocks.
Are they fiddly to use McCreed?

[Bakersdozen]

And while your there @McCreed a few more questions re the Safe-T planer. Does the one you got come with spare blades? And I seem to recall I've seen somewhere you can sharpen them with a round abrasive stone or such? Would it be appropriate as a jointing tool as well, if you had a dead square drill press platform? Sorry for highjacking your thread Robin.