GlennGPs TL-1 #1

[keloooe]

Quote from Gavin1393 on January 16, 2013, 22:36
Ouch!

Yep! DB you hit the guitar over Adams head! Well, the nail on the head...grain running in the same direction and with wood being in a constant state of breathing moisture in and out in combo with not enough of that dratted glue they use....

Glenn, how big is your workshop space? I had a 3x3 and it would play havoc with my wood....the wood just gets too hot and starts to curl no matter what thickness and with no-where to go will just pull apart.

Hey Gav, how does a double garage sound for a workshop

[GlennGP]

The workshop/shed is 12x6 - fricking enormous, actually! It has some of that thin foil insulation on the inside of the roof, but nothing on the walls. Loads of space to store stuff and work on stuff - I wheeled my motorbike in there last night to do some work and didn't have to shift anything to make room. I like that.

Roger on cool storage. I'm actually in the process of converting an old kitchen island bench unit into an insulated brewing station, so I'll check the temperatures inside the cupboard to see if they're a bit more stable than the rest of the shed without additional cooling/heating. Otherwise, I think I'll be requisitioning part of the toy room for the guitar build. The best air conditioning is in there!

Despite the subject matter, I'm pretty happy with the pics I was able to get of the guitar body - good close up detail with lots of depth of field. I'll put the photos up here, be assured.

GGP

[Gavin1393]

Glenn, what I'd do (in fact have done) as you have a good amount of space is to put up a humidifier 'room'. It's a great place to control the moisture in the wood and limit these mishaps. When wood is glued up, it should be glued at at humidity levels of around 45% ideally. Where this needs to be controlled a de-humidifier will assist provided you have an airtight room. When there is moisture in the air different from the moisture in the wood the wood will take in this moisture. When there is more moisture in the wood than in the air the wood will give up moisture. This contracting and expansion can have the effect of breaking the bond the glue had on the fibers and hence leading to cracks.

Callum, a double garage isn't a bad siza at all for a workshop...

[keloooe]

Quote from Gavin1393 on January 17, 2013, 09:00
Glenn, what I'd do (in fact have done) as you have a good amount of space is to put up a humidifier 'room'. It's a great place to control the moisture in the wood and limit these mishaps. When wood is glued up, it should be glued at at humidity levels of around 45% ideally. Where this needs to be controlled a de-humidifier will assist provided you have an airtight room. When there is moisture in the air different from the moisture in the wood the wood will take in this moisture. When there is more moisture in the wood than in the air the wood will give up moisture. This contracting and expansion can have the effect of breaking the bond the glue had on the fibers and hence leading to cracks.

Callum, a double garage isn't a bad siza at all for a workshop...

Yes it is nice and cool in there with the door closed and the only window covered with tarp...

[GlennGP]

All righty then. Replacement kit arrived today (thanks Adam!), and all seems in order. Unless I'm very mistaken, there should be some nice feature grain where the pick-guard isn't - and some nice features on the maple fretboard, as well. The whole lot can now stay in the nice cool place in the house I have picked out until the Wudtone order gets here!

Glenn GP

[keloooe]

Quote from GlennGP on January 22, 2013, 16:44
All righty then. Replacement kit arrived today (thanks Adam!), and all seems in order. Unless I'm very mistaken, there should be some nice feature grain where the pick-guard isn't - and some nice features on the maple fretboard, as well. The whole lot can now stay in the nice cool place in the house I have picked out until the Wudtone order gets here!

Glenn GP

My cool place is actually my garage with the door closed, because its only window is covered, and it has a ton of insulation in the roof with a concrete floor!!! And in March I shall be the third person to want Goldenrod this year!!!!

[keloooe]

Quote from adam on January 16, 2013, 20:10
Hi Glenn, thanks for the kind words and sorry again about your snag. First one I've seen crack like that, so at least it's not a common problem.

I'm no expert but maybe wrapping it up wasn't a good idea. You did have some high temperatures in Victoria recently, so that might explain it. I'd be interested to hear what the others think caused this. Maybe we can include something in the box to advise customers about keeping the kit in a "cool, dry place".

Oh, Dingo Bass, this kit is heading your way to see if you can work some magic to see if we can salvage and sell on eBay (if we can fix the problem so it won't crack again).

Better put mine in "storage" straight away if I get it tomorrow!!!

[GlennGP]

It suddently occurred to me that I should shape my headstock ahead of receiving the finishing kit, so that's on the agenda this weekend. After considering a number of options, and sketching out some ideas, I've settled on simply doing a classic Tele headstock. I found a neat full-size template here, since I don't have access to an actual Tele to copy. Later projects might get a bit more creative in this department.

Anyway, I'll post up some pics over the weekend to illustrate my progress.

GGP

[keloooe]

Quote from GlennGP on January 25, 2013, 06:31
It suddently occurred to me that I should shape my headstock ahead of receiving the finishing kit, so that's on the agenda this weekend. After considering a number of options, and sketching out some ideas, I've settled on simply doing a classic Tele headstock. I found a neat full-size template here, since I don't have access to an actual Tele to copy. Later projects might get a bit more creative in this department.

Anyway, I'll post up some pics over the weekend to illustrate my progress.

GGP

Somehow I feel like shaping the headstock for my LP... No spoilers yet!!!!

[GlennGP]

Headstock shaping complete - see the "Tele style Headstock" thread in the headstock topics.

GGP