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[bargeloobs]

Thanks bargeloobs I like it - I like it a lot - but I haven't got a jigsaw or anything to cut it - I will make some enquiries though - someone I know should have one

Thanks again,

Alan

You don't necessarily need a jigsaw, this is all I use and the final result.

[abutton]

You don't necessarily need a jigsaw, this is all I use and the final result.

I've got one of those saws somewhere and I have definitely got a couple of files

Your end result is spectacular - it is just beautiful!

[abutton]

I've got one of those saws somewhere and I have definitely got a couple of files

Your end result is spectacular - it is just beautiful!

Thanks again Wokkaboy,

I have cut out a fence paling with a coping saw - but it was pretty rough wood and got a pretty rough result.

I have drawn the cut out onto the head stock and it looks pretty even.

Just need to get up the courage to cut it now.

I am still thinking of going with a darker stain before the Outback Sunset to try the burst.

Do you know of a good darker stain?

Cheers and thanks again,

Alan

[bargeloobs]

Thanks again Wokkaboy,

I have cut out a fence paling with a coping saw - but it was pretty rough wood and got a pretty rough result.

I have drawn the cut out onto the head stock and it looks pretty even.

Just need to get up the courage to cut it now.

I am still thinking of going with a darker stain before the Outback Sunset to try the burst.

Do you know of a good darker stain?

Cheers and thanks again,

Alan

Nice one Alan, hey from my experience the coping saw doesn't exactly do a 100% clean job anyway but no worries, you can go back over with your rasps/files and sandpaper afterward to get it nice and schmiko! Just make sure you cut slightly outside your lines, you can always take excess off later, you can't put it back on.

[abutton]

Nice one Alan, hey from my experience the coping saw doesn't exactly do a 100% clean job anyway but no worries, you can go back over with your rasps/files and sandpaper afterward to get it nice and schmiko! Just make sure you cut slightly outside your lines, you can always take excess off later, you can't put it back on.

Thanks bargeloobds - good advice - I will keep outside the lines - have you any suggestions with holding the neck down while you are cutting and filing.

I was thinking it should go in a vice but I don't want to damage the neck - I just laid the wood on a flat surface and sat on it while I cut it with my practice cut - probably not the best method?

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Thanks again Wokkaboy,

I have cut out a fence paling with a coping saw - but it was pretty rough wood and got a pretty rough result.

I have drawn the cut out onto the head stock and it looks pretty even.

Just need to get up the courage to cut it now.

I am still thinking of going with a darker stain before the Outback Sunset to try the burst.

Do you know of a good darker stain?

Cheers and thanks again,

Alan

Thanks wokkaboy - i will order the Nullabhor ochre - hopefully that will give me a good combination

Thanks again,

Alan

[BenWA]

You don't necessarily need a jigsaw, this is all I use and the final result.

yeah i hacked out the shape real rough for mine with a coping saw, then rasped and sanded it to shape. takes a bit longer but saves buying a jigsaw if you dont have one already