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    Hey DB, do you sand a bit and then apply timber mate and just put it on straight out of the box?

    Me thinks a light sand at least to knock of the usual machining marks and then grain fill but keen to hear you wisdom as I am sure what you have to say will save me heaps of time and effort.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wazkelly View Post
    Hey DB, do you sand a bit and then apply timber mate and just put it on straight out of the box?

    Me thinks a light sand at least to knock of the usual machining marks and then grain fill but keen to hear you wisdom as I am sure what you have to say will save me heaps of time and effort.

    I checked out a video on youtube about applying Timbermate to wood, the guy in the video applied the Timbermate straight onto the wood after thinning it down to the consistency of a thickshake with water, next the guy let the Timbermate dry and then sanded it down.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wazkelly View Post
    Hey DB, do you sand a bit and then apply timber mate and just put it on straight out of the box?

    Me thinks a light sand at least to knock of the usual machining marks and then grain fill but keen to hear you wisdom as I am sure what you have to say will save me heaps of time and effort.
    Yep, wot Fred sed

    Sand out the worst of the machining marks, say up to 220 then apply the Timbermate.

    There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by dingobass View Post
    Yep, wot Fred sed

    Sand out the worst of the machining marks, say up to 220 then apply the Timbermate.

    No worries, I'm just making absolutely sure that I know what to do once I've got what I need to start work on finishing the body and neck, tomorrow I'll go get the Ebony Timbermate from the Big Green Shed and a few other things I'll need, but the shopping for the PBG Luthier supplies will come first.

    @ Dingobass How are things coming along with the Dingotone MkII?, looking forward to doing the beta testing.



    Update:


    Seeing as I had successfully completed the mock build, I decided to go ahead and drill the holes for the mounting screws for the tuners in the headstock, I noticed that other forum members have experienced screw breakages but I got lucky and didn't have any breakages, I didn't have any candlewax that I could use as a lubricant on the screws but I did have some pieces of bathroom soap, and as I've heard that you can use soap as a lubricant on the screws I thought I would give it a try, it seemed to work well, you just scrape the screw on the soap and get some in the threads, then you use a screwdriver as usual, the screw should go smoothly into the hole with no binding that would cause breakages, I used a 1.5mm Titanium-coated drill bit to drill the holes.


    Reason for drilling the holes?, I wanted to check the alignment of the neck relative to the bridge, seems to look okay to me.

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