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[mrpearson]

getting there Vivek. I know the frustration of slow progress and patience. I am watching my gloss Tru Oil cure and waiting for my locking bridge posts to arrive. (did you buy these as well and have yours arrived yet?) The posts arrived in Sydney from China on the 18th of Jan and have not moved since (amazon says delivery is due on the 8th of Feb so hopefully I can finish it up next week). But it is forcing me to be patient and let my top coat cure for at least 2 weeks.

[vivek_rc]

getting there Vivek. I know the frustration of slow progress and patience. I am watching my gloss Tru Oil cure and waiting for my locking bridge posts to arrive. (did you buy these as well and have yours arrived yet?) The posts arrived in Sydney from China on the 18th of Jan and have not moved since (amazon says delivery is due on the 8th of Feb so hopefully I can finish it up next week). But it is forcing me to be patient and let my top coat cure for at least 2 weeks.

Thanks mrpearson, yes I did receive the locking bridge post that I ordered from Amazon.

I still have to apply more Shellac and then spray on the poly, then apply wipe on poly, build it up, sand and that’s before I glue it. Still a long way to go for me but all good. By the way, would you have a picture of how you clamped down the neck to the body when you were gluing them together? Just to give me an idea.

[mrpearson]

Thanks mrpearson, yes I did receive the locking bridge post that I ordered from Amazon.

I still have to apply more Shellac and then spray on the poly, then apply wipe on poly, build it up, sand and that’s before I glue it. Still a long way to go for me but all good. By the way, would you have a picture of how you clamped down the neck to the body when you were gluing them together? Just to give me an idea.

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[mrpearson]

There is cardboard and a piece of veneer in the bottom as well. I believe best practice for fretboard is a piece of wood with fret cut outs vs cardboard.


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[vivek_rc]

There is cardboard and a piece of veneer in the bottom as well. I believe best practice for fretboard is a piece of wood with fret cut outs vs cardboard.


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Thanks for the photo mate, I’ve got 4 clamps just my shim Now, not sure if I’m going overboard!! I think I will also go down the cardboard or thick cloth route over the frets as well


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[dbeltrami]

Looking great @vivek_rc.

I am thinking that I will glue up first, before staining and finishing.

Is it best practice to glue in the neck after finishing?

[vivek_rc]

Looking great @vivek_rc.

I am thinking that I will glue up first, before staining and finishing.

Is it best practice to glue in the neck after finishing?

Thanks mate, because I am using shellac, I find it easier and more manageable to stain/French polish the body and neck separately, and then cleanup binding etc before glueing the neck.

Also, I will be spraying on poly and then applying wipe on poly. So for me it would be easier to spray the neck and body while they were separate and then glue it. After they are glued, I would still need to do some touch up on the finish. Knowing me when clamping the neck down to be glued I would mess the finish for sure in some areas.

So I guess in terms of “best practice” it comes down to what kind of finish you are going for and how you go
About applying it, I think it can be managed either way.

[McCreed]

@ vivek:

Thanks for the photo mate, I’ve got 4 clamps just my shim Now, not sure if I’m going overboard!! I think I will also go down the cardboard or thick cloth route over the frets as well

One clamp centred over the fretboard should be plenty IMO. That's all I used on my PRS.

Also, for clamping, this what use:



It ain't pretty, but it does the job...
I've been threatening to make a "nice one" with a bit of hardwood for a few years, but just never seem to get around to it .

@ mrpearson:

Also, I will be spraying on poly and then applying wipe on poly.

May I ask why you're using both spray and wipe on?

[vivek_rc]

@ vivek:

One clamp centred over the fretboard should be plenty IMO. That's all I used on my PRS.

Also, for clamping, this what use:



It ain't pretty, but it does the job...
I've been threatening to make a "nice one" with a bit of hardwood for a few years, but just never seem to get around to it .

@ mrpearson:

May I ask why you're using both spray and wipe on?

[mention]McCreed [/mention] Actually that spray on poly comment was me, it’s based on advice I got in an earlier comment, that if I applied wipe on poly direct onto the flame veneer, it would smug the colors up, so advice was the apply spray it on first, and I thought to build up the layers with wipe on poly.

I might make a block for the clamp like what you’ve done,


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[McCreed]

[mention]McCreed [/mention] Actually that spray on poly comment was me, it’s based on advice I got in an earlier comment, that if I applied wipe on poly direct onto the flame veneer, it would smug the colors up, so advice was the apply spray it on first, and I thought to build up the layers with wipe on poly.

I might make a block for the clamp like what you’ve done,


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Ah yes, I see that was you now... I'm easily confused!

Also that makes sense with the spray/wipe-on combination. I've not done a stain burst so it didn't pop into my head straight away, and the only wipe-on finishes I've done (Tru Oil & Poly) were single colour so it moving the colour wasn't really an issue.