<Sigh...> I really have to stop listening to Igor.
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<Sigh...> I really have to stop listening to Igor.
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FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
Tear off one of his arms (he's got plenty more) and beat him with the sticky end.
Nothing you can't level. It will all be fine.
No need, i'll just grab a spare from the fridge and use that. He gets a tad acerbic when you tear them off, it makes a neat re-attachment job so much more difficult.Originally Posted by Simon Barden
IN terms of the veneers, I am going to glue them up as an assembly first, clamped flat between two thick, waxed pieces of MDF.
Hopefully this will keep them flat. I want to try and dowel locate the HS to the Neck blank through them as well, to prevent everything slipping about under clamp load (This was a bugbear in the initial glue up and probably cost me 3-4mm in depth of the full blank evening both sides out).
We shall see. IGOR! Fetch the CLAMPS!
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
So I think I got enough clamps on it.
And I’ve managed a reasonable veneer ice cream sandwich.
The colour pattern has worked okay, and thanks to having done it oversized I can square it up and still leave an overhang to dress it up to the blank.
I’m happy that this is going to work out the way I want, I think the only thing I’d do different would be some reference pins through the layers to prevent them sliding as the clamps go on.
The next challenge will be getting this sandwich to sit still when I clamp it between the headstock and the neck, I’m thinking a couple of little dowels either side of the center line should do it.
If I can get that to hang together, then we will set up for truss rod rout and a couple of carbon fibre rods to reinforce it all, then add a couple of strips to the headstock for full width.
I’m still ruminating on how far to take this, as it was a test neck, but it may actually end up on a guitar if all goes well.
We shall see.
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FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
It could do with some mayo and maybe a little salad, but it's a nice sandwich nevertheless.
Just about no glues stick to brown mylar parcel tape. I find it invaluable for jigs and the like.
That could go well on the scarf mounting jig. Thanks Jim!😁
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
Okay, so it’s not outside the realms of possibility, that I may have slightly, like just a tad bit, overbuilt my scarf setting jig....
A wee bit..
Maybe.
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FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
IME time wasted on good jigs isn't.
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