RestorationAD Posted February 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2012 Score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowa90 Posted February 25, 2012 Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 I was just planning a zebrano SG with a sapele core, semi hollow. This makes me want to make it even more now! Great score! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted February 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2012 I was just planning a zebrano SG with a sapele core, semi hollow. This makes me want to make it even more now! Great score! The greatest sounding guitar I ever built is a one piece Khaya body with a one piece Zebrano top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Adding in a few others.... no point in starting new threads for them. V707_1 Khaya Body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Khaya Neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 More truing neck blanks. After using the scarf sled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Now we true the neck old school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 So I found some incredible wood this week. Zebrawood board 9.5' x 12.5" x 4/4. Quartersawn. I had to make some guitars out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 My new stainless pins from MasterMcCarr make lining up scarfs easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Glued up and trued up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 That zebra is going to carve up real nice - wish I had some of that laying around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iluvteles Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Are those pin to stop movememt during glue and clamp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Are those pin to stop movememt during glue and clamp? Yes. You can get a bag of 100 from McMaster-Carr for cheap. Since they are sized to fit the drill bit they are perfect for pinning. I am probably going to order a bag or 1/32 for fretboards as well since this year I am going to be doing things a bit different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 McMaster-Carr rocks. I like your sled. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 McMaster-Carr rocks. I like your sled. SR Never thought I would say this.... it is safer than using a joiner (Kinda). If you don't get greedy it is pretty clean. If you try and take to big a bite it will bite back. I am going to remake the sled from MDF as it is more dimensionally stable. The luan plywood is a bit soft and you can actually dent it by over-tightening the neck in the jig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Actually.......now that I think about it, it would be even safer to turn the neck over, jig it to clear the angle and use your CNC. Do you have enough Z-axis clearance to do that? SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 Actually.......now that I think about it, it would be even safer to turn the neck over, jig it to clear the angle and use your CNC. Do you have enough Z-axis clearance to do that? SR Actually I was just thinking about that. The real issue with using the CNC would be variations in the thickness of my blanks would require me to recode the gcode for each individual neck blank. The CNC is impractical for one off jobs. The solution of course is to make all my blanks identical. This is not practical. Since I try to never waste wood sometimes I make blanks smaller or bigger to take full advantage of the blank. Then I use about three different construction techniques depending on the final size. At some point it is just faster to do these things by hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 The other side of that coin is to build you a library of pre-set codes (cut files is what I'm used to calling them), and save them all. At some point you'll probably have most of your variables covered...at least for surfacing a scarf joint. I hear you about one offs. Be real useful for lots of 40 though wouldn't you say. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowa90 Posted February 27, 2012 Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 that takes all the fun out of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted February 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2012 The other side of that coin is to build you a library of pre-set codes (cut files is what I'm used to calling them), and save them all. At some point you'll probably have most of your variables covered...at least for surfacing a scarf joint. I hear you about one offs. Be real useful for lots of 40 though wouldn't you say. SR I have to quit misplacing the finished code... HA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Feeling pretty sure on this one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Thinking in pictures... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ScottR Posted March 14, 2012 Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 Thinking in pictures... Dude, you've got way too much wood to play with. It must be driving you crazy. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted March 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2012 I am thinking the S906_6 is set. Also pretty sure on the S907_6. The scary part is the tops not in the pictures that I am not sure were to put this year. I will get some more undecided combo photos this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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