bob123 Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Looks terrific so far! Love the inlays, unique and stylish. As far as the treble horn is concerned, this is MERELY a hypothetical what-if, and done in MS PAINT, If you wanted a more streamlined shape or whatever. Its your build, your style, and looks great as is, just offering a different view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirge for november Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Hmm I like the more traditional feel of the original. Nothing wrong with the mockup idea though, I just like traditional shapes more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 Getting closer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauliemc Posted July 28, 2012 Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 that boards prety cool, the dots should look groovey once the thing is polished up & the conditioning oil goes on there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2012 I finally got the thing all sanded to 220,so I sprayed a sealer coat on to help protect it from scratches during fretting...most of it will come back off before I spray the final coats,but I only want to sand scratches out of it the one time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob123 Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 that board looks fantastic!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Thanks. I don't care how you do it,fretting is hard work.Medium Jumbo SS frets on both.I generally use small frets,but my buddy likes them slightly larger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauliemc Posted July 29, 2012 Report Share Posted July 29, 2012 Thanks. I don't care how you do it,fretting is hard work.Medium Jumbo SS frets on both.I generally use small frets,but my buddy likes them slightly larger I like that bottom board. Cool bit of streaking to break up the blackness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 So...the goat head...I want this one small This is my index finger 1/4" Bandsaw blade...I put the piece of wood there to keep the goat from sucking through the hole next to the blade.My eyes have just now uncrossed...finger danger Will Robinson!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted July 30, 2012 Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 .finger danger Will Robinson!!! Danger-danger....amen. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 You think that looks hairy,you should have seen me bookmatch the piece before inlaying it Hope it looks good,,,hard to get it in there without gaps,so I hope the red dust I used to pigment the epoxy doesn't look too awkward As you can see this is the neck I haven't sanded down yet.I am trying all my new stuff on it before tackling the other neck.I want to make sure my buddy gets the better of the two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 Also I am testing out the branding thing...I need to decide on a custom logo and get a brand made up for it..i like the look and the simplicity This is just a "standard" brand with my name put on it.It is a bit uneven because i don't think I spread the heat evenly.If I start doing this a lot I will get a torch to heat the iron I will sand this one off on final sanding and do it better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 As you can see the second test on the left came out well,but then I messed up the one above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2012 So I finally got around to ordering the custom branding head,which I will start to use on future guitars...I really dislike the whole inlaying into the headstock process,but I sketched something up for a "logo" and sent it over for the artists at the site to rework I did away with the outline of the head and inserted my initials into the image,plus just put the name around it,which is I figure appropriate for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Where did you get the custom brand? that is pretty cool, i would be very interested in getting one myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Well this is unacceptable...the glue is too close to the color of the bubinga inlay and it is just a blob...cover up time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maull Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 That totally blows. I will sit back and wait to see what your solution is to this. From what i have seen you have more than enough skill to turn this around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Okay,so I think I made a few stupid mistakes on the first attempt...mistake #1 was I tried to make it too small for the tools I have at my disposal,#2 I used bubinga,which is way too difficult to carve the lines into and so the lines were not even visible in the face,and #3 I made a sloppy fit...this is the first time I have inlayed into maple and it isn't very forgiving at all.Live and learn So I have a larger attempt here,into a scrap of mahogany I had lying around I am going to do the horns separately because they look stupid the same color as the head IMO... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 I am trying to make it better than my first one I did a couple of years ago,which I was mostly happy with except that the horns were fuzzy and obviously the fit was slightly sloppy here and there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Did I read it right? Are you making the inlays with a bandsaw? Dude.... scrollsaw for small, fiddly bits like this. If you don't have one, then a hand held coping saw would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Whatever,dude...I have a very nice scrollsaw,but as I told you before a scrollsaw is much tougher than a bandsaw because of the upstroke where the blade tries to grab the piece you are holding.If it works for you,then fine,but maybe you just aren't that good with a small bandsaw. I don't even know why you focus on the part that works just fine...the problem I have is with the carving of the holes to put the inlay in,not the making of the inlay.Bandsaw is superior IMO because of the blade only going one direction,end of story. I cut out a goat's head in about 2 minutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 I remember you saying that now. I don't have any issues with the upcut on the scroll, so I guess you just aren't that good with it. Bottom line is whatever works for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted August 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 Only takes one time for it to catch and slap your inlay to pieces after hours of carving lines into it for you to find a better way.But you don't carve lines into your inlays,so I doubt it matters if you split a piece here and there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 If you can's use a scroll saw as well as you can a band saw, then that's what works for you. The end result is what's important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted August 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 I tell you what is killing me STILL is the carving of the hole...I was going pretty clean and all of the sudden a piece tore out...hopefully I can get the piece stuffed back in there invisibly. It won't matter a bit how pleased I am with the shape of the goat head if there is an ugly line of uneven glue all around it....ebony is so much easier... No doubt i have not had good luck with a scroll saw...I have spent hours on mine building special boards to help support the pieces right against the blade and buying different blades only to have tiny pieces ripped out of my fingers and split... but I found on my small bandsaw that if I use that extra support board I show in that one pic that I can move the piece lightly against the blade and I can even shave off tiny little pieces wherever I want.All I have to do is watch where I place my fingers,but in truth I feel safer with the bandsaw in that way too,because it won't try to suck the piece away from me and pull my fingers in the way the scrollsaw has Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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