fehgalloway Posted December 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 Spent all yesterday afternoon and this afternoon planing the timber, so i can glue the two neck halves together. I officially hate planing, but every timber shop is shut over the new year break, so i had to do it myself. Still not 100% level, but i'll give it a go, and see how it is, if it's not good enough, i'll buy more timber! 2nd problem. my autocad drawings seem to be out. i've measured them again and again. I've printed them out on A4's and stuck them together (ok not the best approach) and they're out over all by 5mm going to get them done to scale at a printer, however, am going to be REALL P***ED off if they're still not right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiggz Posted December 30, 2004 Report Share Posted December 30, 2004 hey, great to see another aussie, goin back to ancient history in this topic, west australian rosewood has very little difference to indian, the reason 4 the red colouring is that it is from the outter parts of the tree, indian is pretty much the same, i have recently made a tele with a body of cooktown ironwood, it is bloody heavy,(i shoulda cut the top off and routed some chambers but hey u live and u learn), and wow i wish i could get my girl power tools, metric all the way fellas ur the odd ones out now i cant believe McGrath didnt get the 10 wickets!! kasper u IDIOT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fehgalloway Posted January 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 I must admit...I haven't REALLY been following the cricket as much as I'd like!?! It's not as good when we thrash everyone every time....it's nice to see a close comp now and then. I did see Ponting get his century (finally) glen mcgrath is a fantastic bowler. Gillespie seems to be in good form at the moment also, as well as McGill (i think it was him i saw bowling). When Shoab Akhtar is in form it may be a bit of a different story for Aus.. That guy is a fantastic bowler...Whether he is chucking or not!?! Besides... I've been too busy sanding and planing and routing...etc, etc, etc. anyways! I've basically got up every morning and worked through till 5 every day doing this thing.. No progress pics...i'm too embarrassed about my bad workmanship, however, my neck is nearly finished and so I'll post some pics when it's done...maybe today or tomorrow! where's the beef??? Where are you from? i'm from Brisbane (nice weather NOT) Cooktown ironwood!?!!?!?! That's mental! my fingerboard it heavy enough.. Actually, the body is really heavy too...but my neck is super light. i was a little surprised actually, i didn't know that Qld Maple was that light! Hope its going to be strong enough. BTW - you're the first person who actually knows what West Australian rosewood is...my uncle got it for me, it was an old stair tread he cut up, don't know much about it really. Pretty though Any pics of your guitars!?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fehgalloway Posted January 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Ok, well, i have done a lot since the last post, however, I haven't touched anything over the last week...so i thought i'd post what i've done and show you the rest when i've finished a bit more this is the neck, basically all i have left to do is sand it all down up to about 600 - 800 grit, i suppose and fret the fingerboard. I am totally NOT happy with the three frets i have done, which is why i haven't continued. That and i'm back at work. coming home at 6pm and starting fretting is not good, so i'm giving it a couple of weeks before I start up again. I will pull them and start again. As with everything, there are heaps of mistakes. I don't know if it will even work, but I learned a lot. The inlays look pretty good from a distance, i think, but up close they're fairly crap. The stars are made from shell i found on the beach and cut up with my Dremel. it was time consuming. whilst i'm fairly patient, this was too much for me to handle and i will not be doing it again without the proper equipment. so the stars are actually fairly SH*T. anyway. For those of you who don't know what it is, it's the Southern Cross, and is on the Australian Flag. The leaves on the rest of the frets are gum leaves. They're made out of the same veneer that the binding is around the fret board. the side dot markers are made out of little slivers of the body timber that i sanded down sort of round. I'm proud because everything on the guitar I have made myselft, with the exception of the fret wire. All in all, i'm fairly happy. i decided at the beginning i would be happy if it doesn't look crap...and if i can't use it, i will simply put it down as learning and start again. I haven't touched the body, but the next step is to route the neck pocket. Anyway, here's some photos. I'd appreciate your opinions and comments, for me this was a learning experience and it's been beneficial. there are many mistakes I will not make again next time. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/ozguitar/P1010307.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/ozguitar/P1010310.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/ozguitar/P1010309.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v369/ozguitar/P1010308.jpg Thanks for looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeR Posted January 23, 2005 Report Share Posted January 23, 2005 Hey Fi! That looks really cool! Its an inspiration to us all. I really li8ke the theme too- really great. Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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