jammy Posted March 5, 2006 Report Share Posted March 5, 2006 i have a straight scraper, i didnt think of that. My scraper however has never been sharpened, it came from stew mac do those things come sharpened at all? I didnt think to buy a sharpener at the time (dumb me). Sharpening is easy - flatten one edge of the scraper on an abrasvie stone (wether it be water or oil) and lap the sides. The idea is to get one perfectly flat, 90 degrees straight edge. You then need a burnisher (a file with it's teeth ground off will do, anything made of hard steel with smoooth edges). With the scraper held in a vice with the level edge up, you apply a firm pressure and draw the burnisher along the edge with it tipped to about 10 degrees off perpendicular to the face of the scraper. The idea is to "roll" the corner of the scraper over slightly to provide a cutting edge. It takes me about 30 seconds to re-edge a scraper, and it makes ALL the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted March 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2006 I will have to try that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted March 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 The binding channel is cut, and i will be installing the binding sometime this week. I pulled off the protective plastic cause it was falling off anyway, and wow is all i can say. The mirror is definately a mirror lol, thing is crystal clear and i love it. Im gonna try to take a few photogrpahs, but i know it will be impossible to get good pics of it with out me in it lol. Ill post them later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitefly SA Posted March 29, 2006 Report Share Posted March 29, 2006 thank goodness an update, man i wanna see this thing done, no rush or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted April 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Here are the pics, as you can tell the mirror is very shiny, i will post one with no flash and link to one with a flash (you can already see the fingerprint smers in the flash one) Other Pics of it Non flash #2 Flash #1 Flash #2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer7440 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Sweet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marzocchi705 Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 That is insane!! I love it!! Great work, i dont know what im gona do when there finished, cause thoes last pics took my breath away! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted April 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 That is insane!! I love it!! Great work, i dont know what im gona do when there finished, cause thoes last pics took my breath away! Haha thanks man, i just hope i can win GOTM when i enter it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeiscosRock Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 WOW~! Oh ya, nice poster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted April 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 A friend got that for me, its no doubt, on of my favorite bands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted April 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 i will be glueing my fretboard on tomarrow. Then im its spring break, in which i will be taking home my body and putting the binding around it. Im also giong to order plans for the copycarver and either build it over spring brake or wait till i get back to school and do it there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted April 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2006 3\4 of the jem will get binded today. The reason i say 3/4 is becuase one of the horns has a problem i am going to fix before i bind it. This will happen back at school toamrrow. I didnt get the fretboard glued on as planned, just ran out of time in class before i had to go home. Question i had is, i know everyone uses ca glue to glue binding, but wouldnt that leave joint lines where you ran out of one piece and used another? The stew mac stuff i have claims to fues to two pieces into one. I was thinking about using ca for most of it, then using the stew mac stuff just at the joints of two pieces? Is that wise or no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted April 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 Welp binding is done, and i would post pics, however my computer hates me at the moment and doesnt want to read my camara card so now i get to figure this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted April 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Well, good new, many of you guys have asked where the v ive been doing, and i put it on the back burner till i could get a new fretboard to work on (screwed up the other one, dont ask) Welp today i ordered the new fretboard, new binding (doing maple binding instead of white), and more leds to put in the bad boy. When it shows up next week expect some major v updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted April 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2006 Well here are the pics of the binding i promised the other day before my flash card reader broke. I got a new one so everything is good now, I should have the rest of the binding glued on tomarrow and scrapped and sanded wednesday. I also have a couple pics of the fretboard begin glued on, enjoy. Binding Being Glued On Fretboard Being Glued Can Never Have Enough Clamps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yahilltrade Posted April 26, 2006 Report Share Posted April 26, 2006 looking really nice love to see it done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted April 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Welp, new fretboard and binding showed up today. Will get this thing cut down to size, and maybe glue the binding on tomarrrow, depends how adventureous i get. Heres a pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted May 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Well, fretboard is tapered, and binding glued. I finished another section of the binding and the jem neck is practicly all the way rounded. Im going to be losing internet for a few days or so. My brother is moving out and he currently pays for our internet, so my dad will be calling the people tomarrow to reset us back up, but it will take a few days so i will post pics and what not when i get my i net back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!METAL MATT!! Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 Looking good man, NOW get that V going alredy I see it there in the corner !!METAL MATT!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted May 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2006 Well i finally have internet back and quite a bit has happened. The fretboard now has green leds installed and is sanded up to 2000 grit. Within the next couple of days i will be gluing the V fretboard to the neck. When my brother moved out he took his camara so i dont have any pics yet, but i will work on getting those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted May 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2006 The binding on the jem is completely done finally. It took a while, but thats what happens when you ahve to work two jobs and go to school lol. Here is a pic, tomarrow i will start sand the binding and body and getting it preped for paint. The neck is completely sanded and is also ready for paint. Things are really coming together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted May 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2006 Well, got the heel on the V neck cut, im going to glue the fretboard for it very soon. These projects are starting to wrap up fast and i tell you what ill be glad to see them done. To be honest these projects have been a lot of trouble lol. Ive learned a ton from them, funny how u learn more the 2nd time around then you do the first. They ahve their issues, but over they are turning out good for 2nd and 3rd projects, although my next ones will be a lot better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted May 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2006 Pickguard showed up today, really tops off the body in my opinion. I also got the tuner holes drilled. Here are a couple pics Pic of drilled tuner holes. http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/DuffB...em/IMG_0266.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Beer Man Posted June 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 Fretboard for the V was glued yesterday. And i should hopefully have the neck glued in the body in just a few hours. Here is a quick pic i took. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughes Posted June 1, 2006 Report Share Posted June 1, 2006 looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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