Demian Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Hi, question: If I dont want (to save some money) to buy a surfaced and jointed (stewmac, warmoth, etc) body blank. How dificult is if I buy a piece of great wood to do that ? What tools would I need to surface and joint it well ? What about the time? Is it take too much time to do that? Thanx, Demian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Unless you have tools to do it or know someone with the appropriate tools and skills, I would buy a pre-surfaced and joined body blank. In order to surface it, you will need a thickness sander and/or planer. To join the two pieces you would need either a jointer and a little skill, or hand planes with a lot of skill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demian Posted August 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Ok, Are they the tools that I would need to buy to joint and surface ? ? (experience and skills come with practice) That´s it? Jointer Sanders Are they very expensive and thats why it would be better to buy from stewmac the finished wood for ex.?? Thanx, Demian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primal Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Yes, they are quite expensive for someone to go out and buy for their first project. You would definately be better to just buy a body blank. As for the second link, thats not the kind of sander you would need; you would need a thickness sander such as this: http://www.royal-products.com/html/thickness_sander.html Another option would be for you to buy wood and take it to a local woodshop or cabinet maker to see if they could surface and join the wood for a small fee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demian Posted August 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 Yes, they are quite expensive for someone to go out and buy for their first project. You would definately be better to just buy a body blank. As for the second link, thats not the kind of sander you would need; you would need a thickness sander such as this: http://www.royal-products.com/html/thickness_sander.html Another option would be for you to buy wood and take it to a local woodshop or cabinet maker to see if they could surface and join the wood for a small fee. ← Primal, do you know if it is ok for that ? You cannot measure the thicknnes that you want to sand but I see it very big. Sander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perhellion Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 If you go to a lumber yard that deals in quality hardwoods, the wood is usually rough sawn, in somewhat randon lengths, widths, and thicknesses. For a fee, they run it through their planers, sanders, joiners, etc. to make any size you need. Some places even offer bandsaw services, and would cut the body shape for you (but these places are much less common). They usualy charge quite a bit for these services, so I'd look for a local cabinet or furniture shop. Some schools offer woodworking classes also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_A_T_T Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 You will spend ALOT more money buying the tools to surface the wood yourself. Just buy a joined/surfaced body blank from StewMac, or whoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryovanni Posted August 9, 2005 Report Share Posted August 9, 2005 You can get joined and surfaced body blanks for reasonable prices. There are lots of dealers on line. If you can get the material locally (and have it joined and surfaced, as long as the fee is reasonable), you can save on shipping charges (plus pick out your own wood). Trust me you have a lot of options if you don't want to sink a lot of $$$ into large tools, and it should not be very expensive. Peace, Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar_Brent Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 whats wrong with hand planes ?? does no one do all the work by hand anymore ? i mean 100% hand tools. No Power what so ever. ????? My Next Guitar is going to be all done with out power tools. i think it will add to the guitar, for me that is. to anyone else the guitar will be the same. but the hard work, and time and the detail. it's all worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 There's a huge learning curve on hand planes, that's why it probably hasn't been mentioned. It's worth the extra money to buy the blanks already jointed if you aren't confident about getting good joints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fryovanni Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Nothing wrong with hand tools at all. Although it requires an investment to get good hand tools (I am assuming you are mainly talking about well set up hand planes). It takes time to learn how to both use and keep these tools sharp and set up well. Depending on what I am working on I will use hand tools at times other times I just prefer larger tools(whatever tool works best for the task). It would be rather foolish of me to ignore any of the tools at my disposal just because. Peace,Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 yeah,yeah..power tools are for weinies...we get you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpa Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Nothing wrong with doing it by hand. Sometimes power tools ARE for weinies, if the 'lectricity went out for good half you guys would be screwed and have to go back to buying guitars. j/k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar_Brent Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 yeah,yeah..power tools are for weinies...we get you ← i Use Power tools all day at work, i would be lost with out them, but what i was saying is.... making one guitar with only hand tools is what i want to do. I like the idea of putting my all into it. having a guitar thats all me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orgmorg Posted August 10, 2005 Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 Well I guess if the power went out for good, an electric guitar wouldn't be much good, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demian Posted August 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2005 ... and when the electricty came back you can plug your brains in and post some pictures of godd sanders and jointers as an option to buy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesj Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 I threw together a thickness sander today....... it worked! Well sort of, I was 1/16 off over a 11 1/2 inch board. Which was spectacular considering I only used a tape measure to get my sizes and I only used junk I had laying around, like 2" PVC for the sanding drum, plywood from on old table, and a 10 yr old 1/3 hp drill press motor. It was great! And man it made a mess in the shop! dust everywhere! I did It as a test just to see how hard it would be, its simple! So now I'm saving the bucks to build a "real one" I figure an Aluminum drum and table, maybe a 3/4 or 1 hp motor. And definetly a dust collector! Parts at the extreme most 150 bucks for a 16 incher. of course I already have the dust collector parts, pulleys and sanding belts. I just have to figure out a "perfect" height adjustment mechanism..... any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar_Brent Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 keep the belt fixed, and move the table up and down. thats a for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr3Va1L Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 to plane, wouldn't it work to have a good table with sandpaper stuck to it? someone did it (can't remember who though...) and it seemed to work good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesj Posted August 11, 2005 Report Share Posted August 11, 2005 keep the belt fixed, and move the table up and down. thats a for sure. ← Yep for sure, Im consisering a 14" wide X 2" square "slide/shim block" made of aluminum under the lift table that has a rail on each side and a threaded rod in the middle so it moves back and forth with the turn of a handle to lift and lower the table evenly. I'm considering nice drawer slides but I'm worried about it getting dust in the bearings. I thought about making grooves but figured it would get cockward on me like the single runner drawers in a cheap dresser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javacody Posted August 12, 2005 Report Share Posted August 12, 2005 Another very obvious option is to hunt around for a one piece blank. I found a local wood supplier who has occasional 15" wide 8/4 Honduran Mahagony and Poplar already planed. I also went to a local cabinet maker to get a flame maple board bookmatched. It cost me $15, including planing and jointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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