RestorationAD Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Wonderful things... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 And the destruction starts...AHHHHHH! I was on the other side of the shop when I heard the machine start making too much noise. I ran to shut it down...still a little late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Wow... I am crushed. This was a one of a kind top. Now we have a discounted guitar. Turns out the X Axis motor shaft snapped on the CNC. THis caused it to take a left turn through the conrtol area of my favorite top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Rather than scrap the project I am going to fix it... It won't be perfect but it still deserves to be a guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 After a lot of epoxy I have filled all the holes and gaps in the fix. I could have tried to make this perfect but honestly it isn't worth my time. I will still always know it is there... burning it would solve that but I think it will still make a guitar with a nasty attitude. Nothing like a scar to make something angry. Meanwhile I had a crazy idea on the neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Test fit the neck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Another coat of epoxy to fill some other voids.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtisa Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Sweet Jesus, that's determination! I would've scrapped the whole thing if it'd happened to me. Although on second thought perhaps it opens up other possibilities - deliberately fit a contrasting piece in there, kinda like a Conklin melted top on a small scale maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verhoevenc Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 I dunno about that one RAD... I think that's too noticeable. One thing I heard and have always liked is the whole "if you gotta do it, make it stand out!" philosophy. In this case, I'd chop off that area and graft on a piece that's a different back and top wood, then I'd do the upper horn like that too. Maybe pick a spot to do a big 2" diameter hole with it as well. So essentially you end up with a Picasso lookin' guitars that uses two different body woods and two different top woods. The other option... if you have off-cuts of this top large enough; is to go steampunk with it. Once again chop that section off, rebuild a replacement section, and then off-set that section by about 1/2" and have copper tubing connecting it to the body. Place the knobs and stuff on that section, run wires through the tubing, etc. Granted, if you went this route, you'd have a lot more work to make everything else steampunk. But it'd be RAD! Kind of like this, but he's got the copper pipes going out and in from the sides. I'd just connect them direct between the pieces where he has all that other stuff going on: Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 I dunno about that one RAD... I think that's too noticeable. One thing I heard and have always liked is the whole "if you gotta do it, make it stand out!" philosophy. In this case, I'd chop off that area and graft on a piece that's a different back and top wood, then I'd do the upper horn like that too. Maybe pick a spot to do a big 2" diameter hole with it as well. So essentially you end up with a Picasso lookin' guitars that uses two different body woods and two different top woods. Yes that is what I usually try to do... give me some time I am still pretty pissed about this. I might surprise us all. The other option... if you have off-cuts of this top large enough; is to go steampunk with it. Chris I am not steam punking it.... but I like the idea of adding a different wood altogether. I would probably melt some bocote into the top.... We will see. Sweet Jesus, that's determination! I would've scrapped the whole thing if it'd happened to me. Although on second thought perhaps it opens up other possibilities - deliberately fit a contrasting piece in there, kinda like a Conklin melted top on a small scale maybe? Yeah exactly what I am thinking It isn't going to be as bad as it looks right now.... the splice is much tighter a 1/4" down. When I do the carve we will see how bad it really looks. The first pass with the router was messy.... so on the next pass I made it much cleaner. If it fails the eye test I will make some router templates on the thing that killed it and go with the different wood types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 I like the bocote option. Do you have any with a grain pattern similar to the fretboard? SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted July 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 I like the bocote option. Do you have any with a grain pattern similar to the fretboard? SR Yeah I have plenty. Should be ok... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 A flame pattern of a different wood would be good.Like this but cooler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntinDoug Posted July 3, 2012 Report Share Posted July 3, 2012 Youch! I had a similar mishap (same but different) happen on a higher end Christmas gift project: It's for a friend of mine that is a music minister. I wanted to do a really nice custom build for him because all he has had the money for is a MIM strat. I used 60 year old cherry for the core, babinga veneer pinstripes, and flame maple on the front & back. The top has two 1/4" layers of flame with a pinstripe in between. Needless to say, a good amount of time in the glueup alone. When I put it on the CNC, I must have bumped the bridge end of the body blank after setting the center line (I still don't know how it happened). So, the center line was out a heavy 1/4" at one end, and tapered to on center at the top. When I realized it, I felt ill...I'm sure Brett knows what I'm talking about. Anyway, it sat for over a year, and I finally dusted it off to decide what to do. I got semi carried away with the fix, but it turned out OK, and thats the goal. I inserted a tapered wedge of crotch walnut that goes down to the first babinga pinstripe, then inlaid a similar scroll design that matches the neck inlay. I guess what I'm saying is don't fix that "one of a kind" top with a plug that makes people ask: "what happened here". Go over the top and do something that in that area that makes people say "wow...that's pretty cool". Even if it means shelfing it for a while. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pestvic Posted July 4, 2012 Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 I still think it looks cool.. like a weird knot or something. I'm sure it will end up pretty bad ass in the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted July 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2012 I guess what I'm saying is don't fix that "one of a kind" top with a plug that makes people ask: "what happened here". Go over the top and do something that in that area that makes people say "wow...that's pretty cool". Even if it means shelfing it for a while. Yes. I think that is the right thing to do. Shelf it and move on. Sometimes I get too determined to fix things right then and now instead of giving it a few weeks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted July 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Neck side dots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted July 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Preping for fretting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted July 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Fretted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted July 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Working on the neck. Doesn't really need pencil marks as the laminates will serve as guides. Body is just stuck on so I can figureout where the heal is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted July 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Volute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted July 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Rough shaping the heal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted July 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Done enough. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted July 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Round the edges and get set to carve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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