Menapia Posted September 28, 2013 Report Share Posted September 28, 2013 Class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 I did the firebird inlay, but it's getting trashed. It looks like grade-school level crap. I started the tests with the tinted w/b poly. It looks like it's going to go on transparent. I'll be sanding off all of the paint and re-primering it white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 I hate doing something twice. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob123 Posted October 2, 2013 Report Share Posted October 2, 2013 I hate doing something twice. SR Whatever do you mean? (Lol, sorry!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 I hate wasting the time too, but it's better to do it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 I hate wasting the time too, but it's better to do it right. Yup. Knowing that doesn't make me hate it less though. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Today I'm experimenting on the other side of the plywood. I'm testing the tinted poly over the turquoise paint, white, and some metallic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 This is the 1st spraying on the un-prepped plywood. It's pretty transparent. Clockwise from top left, this is the tinted poly over turquoise paint, white, Krylon metallic, and Duplicolor metallic. I'll be going with white primer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted October 3, 2013 Report Share Posted October 3, 2013 Its a nice color Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 The picture is a little dark, but it was taken in the shade. You get the general idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 what materials are those inlays made out of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 Acrylic / inlace pen blanks. They're in the "turning" section of Woodcraft & Rockler. I put a large-tooth blade in the scrollsaw and filleted off 1/8" slices at low speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CD1221 Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Those inlays are looking great! How hard is the acrylic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbinst Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 Sweet new inlay material ideas, nice find! Are they brittle/ prone to chipping at all? I love the inlays but I think the cattle skull is my favorite. They are going to look really nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 At 1/8" thick, you have to be careful with them. Not any chipping, but they WILL break as easily as 1/8" wood. The good side is I don't have to worry about them breaking on the grain like wood will when it's that thin. The learning curve for them wasn't too steep. The big thing I had to figure out, and this was deduced quickly, is to keep the speed of the saw low. Faster speeds generate friction, in turn heat, in turn melting the pieces back together behind the blade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2013 This should tell you all you need to know about my efforts to spray w/b poly. That shite ran like it was in track shoes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted November 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 So. Absolutely -ZERO- aspects of the finishing techniques have worked out in any manner that even the most inexperienced novice migit vaguely consider successful. I've sanded it all off so many times I'm concerned about damaging the previous body work and level0ness of the entire thing. I believe the best thing to do right now is to blow up the body and start over. The old one is no more. I'll be continuing with the fretboard as-is, but the body/neck will be re-made. Then again, I have a basswood body "base" already routed to my Avenger shape for a project I have lost interest in. Maybe it's time to see how basswood takes a transparent finish. And the same experimenting with some birdseye maple veneer..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonx Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 It's happened to all of us. Painting takes as long to learn as what building the guitar does. It's an artform of its own and I reckon everyone here that has built lots of guitars has had to sand back at least one. I know I've probably had to sand back at least a dozen due to some sort of error, be it trial and error fails or my human error fails. The more you've painted though the better you'll get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted November 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 Thanks for the words of encouragement. I hate the finishing stage, so that probably isn't helping. It's definitely a go for the basswood base. The neck will be grenadillo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 Every time I think I have finishing whipped the next one kicks my ass.It's why I have been rubbing in my last few finishes,but I need to go back to hard finishes because they make a better finished product IMO....I am dreading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted November 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 .......and as I start to cut the scarf for the headstock, the bandsaw blade snaps. I guess I can take a hint. Leave the whole thing alone for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted November 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 So what I have in this tinted w/b poly is basically NOTHING like I had with the stuff I tinted myself a couple of years ago. The pigment in this one is pretty dense. After 3-4 coats, anything interesting in the grain is just gone, so using a figured wood or veneer is just plain pointless. After letting it sit for a couple of days and thinking about it, I'm probably jumping on the abandoned project body just to be able to keep going with this theme instead of doing what I REALLY want to do, which is a turquoise superthin warlock. I think it's time to cool the engines, get some more lumber, and start completely from scratch. Does anyone want the old body/neck? You can have it for the cost of lumber and shipping. PM me if ya wanna try and salvage it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 I might send you a set of pickups to see it in a fire barrel on youtube!!!!Ha ha ha. We used to burn guitar on this site. *** happened to the fun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted November 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 I remember that well. I also remember being a novice and wanting to have a crack at one ov the veteran's rejects. BUT..... I could justify a bonfire by saying that you bought it with some pups. It'd be yours to do what you please with. The pups would be worth way more than the guitar as-is, so the extra would be my commission price to torch it and post a video. Ball's in your court. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 I will think about it. See if anyone else wants the project first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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