RestorationAD Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 awesome. Love destroyers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetterOffShred Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 It looks great man glad to see it coming along so well. -Brett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted October 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Cheers RestorationAD, cheers Betteroffshred, the Destroyer is a great shape. I sanded the top today, the black mark where the glue reacted with the clamp took a while to come out. Wiped it down with metho to check the grain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted October 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Yesterday afternoon the chunk of wood was a little bit thick at 47 mm so I took a bit off using the router and my very simple jig looking rough at this point but it's the right thickness, and lost a bit of weight, and realized at this point. &*#! I have lost the nut of the bolt on my calipers again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted October 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2014 Then to sand it flat I used 6 sheets of sandpaper on a piece of mdf and got a great workout from rubbing the body over it to test it I lifted up one end and placed it back on marble, heard the phut sound as the two flat surfaces came together, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted October 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Got most of the sanding done on the sides today I haven't made a copy guitar for a long time, but it won't be a complete duplication I will make some small changes Nearly time to put the body to one side and start work on the neck The bridge came in from in from Ohio really quickly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted October 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2014 Kicking back watching Radio Birdman as guest programmers on the video clip program called Rage, Radio Birdman are doing a tour but did not include Chris Masuak, what the %@#$ ?????? is up with that? Love the obvious statement on the bottle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 27, 2014 Report Share Posted October 27, 2014 Is this going to end up Cherry Red? SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted October 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Is this going to end up Cherry Red? SR Yes, I love the old 80's Destroyers like this, but the wood grain on this is great So I will go for a similar finish as my last red guitar, hoping to get lots of chatoyance, and a toffee apple colour. Here's the fretboard blank its about 7.7 mm thick so it will need thinned a bit first The truss rod arrived yesterday along with the frets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 You know you have good stuff when it says "Quility guitar parts" on the package 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted October 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 Yeah, the quotation marks give extra assurance, I was also relieved to find out my toggle cap was 100% pure and builders had signed off on the approval papers I learnt how to make a guitar by reading the posts here on projectguitar and reading Melvyn Hiscock's awesome book that I got from the library. The unanimous advice was plan before you cut. I will never buy a plan, working it out yourself and drawing is relaxing. I thought I would have a go at an angled headstock for the first time, for something different to do. I worked out the dimensions of the triangle needed for the lean back. When I was at school my teachers should have told me I could use geometry to build guitars I would have been much more motivated. I sketched up a plan for a scarf cut jig, can you spot the obvious mistake I made at this point? I drilled out a body offcut with a 16 mm spade bit to make the jig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted October 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2014 I put dowels in the holes, I still haven't realized my mistake at this point Marked up a practice neck, managed to put the wrong diagonal in Fixed up my mistake on the jig, you probably noticed the alignment dowel on the lower left was in the wrong spot, aligned the cut and clamped down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted November 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Cutting in looks OK next step, make a jig to sand those cuts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitar2005 Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Scarf joints can be intimidating and there are many way to cut them. I found that what works best for me in terms of speed and precision is to rough cut it on the bandsaw and clean up on the jointer using an angled sled. I might do a thread about it some day but I think that some here do the same thing. That truss rod looks nice. Where did you get it? I need to order about 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted November 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Yes, I think the sanding sled is the way to go, the truss rod does look good doesn't it, I got it from http://www.guitaraust.com.au/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 My Lord, would you look at the math in that plan. You came out with a very clever jig too. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdshirtman Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 First time I've seen a scarf cut like that. Clever. That truss rod is interesting. Who makes it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted November 3, 2014 Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 First time I've seen a scarf cut like that. Clever. That truss rod is interesting. Who makes it? He already answered that and posted the link right above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted November 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 My Lord, would you look at the math in that plan. You came out with a very clever jig too. SR I had to relearn the trig at mathsisfun.com, amazing how things come back with revision. I was pleasantly surprised that the jig worked out, I will use it on the rock maple soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted November 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 First time I've seen a scarf cut like that. Clever. That truss rod is interesting. Who makes it? Cheers, next job is to make the sanding jig to clean up the ends, The truss rod has some nice curves, and should fit perfectly into a 6mm channel, you can get them from guitaraust.com.au today, I cut the end of the rock maple plank for the neck with my new hand saw, then used the same saw to cut off a 64 mm strip then measured 62 mm all along the strip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted November 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2014 First time I've seen a scarf cut like that. Clever. That truss rod is interesting. Who makes it? He already answered that and posted the link right above. Hey killemall, my goldfish memory had already forgotten, hey your latest guitar looks wicked, it's a metal machine Cleaning up the hand cut on the neck piece with the router next step is to cut the scarf, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted November 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 The oblong cover plate arrived from Canada, with an amazing assortment of stamps, really like the whales Squaring up two sides of the fretboard I was going well on the sanding sled sides, until the router started going wherever it wanted, and took some chunks out of the straight edge template and the sled sides, I filled those holes in with wood putty. This is the culprit, the thread is stripped on the handle that holds the depth of the plunge, so the template following roller slipped off the template I've ordered a new one from England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 The oblong cover plate arrived from Canada, with an amazing assortment of stamps, really like the whales I've ordered a new one from England. Man, you are an equal opportunity international shopper! SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted November 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2014 The oblong cover plate arrived from Canada, with an amazing assortment of stamps, really like the whales I've ordered a new one from England. Man, you are an equal opportunity international shopper! SR Oh, thank goodness for EBay, and I can replace the handle rather than buy a new router. Yes, it is kind of fun knowing that bits from different places in the world are coming together to make a guitar. A few months back I was searching for a Vox Lil Night Train, a 2 watt tube amp, I rang about 10 shops, I couldn't find one anywhere. My friend Mick found one on EBay that was in Cyprus, so I bought it I made the scarf joint sanding sled today, and put the scrap, practise wood in it Sled on the rails Works OK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted November 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2014 Practised on scrap gluing up the scarf joint, all OK also practised fretboard slotting on a scrap piece of Tassie Oak, not bad, but I thought it would be better with a fretting mitre box I'll try that out later 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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