ScottR Posted May 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 4 minutes ago, komodo said: every. single. time. I see that bench I'm envious. It's awesome! It is probably the single most useful thing I've ever built. It is about 20 years old now and looks it, but it still does what I built it for very well. I'm pretty sure you could build one of your own, what with your skill set. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Natural Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 15 hours ago, ScottR said: Then I slice up another piece of Osage orange and cut a fretboard blank. Then I trued it up. I've got to get me a thickness sander. your fore arms must be ripped! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted May 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Just call me Popeye! I got the extension changed, and can now show you the same skull roughly twelve years later. My understanding is he got a teeth cleaning shortly after this pic was taken. We certainly don't want his teeth to fall out. SR 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 On 8 May 2018 at 12:23 PM, ScottR said: Just call me Popeye! I got the extension changed, and can now show you the same skull roughly twelve years later. My understanding is he got a teeth cleaning shortly after this pic was taken. We certainly don't want his teeth to fall out. SR My goodness. What an amazing carve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FINEFUZZ Posted May 10, 2018 Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 Beautiful skull skills, the grain is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted May 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 7 hours ago, Andyjr1515 said: My goodness. What an amazing carve! Thanks Andy. I learned why dentists make so much money. Working on teeth is a PITA. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted May 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2018 10 minutes ago, FINEFUZZ said: Beautiful skull skills, the grain is awesome! Thank you sir. Skull skills...now that's a concept I've not considered before. I'm going to have to see what I can do with that. Osage orange has cool grain, but not a lot of contrast, so it isn't always easily picked up. I wonder how a dark fill would look in the various stages of color it goes through. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted May 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 After missing a weekend traveling, I got back in the saddle last weekend. I cut the headstock angle on the bandsaw and cleaned it up with the old plane as a sanding block. Next came the truss rod channel. Then I marked the fretboard location and the neck location and placed some finishing nails to keep the boeard in place during glue up. I did cut those nails down short, less than the thickness of the fretboard. And then glued them together using an old piece of counter top as a caul. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted May 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 While that was drying I started working on the body. I cleaned up the gluing side of the top. And then cleaned up the face side so I could see to locate the body in the sweet spot of the figure. The light reflects at crazy angles depending on where you are standing....this is an attempt to show the symmetry. It is still only visible at certain angles. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ScottR Posted May 21, 2018 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted May 21, 2018 I did also cut and glue up a headstock cap of Osage Orange. SR 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 Time to make the neck look more like a neck. Marking it out and locating tuner holes. Let's cut away most everything that is not a neck. My rabid beaver makes an appearance. Cheers @RestorationAD He did clean up after himself. SR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 Headstock cleaned up nicely. Adding the side dots. Not too much contrast now, but that will improve as the fretboard darkens. And the board has been radiused and MOP dots added. SR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ScottR Posted May 29, 2018 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 The Osage Orange polished up nicely. I'm starting to really like this Osage Orange and walnut combination. SR 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splintazert Posted May 29, 2018 Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 Very nice Scott and a great headstock carve. Looking at the skull a few pictures before though, it must have been a 'walk in the park' for you to carve the headstock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 36 minutes ago, Splintazert said: Very nice Scott and a great headstock carve. Looking at the skull a few pictures before though, it must have been a 'walk in the park' for you to carve the headstock. Thanks. Yes, the headstock carve is pretty tame compared to the skull. with that I learned why dentists always push you to get your wisdom teeth removed. They are too much of a PITA to work on back in there. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 Time to knock in some frets. I use the Home Depot Special hammer and a piece of aluminum bar stock....and managed to not hit the fretboard with the hammer even once. Once all the frets are in, it gets taped off, and the frets are leveled, dressed and polished. I had an idea to try this time, @psikoT. I rolled the edge of the fretboard a little before knocking the frets in. That left the pointy corners of the fret ends just slight above the rounded edge and much easier to file back into the dome shape without marring the edge of the board. I also polished the bottom edge of my crowning file to help protect the edge and used it to do most of the work shaping those domed fret ends. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 And on to the neck carve. The little red dot just in front of the volute marks a spot just slightly thicker than the target. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 Almost time to set this. SR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted June 4, 2018 Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 Some great things going on here again, @ScottR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 4 minutes ago, Andyjr1515 said: Some great things going on here again, @ScottR Thanks Andy, I certainly hope so. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Natural Posted June 4, 2018 Report Share Posted June 4, 2018 10 hours ago, ScottR said: . SR Looking good Scotty. So- maybe its not an intentional Easter egg but you know me-I'll bite- so- whats the big ass chunks o'wood in the pic above? Those look like some big ol rounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtisa Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 That's @ScottR's other hobby. They're giant cheeses...obviously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 15 hours ago, Mr Natural said: Looking good Scotty. So- maybe its not an intentional Easter egg but you know me-I'll bite- so- whats the big ass chunks o'wood in the pic above? Those look like some big ol rounds. Those are big ol rounds. My sister in law gave those to me about 15 years ago. They are roughly 3' diameter, 8" thick slices of live oak. She was hoping I could make a couple of table tops out of them......and one would get to be hers. Of course they we cut green and cracked all to hell as they dried out. I had visions of filling the cracks and flooding the surface with bar top resin finish. Then I took a belt sander to it and learned that taking chain saw marks out of live oak end grain would probably kick my ass. So for the last 15 years they have been stacked on an old cable spool and serving as a bench for my chop saw....and a table top on which to pile all the small crap I'm using during a build. So they ultimately did become a table top of sorts. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 6 hours ago, curtisa said: That's @ScottR's other hobby. They're giant cheeses...obviously Yes, that is correct. You've heard of oaked beer? Those are giant cheeses that got over oaked. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 Time to carve in the logo. That's me! SR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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