Adam Brown Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 Fellas, I really don't know what to do... I need to plane my mahogany body to make it perfectly flat on top, so that I can add my maple top, which I can't glue together cause the two pieces need to be planed... The thing is, is that I don't know anyone with a planer... and there is NOBODY in my area who will rent them out. Do any of you guys have any ideas of what I can do? As it stands, my Les Paul has been in a limbo state for about two weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 no local wood shop with a planer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 how close are you to derek? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 dartmouth?how close is that to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 5, 2004 Report Share Posted February 5, 2004 well with mahogany you can make a sanding stick out of something flat and sand it level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Brown Posted February 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Naw Wes, no shops around here... I spent yesterday driving from place to place. Derek lives about a Day away from me... (I think) The folks who live in Toronto are much closer.. like five hours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Brown Posted February 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 You really think I could sand the mahogany with something flat!? that'd be cool... It'd give me something to do too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Naw Wes, no shops around here... I spent yesterday driving from place to place. Derek lives about a Day away from me... (I think) The folks who live in Toronto are much closer.. like five hours In all of Montreal, there are no wood working shops? No kitchen cabinet makers, furniture makers, etc.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 You really think I could sand the mahogany with something flat!? that'd be cool... It'd give me something to do too! yes..i have done it you need a completely flat object though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Brown Posted February 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Naw Wes, no shops around here... I spent yesterday driving from place to place. Derek lives about a Day away from me... (I think) The folks who live in Toronto are much closer.. like five hours In all of Montreal, there are no wood working shops? No kitchen cabinet makers, furniture makers, etc.? My friend, I will look through the yellow pages to see what I can find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 how close are you to derek? 18 hours last time i went to montreal I can't beleive there isn't one specialty / exotic hardwood store in your area there's like 50 strip joints, a million restaurants, and not one wood shop? ? Did you take shop in jr high or high school?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 well load up your planer and go help him out,derek! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Brown Posted February 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 hahahaha! So true, so true about the strip joints too! I think most people around here just go to Ikea for furniture. I took a wood class at the local college... Maybe they have workshops where I can just work on my Les Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 It will probably be easier to take a flat board, stick a few sheets of sandpaper on it and lay the body on top and sand like that. You will probably work up a bit of a sweat but the body will be flat enough to attach your maple top. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Brown Posted February 6, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 Thanks Keith. Sounds like a plan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted February 6, 2004 Report Share Posted February 6, 2004 I would use a piece of glass if you have such a thing. They are nice and flat. I happen to have an old table with glass squares in the basement that I use for doing things that require a wide flat surface. If you don't have it, then wood would be my second choice. I think hardware stores sell glass panes cheap don't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Brown Posted February 11, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 SCORES!! Fellas, I've started hand-flattening, the body... but guess what!? Apparently my buddy Tood is neighbors with a guy who manages THREE hardware stores... He said that he has a thickness planer, and a joint planer. He'll even do it for me! I'm people who knows people who knows people heh heh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hotrock Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 SCORES!! Fellas, I've started hand-flattening, the body... but guess what!? Apparently my buddy Tood is neighbors with a guy who manages THREE hardware stores... He said that he has a thickness planer, and a joint planer. He'll even do it for me! I'm people who knows people who knows people heh heh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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