Bizman62 Posted November 29, 2021 Report Share Posted November 29, 2021 7 hours ago, Nicco said: temps in there are pretty high. But does it have a large air exhaust like kilns do? The temperature of steam is also high but it won't dry anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicco Posted November 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2021 Oh yeah, sorry, I meant in a negative way that the temperature and humidity in there fluctuates wildly. Definitely not getting kiln like drying going on out there! Ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted November 29, 2021 Report Share Posted November 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Nicco said: I meant in a negative way that the temperature and humidity in there fluctuates wildly. Thanks for clarifying, otherwise some future reader might have thought that a hot shed would shorten the drying time of their wood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicco Posted November 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 More or less finished sanding the carve on the back of the guitar last night, last little bits will be when I'm doing final sanding for the whole thing now. I wasn't going too, but I couldn't help myself, I started on the carve of the top; I really wanted to see what the reveal of the blackwood looked like. Anyway, pictures attached. It's very rough at the moment with obviously a lot more refining to do, but still, super excited by how it looks! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted November 30, 2021 Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 I always look forward to carving the top too. Yours is going to be special. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted November 30, 2021 Report Share Posted November 30, 2021 Looks great Nicco, love that top 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicco Posted December 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 The carving continues. Still more to go, but starting to hone in on it 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted December 2, 2021 Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 That wood is just so pretty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted December 2, 2021 Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 7 hours ago, Nicco said: The carving continues. Still more to go, but starting to hone in on it That's lovely. The pic looks like you've got it on a cookie sheet ready to pop into the oven. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 2, 2021 Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 7 hours ago, Nicco said: The carving continues. Still more to go, but starting to hone in on it wow, that looks great. lovely carve - nice work. the figure/pattern is really interesting and eye catching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 4 hours ago, ScottR said: That's lovely. The pic looks like you've got it on a cookie sheet ready to pop into the oven. SR Roasted Queensland Maple does sound nice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicco Posted December 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 Ha ha ha, see how it looks when it comes out of the oven, hey? Thanks again fellas. Very happy with how it's coming along so far. Snuck half an hour in while the little fella had his arvo nap. Still refining, but had to throw the bridge and pickups in place to see how it looks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicco Posted December 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 And yes, I realise the bridge is upside down in that photo. My brain thinks this way up looks more correct and keeps putting it that way. Better make sure I'm being super careful with that when I'm fitting it. Ha ha ha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicco Posted December 29, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 Firstly, merry Christmas to everyone. Things are progressing very slowly at the moment, between fighting off killer daycare bugs that the little fella brought home with him, and with temperatures being up over 40 deg C lately. Urgh!! I have managed to mostly cut the fret slots using my little mitre box jig again. This gidgee is much much harder than the timber I used on the first guitar, the little saw is getting a proper workout now! Ha ha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 That's a sweet looking fretboard. gidgee... have not had the pleasure. some very cool figure there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicco Posted December 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 It's definitely pretty, I'm chuffed with it. I'm also pretty sure gidgee loosely translates to "hard as f..." Lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 recently saw a post of a fender bass neck made of "notworthit" wood. lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicco Posted January 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 I got a good run at the fretboard yesterday. Managed to finish the fret slots, cut the fret markers, bind the fretboard with 0.6mm bunya pine veneer (same as the body blank) and then line the outside edge with more gidgee. Will make sense in the photos. Ha ha. I've got stone shaping and binding to do still on the heel end of the board, plus final trimming to width, but it's all coming together. I'm not keen to try this kind of fret marker again though. My bandsaw hasn't turned up yet, so I had to cut it all with a handsaw. Trying to keep everything straight and perpendicular to the centre line was and absolute pain, and all the little fiddly bits to inlay were a trouble too. Definitely doing something easier next time. Ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 4 hours ago, Nicco said: Definitely doing something easier next time. That's what I thought after my previous build. The current one has been under progress twice as long as any of the previous ones and it's still not ready... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted January 4, 2022 Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 12 hours ago, Nicco said: Definitely doing something easier next time. Ha ha This one is going to be absolutely gorgeous once polished up. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicco Posted January 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 Hell end of the fret board is now shaped and bound. Next step is to trim all the gidgee binding down to final thickness, it'll be about 1mm wide in the end. I have actually filled the little gap that was left by doing the bunya pine strip in the gidgee outer, but because of the glue and not having sanded it all to final shape it looks like a gap in this photo. I realised after I finished the binding the other day, I should have done the heel first, but oh well! Ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nicco Posted January 18, 2022 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 This post is going to be pic heavy (yay, progres! Ha ha) Got a few milestones ticked over on the weekend. For the body; cavity covers laser cut. The inner cover on the main cavity is to hide the electronics, that one is screwed in place because, hopefully, it'll almost never need to be removed. The main cover, which had the battery box accessible, plus the little central one for the jack adaptor are held on with magnets as they will be accessed more regularly. I struggled with the magnets last time, so I allowed enough spaces for about 20 magnets per cover and just added them one or two at a time until they held on properly. Being through holes, it made drilling the locations a breeze. I only needed 3 magnets in the central cover and 4 in the main one in the end, so good result. I then veneered the faces. Main cover is Queensland maple from the face, the central cover is bunya pine, same as the body blank, but it does look a little pale in comparison. I'll see how it looks with finish, but I may need to remake it. On the neck: truss rod channel cut, fretboard glued down, headstock thicknessed and shaped, neck sides cut and flushed to the fretboard, then the fretboard radiused. My band saw still hasn't turned up, so I had to trim it with the jigsaw. The blade always swings to the right so I kept that away from the cut... except this time it swung left and took off the corner of the neck blank that'll be in the neck pocket. Grrr! Managed a sneaky repair by glittering back on the off cut. Also, I had quite a bit of tear out on the fret board from hitting it with a plane that probably needed to be a touch sharper. I only planned it for about 30 seconds, but yeah, the damage was deep in a few spots. Managed to sand most of it out, had a couple of spots to fill with super glue and dust and they've disappeared nicely. Going to be a busy few weeks of family commitments coming up, so that's probably all I'm going to have done until well into February. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 6 hours ago, Nicco said: had a couple of spots to fill with super glue and dust and they've disappeared nicely. You were lucky! Super glue and pale dust usually end up much darker than expected, mostly because of the heat produced by the hardening process - you may even see smoke sometimes! On darker woods it works fine, though, and as your fretboard has those darker lines the choice was most likely right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 That's looking great, @Nicco When the finish is on it's going to look spectacular Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted January 18, 2022 Report Share Posted January 18, 2022 Agreed! SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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