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Right, it's sprayed and finished. I'm totally happy with the way it's turned out, and I've learnt so much pic2 pic3 pic4

Looking at the competition, there's probably not much point - but still.... This is my first from scratch instrument, and I'm totally happy with the way it's turned out Indian rosewood back and sides Spruce top Mahogany neck Indian rose headstock vineer Ebony bridge Indian rose board Bone nut

David Dyke is definatly worth a look.

That's an awesome design, can't wait to see it "in the flesh" How thick is that body blank? You may want to get it a little closer to final thickness in parts before glueing up, as it'll be a bitch to do when it's one big wide board unless you've got some specialist kit.

Japanese waterstones and a honing guide are the way to go. I personally use a single bevel on my planes and chisels, but it's all sorta personal preference. Remeber that flatting and polishing the back of the blade is just as important as working on the bevel (lapping) I cut the bevel on a 800 grit stone Move onto a 1200 to remove scratches Then to a 7000 for polishing Then to a tormek wheel (leather thing) with 15,000 grit paste on to get them up to a mirror shine.

Good thread, ivory's not hard to get really, provided you're prepared to cut up antiques I was considering it for a nut material - anyone?

ok i bought a used maple right handed neck off evil bay item number 7371826590 ill redo the headstock to match the body....add a new decal.new chrome gotoh tuners..........only parts i lack in completeing this is a string hold down bar..... neck plate.bidding on one now........and locking nut pads for my nut....... ←

Looks great It'd really benifit from an ebony board though - next project? Andy

Double pole single throw on off switches. And as for the LED's. Yeah, but you'd have to add a battery and use triple pole switches (the third pole being used to switch the LED's on and off)

Cheers for the kind words (not the mum comment ) I'll enter it when it's been sprayed. I think a picture with the new owner will sway the male population's vote somewhat

If you're being really really cheap the tools required are... One set of cutters A plastic faced hammer A fine file glued to a block A good straight edge A small triangular needle file with ground off "safe" corners A file glued into a block at 35 degrees (theres a tutorial for this on the main site) Thats what?...£25 worth of tools. Still, if you dont feel comfortable send it to a pro, and as for people who ask sinical questions like the one above, ignore them - what's done is done (no offence meant)

Guitar of the month? Am I allowed?

Make your own.... http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/radius.htm

Bar finishing, it's finished (if that makes any sense) It's been strung up for about 24hrs and it appears to be behaving itself, and it actually sounds really nice I've got to dis-assemble, sand, then spray now.

I love the finish. Please say you're getting a maple board neck for it...

I'll leave the other stuff to someone else...but I'll take the trem stuff on... You won't be able to get hold of the trem you want as a new item, there's a chance you'll find one second hand, but not much of a chance. Your best bet would be to use a seven string version of the original floyd rose - they're excellent trems and easy to get hold of.

PAF's methinks. But If I remeber correctly alot of that album was recorded using 7 strings, meaning they would have been blaze's

It's all slab cut , well, most of it.

Cheers for the corrections on the truss rod. My teachers mentioned they tried to fret a board when it was off of a guitar, and a it curled considerably because of the action of the frets expanding the fret slots. Ah well, I'll have to try it!

Right - pictures.... The finished fretboard, inlayed, fretted - ready for glueing onto the neck. With a mandolin, you can fret before attachment of the board, unlike on a guitar. Fretboard Too many clamps are better than too few I used a the imbedded nails technique to stop it sliding about all over the place while I was clamping up. Clamped The headstock was then thicknessed on a disc sander, and a bobbin sander used for a bit of rough carving of the volute... Rough neck An hour with the spokeshave, files and some sandpaper left me with this... Finished neck 1 Finished neck 2 I've also wacked the tuners on since the pics were taken. A little bit of final work is still required, and I've got to make the bridge, but I'm about done I also got the neck blank for my guitar...It's a master grade bit of flame maple, almost perfectly quarter sawn (better at one end than the other) And that's only after sanding - can't wait to see it planed/scraped!

They're totally worth it though.

No pictures today, but some progress. The fretboard's finished and in place, I've got to shape the neck tomorrow. Then Make the bridge, add hardwear, and... I'm done! I'll keep y'all posted. Next project - OM sized acoustic, rose back and sides, spruce top and a maple neck.

I've seen some handmade ones that run about two or three time the LN's. ← Check these out.... http://www.holteyplanes.com/index.htm His jointer is £7,680 ($13,184 US)