killemall8
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That stuff is good finish, it is my favorite out of all the stuff i have used. The health aspect of it freaks me out though. I remember erikbojirk telling me it was the equivalent of crack. I had a few random problems with that stuff too. I had one instance where it came out great and everything, but then started to crack from the inside out, and within a week of buffing it looked like a broken mirror. Was pretty cool, but not what it was intended to be. If anything, i will go back to that stuff next spring. That stuff requires it to be pretty warm to spray.
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Well, the issues i have had lately are ones i haddnt actually had before. with the burl redwood and the mappa burl, it just soaked it in an didnt build up finish. That kind is always fixable, because i can just level it and spray more until it is level. But again, after that, no matter what finish i use it always ends up shrinking after i buff it for some reason. It will look immaculate for about 2 weeks then every single microscopic scratch wills how up and the finish ends up looking unsmooth. I found a new finish the other day that i want to try. It is made for table tops and bar tops, so it is supposed to be rock hard. I will see if that lives up to its name.
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So, With this MASSIVE cold front that we have coming through, all my stuff will be postponed. I have 4 guitars that need to be refinished out of the last 5 that i have built. So i guess those wont be done for quite a while. I will also not be able to make any more until i sell more, since i have put everything i had into the past 5 guitars i have built, without gaining anything back so far. I really wish i could do a professional job on clear coats. Something just always goes wrong. I feel that my woodwork and actual guitar construction is always near flawless, and can compete with the best of the best. But the finish is always what keeps it from being a world class guitar.
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I could, but it is going to shrink back like it always does. It will just keep soaking in and drying. Eventually it would stay, maybe. the redwood burl EXP i had finished about a month ago shrunk back so much you could see the shape of the grain through it, and that was with 2 coats of poly, 3 coats of high solids sanding sealer, and then 3 more coats of poly. The sides and back are open grained. You really only have one shot at that. If i spray over that again it will just look like a bad clear coat job.
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Yes sir, 100% quartered. LMI always has amazing fretboard woods. I got it sprayed last night. The back and neck sprayed amazingly perfect. The top, not so much. Again, should have sealed the redwood with something. Maybe one day i will learn. So that pretty much ruins the whole finish again. Unless i can somehow just refinish the top.
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Got the heel carved on the V, and sanding it right now. It is coming out a lot better than i expected. REALLY bad weather today and for a about a week though. I'll seee what i can get done.
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Those are awesome looking builds. The only thing i dont like is the cavity cover shape.
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Jackson Dinky Reverse Headstock project
killemall8 replied to willliam_q's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
A good way to get them straight is to make a template out of MDF with the holes. It drills better and doesnt wander on MDF. Then put the template on top and drill through it. They will be in as straight of a line as the template is. -
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Here is another project i have been working on. I am about to glue the neck in now.
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I kinda have no choice though. I'll figure something out, i suppose.
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Yeah, it might come to that. But then that leads to having to do a gloss and smooth finish, which is what i have tried to avoid for years, because of the shrinking problems i always have.
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That is true. I figured since the plain parts seemed fine, that it wouldnt have a problem, especially only being veneer. Another lesson learned.
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That is pretty much what i did. I filled the voids with black epoxy. It wasnt even the voids that had the problem. It was the smooth parts that seemed to not want to take the clear.
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A hipshot hardtail. I had to recess it.
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Here are some pics so far.
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Got it all sanded up and sprayed. I made the big mistake of spraying at night. I coudlnt see how it was spraying and ended up spraying just a bit too thick. Got 2 mini runs on it. The burl didnt take the clear well at all. Some places it absorbed it and others it didnt stick to it. I will probably have to use an oil finish on the top. On a side note, It feels amazing and is probably the lightest super strat ever.
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Thanks for the responses. the picture Wes posted was what i was thinking of. I figured shims were involved, but i feel it looks a lot cleaner with the shelf routed on the actual fretboard.
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I have always wondered, how do you get the slot for the locking nut the right height? It has always confused me. I mean, if you rout it before the fretboard is radiused and fretted, then you cant tell how high to make it.
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I can guarantee that is going to flake off or peel off, even though you scuffed it. I have tried that before on other metal parts.
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Look like bare knuckles. Looks great, plain, but clean and well done. Love the clean wiring too.
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I was also talking about blackmachine. From what i have heard, and according to their facebook page, they no longer make guitars. Which is why you see them going for 10k on ebay now...
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There's a certain well known minimulustic builder whom this is part if his signature style and his builds are copied by many these days. As are his top styles and headstocks the most copied "fad" at this point in time But since that builder no longer makes guitars, people have gone pretty wild copying it, more than usual.
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Looks pretty cool. I have always liked quilted sapele. The texture and actual grain pores are so unique. They look like animal fur or something.
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Jackson Dinky Reverse Headstock project
killemall8 replied to willliam_q's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
Wow... 6 hours for a neck. That is pretty ridiculous. You should have just used the spokeshave more and just fine tuned with sandpaper. If it took me 6 hours per neck, i would have stopped building a long time ago, haha.
