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Got some parts out, but think I going to go for a wraparound just for looks

Micheal, thanks, fretwire is just normal jumbo size Holy cow I checked out your inlays, total respect for how insanely fiddly that must have been Cheers Paulie, how it turns out half a cool as your lefty thanks Neck angle at 4 deg pocket cut everyones fav neck test Does it get to the stage where the neck pocket is too tight for the glue?

Ok made sure no socks & crocs were visible, can't wait till its flipflop season and can break out these badboys again and yes I've got all 3 pairs! http://www.vanhalenstore.com/page/VH/CTGY/flip-flops First inlay experience.. Controlling the dremel is not too bad, with a tiny bit it doesn't wander or pull like a router would, the most difficult thing is seeing the line you are trying to keep to. I sprayed the board with a real light coat of white primer, then drew round the inlays with pencil - made it much easier to see. Some people like to scribe round the inlay, then cut deeper with a blade. I tried this on a test, but had more trouble following the outline with a knife than just using the dremel up to the line. If I was doing pyramids or block inlays cutting with a knife would be the way to go. Glued in the inlays with rosewood dust mixed in, (remembered to tape the fret slots as the bound board would have been a pain to clean without that special Stewmac saw) let it dry then used a flat file to level them down to the board Nearly flush with the radius in this pic went through the grits with the radius block fretting

METAL TELE Swamp Ash body, Python covered Antique bronze hardware late 80's Dimarzion PAF Pro Flame maple one piece neck 25.5" 12" rad build thread http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=46370&st=0&p=505442&fromsearch=1&#entry505442

belly cut inlay, only broke 3 drill bits

JS Donnie Maple Basswood JS shape body, 'Donnie Hunt big face' paintjob 2K finish Truoil flame neck, unfinished board Recycled Ibanez cosmo hardware Dimarzio pickups Painted this body about a year ago & finished it with Rustins, it didn't like it & crazed in a month, so stripped it completely, repainted and cleared in 2K. Made a flamed neck to go with it, left the board raw as I love filthy maple - must be a VH thing.

thanks I might try my first inlay couple of tests with the dremel - I need the right bits. All I had was one that was too wide & the one I used was some cone shaped one, so to get the correct depth it was cutting angled walls. Got some thinner ones coming from ebay, like the look of the stewmac downcut ones, but not at 18 quid each

14.3mm, cheers Chris Rosewood binding, was going to try grain match by cutting strips off the board, but by the time I'd jointed them would have lost a couple of mm. So cut some more strips with a bit of a contrast Board on trim down the binding on the router table Started getting the neck outline started, now got to decide if I want pickup rings or not.

thanks, should be pretty normal once neck is thicknessed down normally use 15mm, no idea what a prs is?

filing down flush another wiz on the router table to take down the outside profile, hmm that wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be thicknessed down the headstock on the sander

repair ok Time for some binding bending the rosewood over a paint stripper gun Pre bent pieces Not going for any fancy mitres on my first attempt

Sorry no feedback on wenge, perhaps because my fingers are covered with superglue? Seriously though I do wear a mask most of the time there is dust about. I think there is a thread about wood toxicity somewhere.. Trimed down the ebony plate with the router and remembered to angle the plate to the headstock angle Drilled small holes through the back of the plate then used a reamer to get them up to size, didn't want to risk chips Then went for it, first time binding a headstock, used the stewmac dremel guide. Notice the bit on the ear that chipped off & glued back another piece on

ears ebony plate cavity

new homemade clamps worked well trimed down and a quick sand Couple of screws where the pickup cavities go hold the top down in the right place when gluing rough cut on the neck and truss rod cut

cutouts all the clamps

New build, got some PRS templates I've never used. The nearest I've been to a PRS, was my Washburn RS10v back in 1986, bought it mail order, when it arrived it had one half quilted maple, one half flamed. what were they thinking? Mahogany and wenge neck blank Got to decide how to cut it up to get the most out as its long enough for a neck thru as well Brown wood quilty goodness

oiled the neck and black binding to match the ebony Might leave it as it is for a bit & poss clear the top later

Hmm, not sure on chrome binding, I want to keep it tasteful.. How big was the snake? If I saw it i'd crap my pants, bought if off ebay a few years ago and honestly forgot I had it, found it last week and had to give it a try. Used contact glue and vacuum bagged the top, then today CA'ed it a bit so I could redo the binding channel and tidy up the routing, so it was actually cutting the skin rather than fluffing the edges

Cheers all As is was going to be a trad tele I left the neck joint old school. But having played it, you don't even touch the joint as it only a 21 fret neck. Yep old school Paf Pro, sounds great when I plugged it in to test. Went for it today, snake ate my tele Going to cut a piece in where it wasn't quite wide enough

Levelled frets and strung up for a twang Had a black control plate that when sanded matched the trem, so tried another recess Metal finish?

Had a go at a recessed neck plate, bit of tear - time for some new router bits Also tried out allen bolts and screw inserts in the neck that I bought of ebay ages ago & never used I had some tele bridges, but went for a floyd, thats when it changed to a metal tele Some routing and contours

Had a nice swamp ash tele body cut out for ages, so I was about time to do something Flame neck blank, didn't have a tele template so just looked at some pics on the internet and drew one out Drilled the holes, then bandsawed the headstock down Ebony board fretted and end filled with black CA

Simon if you spent money on one of Al's swirls and don't know what you are doing, I'd get it cleared professionally. As far as I know Al ships his bodies with a barrier coat to protect the swirl which is just a light coat of 2K Clear, if you look at one of his youtube vids it describes the process - scuff up his barrier coat then clear it with 2K clear. Any Local body shop who sprays 2K would be be your best bet if you can't find a 'guitar finisher'

Well its changed colour, went to match the paduk headstock. Run out of 2k Clear, so its got a couple of coats of Truoil so far

This week did some dye on the neckthru & cleared a Donnie body that I sanded down & repainted after the Rustins plastic coating yellowed and cracked in about 6 months (1st and only time I've used it)