Stratman1966

Mask off the binding, bridge, neck and decals and do a solid color like black. Or just keep sanding away and possibly try a gel stain the stain lays on top of the surface and does not actually dye the wood that much so the blotches would not be that noticeable and suggest a darker stain.

Should sound good playing some Lead Zeppelin tunes

$35 is a still a great price. measure twice cut once.

Hello nice job. Can you elaborate how you work with the aluminum. I Do you weld it, press it, etc. thanks

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That's some great looking tight grain on that wood. What kind of wood is that and how heavy. Nice looking body shape too.

Ditto! I use my Delta 18-36 with 60 grit to thickness my glued up boards and then 120 grit. I can see how a planer would do this quicker but since you already own the drum sander you're good to go. You get a sanded finish with less chance of tearout and much quieter then a planer. I love mine.

I would be interested in a 9.5 radius. at the $40 price

Good info, makes sense. Thanks

I always like the look of the thin veneer and wanted to make one. Plus I have (3) 3/16'' Brazilian Rosewood fret board blanks. Too thin to make slabboards so the veneer is the way to go.

I will probaly build a router radius cutting jig to cut the radius on both pieces. That will at least make it easier and quicker. I am curious how the factory did it.

Hello I'm making a 60's style Fender Strat neck with the 1/8" thick rosewood veneer top over maple. I'm referring to the neck on right dated OCT 64 I went at it by radiusing the maple neck first with a radiusing block. Then attach sandpaper to the top of the radiused maple neck. Then I radiused the underside of the rosewood fretboard rubbing it back and forth over that. Then I plan on gluing it up then radius the top. My question is, is it easier to thin the fretboard first say done to 1/8" and then somehow bend it over a radiused neck thus creating the radius for the underside and top alot easier. The hand block radiusing is too much work. Has anyone done this. Thanks.

I use the Stew mac radius block with 320 grit. I was previoulsy using the Stew Mac fret leveler but that was too coarse and removed too much metal.

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3001 (good for pickup and other routes.) 3023 (good for routing the body shape)