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  1. Next free few hrs I have Ill start cutting up the donor material.
  2. Now I progress onto drawing up my plans with my templates
  3. trim up the template to the original Cut the wings away
  4. So ive decieded to build a shop so I can experiment with a few different ideas and woods etc,it will be one of my Signature series SSS's design calls for neck thru design Fiddleback Tas blackwood/maple lam neck,Sapele back sides,figured Tas blackwood carved top,Figured Blackwood headplate with Flamed maple insert and Flamed maple binding all round. i thought I would start the build from the beginning starting with a template rough out then plans then layout/routing templates,I had a free day today being Melbourne cup day tomorrow and all our suppliers are havinga long weekend it stuffs us up for parts supply etc for the Hotrod shop so,guitar day it is. Templates drawn up,I still do all my layouts by hand and drawing them out,even though I have all the software programs to do it on the comp I still prefer to do it this way.
  5. Yes certainly,its something we do in the HotRod shop on MDF patterns and interior pieces i.e stereo housings etc so that moisture cant effect them,its basically West system epoxy mixed as per instructions and then thinned with about 30-50% with acetone depends on the viscosity of the mixed west systems epoxy, you dont want it too thin but not too thick so as to not soak in you dont want to have to flatten out a thick coat of epoxy afterwards, if youve done it right it should look like you have wiped it with naptha to swell the grain, I use a combination of brushing and wiping with lint free rags to cover the guitar, being this thin it tends to soak straight into the wood,sometimes I may go back over it depending on how much it soaks in,then let sit overnight or until cured then I go over it lightly with 400 grit paper to knock any furryness off then I mix another lot at maybe 30% thinned and wipe it on again with a clean lint free rag ,let that cure and usually it only needs a rub out with 400-600 and then you can go on with nitro or what ever finish you are using,the beauty of this grain fill method is that you can cut the amount of nitro based sealers back that you would normally need or having to use water based grain fillers,this method work extremely well on acoustics as it cuts back on having 20 plus coats of nitro clagging up the wood,obviously if you are going to stain you need to do that first,i havnt tried stain first so Im not sure if the acetone mixed in the epoxy would wash it ,when I get to the stage of finishing this guitar I may do a video of how I do this . Shane.
  6. So my young customer came with his parents and the sponser of the guitar yesterday to have a look at the progress,all were very impressed,young Lachie,sat there with the guitar in his lap and his mouth wide open,Priceless,so i went through it with him and the sort of neck thickness etc that he wants and showed him asample of the finish that it will be. So Ill do a Epoxy wash to seal the grain,and then Clear nitro with Tabacco stain added and then straight clear nitro
  7. Hi,the rasp is one from LMI's hand struck ones,not bad nice smooth cut. Ive got a few differnet sets of chisels the LMI ones seem to hold the best edge and are a great range of sizes, ,and yeh the worth tool is only a screwdriver,most of their tools are rubbish,we use their hardware (bolts etc) in the HotRod shop and these screwdrivers were a freebee on a deal,so into the guitar shop they went. Shane.
  8. The logo stuff I did the designs for, but I have a guy that CNC routes the inlays and cuts the pearl for me,its not a job I enjoy doing by hand,thanks for the kind words. Shane.
  9. Neck holes drilled and neck punched and drilled for screws Test fit of hardware again,this brings us up to where the guitar is at the moment,Ill try to update regularly till its finished.
  10. Made up a jig to drill and counterbore the jack hole,I use a fischman type jack mated to a tele style cup and I like to have the jack exit at an angle so it goes up and over the guitar strap
  11. Trimmed the headstock plate to size and cut trussrod access hole,made some brad pins up for the neck and faceplate and glued both on
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