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  1. Norris
    Well hopefully I'll need it pretty soon. I'm starting to run out of sawdust in need of removal
  2. Norris
    I started a new job just over 3 months ago (after 15 years with my previous employer, my last day being exactly a week after my long service award!) and haven't been as active on any forums since. I'll be visiting again soon to look up your "slurry & buff" tutorial - I recall you did one on there
  3. Norris
    Fabulous job again Andy. I've not been keeping up with the basschat builds recently - I assume it's from there (In fact I've not been on the forum much at all lately)
  4. Norris
    You're off to a great start with that collection. Welcome!
  5. Norris
    Lovely clean work as usual. That combination looks particularly gorgeous
  6. Norris
    Beautiful!
  7. Norris
    Side dots and a bit of end grain sanding. That is all Edit: Oh, and we're going for tru-oil finish
  8. Norris
    That's some seriously lovely work. Beautiful!
  9. Norris
    Tonight I did the roundover on the body. Mostly with the router and roundover bit, but then a lot with a quadrant cabinet scraper and sandpaper. Obviously a lot more sanding to come. In other news, we had agreed on a Pelham Blue finish... scratch that. He now wants a natural "furniture" wood finish! So tomorrow we'll discuss shellac. Shame, as I was quite looking forward to a bit of spraying metallic
  10. Norris
    You can get aluminium oxide paper up to 600 grit, which I found ideal for knocking back between coats, albeit using nitrocellulose
  11. Norris
    Nicely done, sir!
  12. Norris
    I made a load more sawdust tonight. Using my favourite 'D' shaped piece of molding wrapped in 40 grit bonded paper... I refined the heel a bit... and the headstock transition/mini volute... Then I set about the neck with my 120 grit sanding block That's pretty much the '58 spec I've got. It's still quite chunky, so I'll let the future owner have a bit of a feel before taking any more off
  13. Norris
    Congratulations
  14. Norris
    Just a thought that occurred to me - would a grub screw that presses on a cam work as a height adjuster? The grub screw could then be at either the front or back of the saddle instead of sticking upwards? Silly, impractical idea or something I should quickly patent?
  15. Norris
    Thanks. I might take it back a bit yet. It's finding that balance between stability and access to the top frets. There's more work to be done, but I'm happy with the second stage carve. The sides of the heel will be the trickiest bit
  16. Norris
    Yesterday I put together a quick neck carve radius gauge ready for this evening. I scanned the main plans onto the computer then used Inkscape to re-draw the curves. With a bit of manipulation and arranging, I printed, laminated and set about it with the xacto knife So then I rough carved around the 1st fret (as seen above) and the 12th fret, then joined them together - all with the trusty shinto rasp After a bit of scraping, filing and sanding, we are now about 0.5mm over the radius of the '58 spec. It feels a chunky neck at the moment! There's still a bit of sanding to do Finally, some tools of choice... Concave cabinet scraper and a 120 grit sanding block/level The vicious half round file I mentioned the other week It certainly has some bite
  17. Norris
    The front looks gorgeous... but the back is awesome
  18. Norris
    Good advice from Bizman. Perhaps you were a little eager in the sawing rather than relaxed and letting the blade do the work. If your saw is getting a little blunt it can make you more likely to "force" the cut, which can introduce flexing and lateral forces
  19. Norris
    I read the update and it completely passed me by what you had done there. Genius!
  20. Norris
    Lovely clean work
  21. Norris
    This is a first rough carve. There's a good 2-3mm to come off the centre line yet and a lot of rounding over. I'm going to sneak up on the final dimensions gently, as Dan wants it to vintage spec (or whatever passed for a spec in the hand made days of '58). There isn't a huge amount of wood-that-isn't-part-of-the-guitar on the stock I used - it means little waste, but not much room for error
  22. Norris
    It's here! It's neck carve day! Just a rough carve for now until I make some templates I started with a facet using my shinto rasp then smoothed it out a bit following by the heel using a chisel and mallet and lastly a slight tidy with a half round file (I'm not sure what type, but it's darned efficient!) and the volute ^ There's the file
  23. Norris
    This, absolutely!
  24. Norris
    Not a huge amount to report this week, a few little jobs that needed sorting. I finished off bevelling the fret ends that I started last week. I filed off the ends of the frets level with the edges of the board. I took the back of the headstock down to final thickness. I trimmed the sides of the neck within a gnat's nadger of the fretboard. Nothing worth taking a photo However I'm now all ready for the best bit next week - neck carve!
  25. Norris
    I like that idea and it wouldn't look out of place
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