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Urumiko

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  1. 18 hours ago, mistermikev said:

    saw a guitar with similar pink floyd inlay on facebook recently and thought "wonder whatever happened to that one pink floyd inspired prs build from proj gtr"... mystery solved!  

    nice dye job, looks great.

    Thanks. Are you in the amateur luthier group? I think ive seen you comment on there before but wasnt sure it was the same person? A D Finlayson is on there too.

    17 hours ago, Bizman62 said:

    Regarding your files, 

        Interesting. I did wonder if there was a way to reinvigorate files. My workshop is fairly damp and next to the sea so rust is a constant issue.
    I've seriously considered having baths of oil to keep tools in.  I don't know if any old acid would do but i have a bottle of hydrochloric somewhere. I would have thought acid would cause rust though?

    17 hours ago, Bizman62 said:

    Regarding sharpening your scrapers,..
       interesting. all the vids I've ever seen said to use a stone to get it flat, then use a burnisher. No harm in trying this I guess.

     

     

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  2. 17 minutes ago, Bizman62 said:

    I just noticed that I hadn't watched the previous video! Better now than never...

    You asked about clamps that push outwards rather than pull together. You obviously didn't know you were just holding one! Simply unscrew the top end and move it to the other end! The smaller ones don't cost much, you may even get them for a pound a piece.

    Another trick for future builds: Instead of small blocks take a piece of board - mdf, plywood, chipboard, whatever - large enough to support the router and make a template. You can easily support it with wedges even on a carved surface. Done that so I know! Oh, that came into your mind as well! I type these comments while viewing the video.

    Haha.. yeah.. this is very much a do things, then realised I know the propper way do do things later kind of operation 😅😅. I did think you can possibly do this with some clamps but I didn't investigate. Because I'm silly.. lol. I've found, since routing the pickup cavities my neck is a bit too loose again as it was clearly not square. I'll get another chance to investigate the clamps then.

    Im definitely feeling with this build I know the propper way to do things but I'm often doing it a much more dodgy way as I don't have the time or the right piece of material etc.

    I'm looking forward to putting what I've learned in to the next one.

  3. 2 minutes ago, Bizman62 said:

     Barber has the 1 kg rolls in stock, 30-40 guitars from one single roll...

    Yes to be honest I would like to try smaller more vintage wire, and I think I'd definitely be inclined to buy in bulk but my workshop is very salty and humid (next to the sea. It's a constant battle to stop things rusting up. I'm not sure I'd manage to keep fret wire pristine for any length of time unless I submerged it in oil.

  4. 1 hour ago, Bizman62 said:

    I've been missing you!

    Aww, thanks mate.

    Yeah I definitely considered a fence and templates. Frankly I just knew it would end up a massively over complex time hole when I'm taking so long as it is. I think inlaying like this would be better if done pre radius. Or I could have perhaps took my time with hand tools.

    What I should have done really was construct the whole thing in plastic then inlay it one fret segment as a time I reckon.

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