Urumiko

3 hours ago, Bizman62 said:

Nice to see you challenging yourself again!

I wonder if...

• ... you could have cut 1.6 mm slices off each board?
  • I doubt i could cut that accurate. If my band saw was up and running i would have used it to get closer so i didnt have to sand as much.
• ... you could have used the scraper for thicknessing the strips?
  • yes absolutely but scrapers are flexible so i'd probably have had to sand the last little bit to avoid dipping below the guide.
• ... you looked for binding/purfling strips of suitable colours?
  • Yeah. This was my first thought. I'd have preferred to use dyed maple, but my main concern was that I couldn't be sure if the dye would 100% penetrate the wood before I started sanding it down. I'm sure it would be possible though.

 

Oh hai.. lol

Mine was/is one piece wenge 2"thick, with a 3/4" cap. I'll post a vid at the end of this post for reference.

Doing things in the wrong order is always the biggest challenge of a first build I've found.

Hand sawing the block is valid. I'm thinking of buying some steel bars and bolting them together with washer spacers to make a mitre block, so you can really put some muscle in to it.

Hand planing the boards before gluing them would have probably been quite therapeutic..

Just thinking outside the box a little. If you wanted to go the inexpensive over complicated and lazy route.
You could saw it in half so it will fit through a hobbyist planer thicknesser, then  joint it back together
 

On 5/12/2020 at 3:01 PM, ScottR said:

If you sand back the epoxy impregnated wood to open pores , wood glue will work. Otherwise epoxy to epoxy is the way to go.

SR

Thanks. That sounds like I have options. I'm guessing epoxy to epoxy you want a thicker layer, both surfaces impregnated first?, and no significant clamp pressure?

Does anyone know if wood glues will bond to epoxy impregnated wood?

As regulars will know im making a palmwood neck and im thinking about the gluing in and finishing process.

I'm seriously considering brush on epoxy as a finish as I think impregnating the soft wood with this will do well to strengthen it.

Thinking about glue up. I'm sure it will be ok with traditional methods but I'm thinking it would add strength and help avoid a catastrophic failure if I can impregnate the gluing area also. If I did this would glue still work? wood glue? polyurethane? epoxy itself?

Epoxy for gluing in necks has been discussed before and its generally considered that its not best suited to tight joints etc.

Hi all.

I'm based in north east England. I'm thinking of making a couple of builds akin to a gold top let paul.
I'm wondering if anyone knows where i can buy plain maple/sycamore caps, or boards to process down.

I haven't seen anything that works out cheaper than lower grade flame maple caps.

Given how long its taking me to make my first guitar i'm not in danger of needing branding for a company any time soon,

but it doesn't hurt to think about logos and branding etc.
I've pretty much resided to the fact its Doing to be David Imrie Guitars (DIG).
I'd thought about something made up like..
Blue Tree Guitars
Weird Tree Guitars
and something geographical around my location. But names seem to work.

I doodled (roughly in paint) some logo ideas.

Thoughts?

44 minutes ago, Bizman62 said:

I almost forgot to watch this episode as I didn't have the time when I first saw your post and to my knowledge there's no way to make posts unread.

Anyhow, nice as always. What I kept wondering was that you relied on your pencil marks instead of cutting the lines with a knife or an awl for giving the saw a groove to start within.

Fair comment. I did go over the lines with a blade but to be honest the blade was much thinner than the saw so didn't do much to get it started.

25 minutes ago, ADFinlayson said:

David was talking about doing some filming when he comes to collect the guitar,

 

Finlayson factory tour... lol

Yeah I actually bought a 2nd hand Coolpix type camera that I want to permanently mount above the bench as a 2nd cam.
I also have a google pixel phone that films better than my SLR in some respects.
Its just a bit confined for space in the shed, and my time is limited enough without faffing with 3 cameras. lol

All these plans hinging on getting the new workshop space sorted.

The optimum tripod position is also the optimum place to stand.
One thing that's worth noting: I think is Me n Thee both have our benches against the wall.

If you have a bench in the center or the room, a la mr Crowe it makes it a lot easier to get the camera in close without being in the way.

Lol. Yeah I don't think there is much between me n ash in terms of quality of vids any more, although I'm slightly jealous of his multi camera setup. I have a tendency to talk a lot more about my thoughts which I think could bore some people but interest others. I think the main difference is he puts in several hours a night and I only put in a couple of hours a week if that. So by this point despite starting around the same time he's many builds in and has more experience to pass on. He sounds a lot more like he knows what he's doing, where as I'm just learning. I think most people want taught how to do stuff. I suppose on a subscriber to guitars produced ratio I'm still winning though. 

Funnily enough I had all three of those thoughts

The mitre box is too shallow I could extend the height of it fairly easily with some shims.. but I think I will be ok if I just measure carefully and take my time.

The idea for plugging the hole is cool but I couldn't think of anything that I thought would look right and be an easy fit.

Thanks as always for watching.

Having a bit of a head scratched at the moment. I can't seem to pick up new subscribers

Latest vid is up... I think I overdid It with the dust and glue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBkMBe4u4Dw&feature=youtu.be

I'm thinking for the 2nd attempt after taking much care to draw the frets... score with a craft knife then freehand saw again 

1 hour ago, Bizman62 said:

Nice job as usual! The palm"wood" really looks nice when shaped with delicate enough tools.

Yeah.. I love how it looks!

Latest is up. I feel this is one of the more interesting vids...

Thanks

Latest vid is up: I made a bad call in covering the back of my headstock in temporary spray adhesive.
Anyone know a good way to get goo off? Its weak glue. feels like soap n water would do it but  don't want to soak if for obvious reasons.

On 2/21/2020 at 2:10 PM, Bizman62 said:

I was going to ask why you sanded that lot instead of preshaping the headstock with your nice bandsaw! But your explanation of being keen on using your new toy satisfied my curiosity.

haha. Yes that would have been sensible. I don't show it in the video but if you look closely i did actually cut the very end before sanding as I found sanding in to end grain a lot slower. 
Yes it is the same with most electronics. Screen panels are a good modern example.

Ok... i'll Admit it.. Ben Crowe.. im one of those IT techs who spent too long on youtube and got hooked. 

Hi,

I've been donating to patreon for months no and still have no patreon access.

I've sent a message several times to the admins via the link that comes up when you try to access the patreon forum but get no reply.

I'm posting here in hope an admin sees it as a last ditch attempt before withdrawing.

Thanks guys,

You know the anoying thing is I've got that binding all nice and now im not happy with my fret slots... do could end up hacking in to it

Here is the reveal:
 

my youtube analytics keep telling me I have one guy watches my videos from finland... I wonder who that could be @Bizman62