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1 hour ago, Andyjr1515 said:

Ah...just caught up with the issue of your billet thickness.

You could go for a slightly shallower headstock angle to give you a few more mm and see how it goes playing wise in terms of using a string tree or retention bar if you do end up with nut buzz (which at, say, 8 degrees, I think is still fairly unlikely...)

i feel I'm going to end up screaming power in a Jeremy Clarkson voice and lobbing it off without measuring  

7 hours ago, mistermikev said:

I enjoyed your choices of background music immensely!  Kind of cool that it feels like we're hearing the voice that goes on in your head while building.  Makes me think of all the things I think about while building, but never say out loud.  In fact I'm pretty sure all of those thoughts are written somewhere in my plan... then re-figured on the fly as I'm too lazy to open my plan! 

The build is looking great... I figure once you get the truss rod in... you are home free... so how doe sit feel to be homefree?! 

Lol... Well.. the music is just from youtubes royalty free library so its fairly limited, but i do try and pick the best jams lol.

I keep meaning to record my own background music I just haven't got around to it yet.

cheers all, I'll reply in a one'r.

Comments on either platform is fine, whatever s best for you and i like to stay active on both.
I think if push comes to shove comments on youtube help boost the channel but either's fine with me.

Yes I've heard Weng-eh wengay, wenje.. happy to take a vote =).

Ash.. Whats the danger? Genuine question.. Is there danger it will catch and veer off?

I'm not sure I am overthinking based on your suggestions.. My blank is only thick enough to just allow  10 degrees, and just hit 1cm thickness at the tip... Only thing keeping me assured is I'm thinking i can add veneers if i have to.. and i guess strictly speaking i don't need the full thickness.past the furthest tuners from the nut. I'm not sure what the do's and don'ts are in terms of if i should sacrifice yet more angle in favour of thickness or ride the knive edge between 1cm and 10 degrees.. If push came to shove string trees would fix a shallow angle but veneers would fix thickness... Decisions decisions..

Yeah I'd much prefer the table saw but my cross cut fence only goes to 30 degrees. I thought about trying to utilise a wedge in some way to jig it but I'm not so sure.. Suggestions anyone?

Latest vid is up.

I'm at the scary bits now

Hi all.

Normally im not to precious about scratches and dings on guitars but i got a 2nd hand epiphone dot in black / ebony, and it has some really bad scuffed up areas on the top i'd like to improve.

I tried some turtlewax red rubbing compound applied by hand. which helped a little bit with the scuffs but there are much deeper scratches this is not going to shift.

I'm assuming cautious use of wet and dry is the way to go? can anyone suggest what grits to use? or another method entirely?

Cheers.

Dave

cheers. Ignore my comment about uk delivery. its because i had a pickup location selected as my default delivery address

Thanks. that says 440 not 480mm tho? also not delivering to uk apparently?

Er..
yes i think so.

The Sycamore cap and the recent lamination peices came from timberlane. as did some banding and pearl i prob wont use in this build.

The wenge, palm and possibly my first fretboard came from the other exotic hardwoods site. I think the palm was in the clearance section as an odity. Its unusual to get as big a peice as i did.

I did buy those peices about a year ago though.

Latest vid is up by the way.

Hi there.
 

I'm currently engaged in my first build and am looking to buy a dual action truss rod but am not really femilliar with the finer points of what to look out for so would appreciate some help.

Its a PRS style guitar. The plans state the truss rod is: (see attached)

I'm not especially fussed about remaining tru to the exact PRS spec but more so would just like directed to something cheap and functional that can be installed with minimal headaches.
 

Incidentally I also need to think about purchasing some machine heads from a reputable source. I was thinking wilkinsons from thomann but open to suggestions.

Is that a prs style faux binding? what technique did you use to acheive that?

Just a thought but if the question is keeping oil off the edge of a the fretboard while oiling the neck. Would perhaps brushing on liquid wax or similar maybe do the job of stoping the oil penetrating?

I did my first fret level on a n epiphone the other day.

The leveling bit i really didnt find too bad at all. it was the crowning process that was a heartstopper, and i pretty much gave up on trying to dress the ends

On 4/2/2019 at 7:17 PM, ADFinlayson said:

If you want to reduce the weight, you could always use your perspex router sled and a couple of blocks and reduce the overall height of the body before you glue the top on. If as you said the body is 2" thick without the cap, you could quite easily reduce that by 20mm, still leaving you 30mm + the cap and it should be a nice weight.

I did the same thing last week on my ovangkol lp build, it was surprisingly easy to skim off the top, even with my extremely crude thicknessing sled.

Yes.. I've been pondering that for a little while. Only problem is as i've thinned out the walls of the body below the gluing surface i dont think i'd have enough surface area left to lgue to if i did that now ?

OOft.. I like ths one. Deffinatley the kind of thing i aspire to

The Bass

I know a pink floyd PRS doesnt make much sense but 2 things i love.. so why not... C&C welcome.

2 minutes ago, Bizman62 said:

Changing history is evil!

1 minute ago, Bizman62 said:

Been following the video series on and off, lately more than before. Still like your style!

Awh.. thats very kind thank you.. Yes I feel im starting to find my feet with the video making stuff now.
The dilemma is i find the earlier vids i posted quite woeful but dont really drop them as they are part of the build as a whole.

I'm in 2 minds about dropping the earlier vids about the fretboard in the mindset that i might start from scratch again with the fretboard.

2 hours ago, komodo said:

The angle grinder equipped with a flap disc is actually my preferred method,

I would agree, I'm having a love afair with the angle grinder myself. Unfortunatley i cant get in to the area im talking about carving with it. I've just ordered some flap disks for the dremel. Hopefully they will acheive a similar end

On 3/27/2019 at 12:05 PM, ADFinlayson said:

A 1/2" no5 sweep gouge is all you need to carve a guitar top,

Cheers matey, Yes even with a bit of a sharpen those silverline gouges seem rubbish.
Though to be fair asking most to cut wenge is a bit of a tall order.>

The main thing i wanted them for was as follows:

In my latest vid you can see I thinned the walls of the body using a rebate bit in several steps.

I really wanted to go arround with a gouge and smooth the steps in to a nice smooth curve, or at least close enough i can finish by hand sanding, but the tools just wont cut it.

I've had limited success by seriously abbusing a dremel with some sanding discs a'la the angle grinder carving, but im open to suggestions.
My dad does have one of these sanders in his garage i was thinking of trying:

Yeah... I suspect they will be pretty awfull and at least require a fair bit of sharpening.
and the steel will no doubt be basic and not hardened etc.

To be honest i wanted to take the vintage e-bay approach but having no experience with or will to spend ages researching gouge types i was a bit put off.

At least examining the cheapo ones i'll be able to get a sense of what i would use.

When the weather picks up i do occasionally hit the car boot sales, not since i got in to this but i'll be checking the tools out!

What method did you use for the F hole? I'll be doing my fhole soon, was thinking template + dremel flush cutter.
Also where did you get the recess bit? I'd like to do prs style knob recess' myself.

13 minutes ago, mistermikev said:

Just subscribed to yours.

Just subbed buddy,

Yes I like the look of the stepped routing aproach, It looks the most controlled aproach to me.

I tend not to get much time to work on mine so the quick results option is favoured.

Yes the wenge seems lovely, cant wait to see it with a nice finish, Smells nice when working on it too.
Its heavy stuff though!

Cheers buddy, yes I constantly refer back to the clarity build also as my staple how to video.
I thoroughly enjoy the new stuff also, but an updated clarity style series would be nice.

I'll search for the other series you mention also!

Yes as you know i only had blunt cheapo silverline rasps initially and well, i like the romance of hand carving but it was a lot of effort for very slow progress, I'm sure higher grade rasps would help a lot,

I have to say coming at it as a complete novice who is relatively quick to take to arty endevours, i felt at home with the grinder prety quickly and would recommend highly to get you 99% there with the caveat that sealed goggles and dust mask are essential.

I actually did some more interior weight relief on sunday just gone by router rebating the interior walls, and taking a forstner bit to the horns. 

I've just ordered some basic silverline gouges to try assist in tidying this up.

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Hi ash, It's David Imrie here.
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