Well today was carve day, oak is really really hard!
 
Anyway I got there in the end and also did the access carve, did it on the bobbin sander and it worked lol
 

Well I used the superglue and masking tape method again, this time to hold the neck into the body while I routered the neck pickup cavity. Done the bridge one too aswell as a nice belly carve and a small…   Read more»

@russ hehe I’ve seen Mark on about it in his lives and the look on hios face at the mention of superglue and masking tape!   I might get some eventually but my shed is very windy inside so not…   Read more»

@timc Tbh I don’t see why not, you’re not needing to self tap, using it more like a bolt as it were.

And yeh, comfort carve for sure. I do it to all my bolt ons.

Got sorting the neck more or less done today, fretboard radiused, neck carved including volute, headstock shaped and tuner holes drilled.
 

@timc You can buy different length screws, personally I use the 38mm ones with the ferrules. I get mine from axesrus in the UK but I think you should find them on ebay or allparts maybe. I drill my holes,…   Read more»

Neck kinda thicknessed and gluing on wings for the headstock. Maybe tomorrow I’ll get the neck carved
 

Got a good bit of the neck cut out, sorted the heel, done the neck pocket and planed the angle into the heel for the tom bridge.

And got the ash stripe lined up nicely
 

@rocknroller912 sort of, eventually lol. Learnt a lot though and next time it’l be flawless first go! 🤣

Well this turned out nice! Specs are, brazillian mahogany neck and body, neck through, warman destrpyer pickups, gotoh floyd and tuners, ebony board with aluminium tubing side dots and fret markers. Full build on my youtube as usual, NSJGuitars, mahogany…   Read more»

Well after a bit of faffing about I think I’m fairly happy now. Next job, assembly
 

  Been trying things out for the finish on this one when it comes. First is sawdust and superglue to fill the cracks then a coat of oil based polyurethane thinned and a touch of amber stain.

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@tv101 Not saying it’s terrible, just maybe not as good as having an actual piece of the wood lol. Worst case in this context 🤣 🤣