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RE: Robin's build #003 (take 2)

@robin Is that an oak top with mahogany back? Regarding the bridge, I've seen people make a feature of it so it looks like you sank it on purpo...

3 years ago
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RE: New build

@tv101 which one are you? 🤣 🤣

3 years ago
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RE: New build

@boo Thanks mate, I'm using the gotoh floyds. Get them from axesrus for a cracking price! Brilliant units, hold tune great and a joy to use.

3 years ago
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RE: New build

Did a bit of refining on the shape then got the floyd cavity sorted. Tomorrow it's onto pickups and control cavity and maybe start the carve

3 years ago
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RE: New build

Bish Bash Bosh

3 years ago
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RE: New build

@tv101 totaly! Watching other people on youtube and getting inspiration to improve my results!

3 years ago
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RE: My first laminated semi-hollowbody

@jamesbisset my dad had a 1965 es330, intersting stuff that

3 years ago
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RE: New build

Right, decided to get on with the levelling, crowning and polishing of the frets before attaching the wings, loads easier. Levelled and crowned ...

3 years ago
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RE: New build

Today was good, got the fret markers done, then frets in and finally side dots. The new tools are helping a lot, hardly any levelling required after f...

3 years ago
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RE: New build

@tv101 Use the tubing, cut teeth in, drill it in then cut it off and file flush. Then start again, cut teeth, drill etc. That might work

3 years ago
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RE: New build

@tv101 yeh alumium tubing off ebay, 6mm with 4mm internal diameter. I also got smaller stuff for the side dots, had to sand a 2.5mm drill bit down to ...

3 years ago
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RE: Next project - a rebuild

@tv101 oh yeh, pesky neck, who put that there? Didn't think that in the small hours lying in the dark lol

3 years ago
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RE: New build

Trying out something different for fret markers and side dots, although I'll need a 3/32 dril bit for the side dots as they're imperial. Just used a 2...

3 years ago
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RE: Thickness sander?

@swepri oh god yeh, I know exactly what you mean! Lol I find my big stanley no 7 really haleps with that, I find that difficult with smaller pla...

3 years ago
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RE: Thickness sander?

@swepri I bought a fairly cheap set of diamond stones off amazon, now I can plane highly figured wood and all sorts with no tear out. I seem to be abl...

3 years ago
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RE: Next project - a rebuild

@tv101 had an idea last night, you could do a shallow carve so there's like 1mm of top around the egde then add binding, that would hide the fact the ...

3 years ago
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RE: Thickness sander?

@koendb I must admit, with the new long beam I bought it's a lot quicker and I get really nice results, I think ideally I would plane first then use t...

3 years ago
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RE: Thickness sander?

@koendb I mean for the inital flattening, getting the board nice, level and straight. I've never tried planing the radius in yet but do fancy trying i...

3 years ago
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RE: Next project - a rebuild

@tv101 6mm carve? Or, 5mm carve and leave a little edge all the way round lol

3 years ago
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