Members gitnoob Posted February 10, 2010 Members Share Posted February 10, 2010 Wow. I'm impressed all to hell just with the workbench. Seriously. Workbench? Nobody has said a thing about the brand-fricken-new band saw! OK, I'll say it. Hubba hubba! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larry50 Posted February 10, 2010 Members Share Posted February 10, 2010 Already starting to look like a guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rickoshea Posted February 10, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 10, 2010 I'd need some practice on my bending pipe first though Sean ... knowing me there'd be a nice zebrano fuelled barbeque going if I tried at the minute . Grey - Finn is still missing under the mountain of sawdust produced by routing the radius dishes. I plan an expedition shortly into the depths with my mining helmet Knock - the Rick Astley angle is covered. Its all to do with planning you see. Having been his "tour dentist" I handily have 6 of his teeth here (knocked out when he was twatted by someone who didn't like his manly tone). Thats the bridge pins sorted then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knockwood Posted February 10, 2010 Members Share Posted February 10, 2010 Thats the bridge pins sorted then Those pins are never gonna let you down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rickoshea Posted February 10, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 10, 2010 Those pins are never gonna let you down. and I sure as hell will never give them up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mjuenem Posted February 10, 2010 Members Share Posted February 10, 2010 A nice line-up of teeth brings new meaning to the term "bridge". You could mount them with titanium implants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rickoshea Posted February 13, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 the next steps are important to get right ... getting the neck block and heel block in place. They need prepared first to get them close to the dimensions on the plans which involves some sawing by hand (none of that power tool stuff this time sadly ) : the amount to be removed is measured and a line squared across the block : and the heel block clamped up using a straight edged block as a fence to guide the saw and give a straight cut (that was the theory) : thankfully it actually worked : the same is done with the neck block then the inward facing edges are bevelled : finally the heel block fit side needs to be radiused slightly to match the slight curvature of the sides at the bottom of the body : copying the curvature from the mold onto the block : the curvature is sanded onto the block - it's only slight but you can see it here : I'll hopefully get them glued in place over the weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hudman Posted February 13, 2010 Members Share Posted February 13, 2010 Looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Palmer Posted February 16, 2010 Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 Doing very nicely mate. Any thoughts on your end graft material yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted February 16, 2010 Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 Doing very nicely mate. Any thoughts on your tail block material yet? Gary! You're back! Great to see you. Isn't the lad doing well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Palmer Posted February 16, 2010 Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 Gary! You're back! Great to see you. Isn't the lad doing well? Many thanks mate. How've you been keeping? Rick's doing brilliantly and this promises to be a lovely end result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted February 16, 2010 Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 Rick's doing brilliantly and this promises to be a lovely end result. Indeed - but tell him he musn't sell his Crafter DLX-3000! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Palmer Posted February 16, 2010 Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 Tea total here, so I must be doing something wrong. The Crafter may well go when the time comes for his new thickness sander, bench saw, pillar drill and stock of timber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larry50 Posted February 16, 2010 Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 Tea total here, so I must be doing something wrong. The Crafter may well go when the time comes for his new thickness sander, bench saw, pillar drill and stock of timber. Nice to hear from you again Gary. Hope things are well with you and the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members baldbloke Posted February 16, 2010 Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 Good to see youback, Gary. Rickoshea, yer treating us to a fast paced build here. Great thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Palmer Posted February 16, 2010 Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 Nice to hear from you again Gary. Hope things are well with you and the family. Many thanks Larry and it's good to see you too. All is well at home and the kids are driving their mother nuts as usual, so all is well on that score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Palmer Posted February 16, 2010 Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 Good to see youback, Gary. Rickoshea, yer treating us to a fast paced build here. Great thread. Cheers mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larry50 Posted February 16, 2010 Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 Many thanks Larry and it's good to see you too. All is well at home and the kids are driving their mother nuts as usual, so all is well on that score. Sounds like not much has changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Palmer Posted February 16, 2010 Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 Sounds like not much has changed. At least we're down to two at home full time, but managed to marry one off while the other is either at work or out with his mates lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rickoshea Posted February 16, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 Tea total here, so I must be doing something wrong. The Crafter may well go when the time comes for his new thickness sander, bench saw, pillar drill and stock of timber. a bench saw .... ohhhh yes lol. Now you know my wife found the receipt for the bandsaw Gary lol ok .... the build. One of the great things about this is solving the problems as they occur, and occur they do. It's all learning (plus having a good teacher helps rather a lot ). I mentioned the sides had sprung back a lot during shipping from CA to France. I wasn't happy with the adaptation to the mold so ... out came this fella : ... the bending iron. This was a risk I assure you lol. It involves heating the side wood on the iron (whilst avoiding scorching it) to a point where the wood starts to give and become pliable. You can actually feel this happening, then applying pressure whilst moving the wood to produce the required curve. I had to reshape one side only thankfully and it worked out well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rickoshea Posted February 16, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 Next I decided I wasnt happy with LMI's mold spreaders. Its pretty vital to adapt the sides well to the mold and the spreaders didn't give an even pressure round the sides. Bandsaw time again .... I split them from this : to this and made a longitudinal and a waist spreader from threaded rod inside some hollow rod plus traced the curve of the mold onto some cut blocks to make clamping cauls in the lower and upper bout regions. Gary also advised to raise the mold with removable risers I made out of pine blocks shaped to the mold curve (its not necessary to shape them but I reckon if you're going to do something it may as well look nice too ) Here's the new mould without the clamping cauls : and the trial fit of the tail block (you can see the 2 cauls either side of the tail block clamped to adapt the sides in this region). Its vital to get this tail block in the centreline, evenly adapted to the sides and at 90 degrees to the horizontal. Theres a square set against it on the left side to check this : so now (finally) I'm ready to glue the tail and neck blocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Palmer Posted February 16, 2010 Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 I like the contoured risers. They help centralise the sides to the mold while evening up clamping pressure. Watch out when you're gluing the blocks mate........ Three magic words......grease proof paper. She's taking shape very nicely Rick and that bandsaw was worth every minute of your grounding. I'm grounded for the next 50yrs, but the escape tunnel is progressing steadily, although I'd prefer digging with a larger spoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rickoshea Posted February 17, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 .... and I may just be grounded for a bit longer now owing to theft of greaseproof paper lol. Fortunately as she's in your neck of the woods at the minute mate I may find time to fill the gap I've left amongst the weird and wonderful assortment of "things" in the kitchen I can highly recommend using spreaders made from threaded and hollow rods to shore up that tunnel of yours too lol ..... I love the smell of Titebond in the morning ..... the tailblock was glued today after several try-ins. You seem to have to work pretty quickly with Titebond and another thing with guitar building is that you become very adept at clamping "with urgency". As well as the spreader to hold the block in position I used 4 clamps, 2 each top and bottom with cauls cut to size to properly adapt and secure the top and bottom of the tailblock to the sides. Its fixed initially on the worksurface to ensure its at 90 degrees to horizontal then moved to allow fitting the clamps on the underside. Note the greaseproof paper between the sides and the mold to prevent .... well to prevent a total balls up (guitars don't look too nice or sound too great with a mold stuck to them) : I knew my instruments would come in handy somewhere - cleaning up the glue squeeze out first with tweezers and a ball of cotton wool : and finally with what we kindly call a "probe", commonly known as "that bloody sharp pointy thing that my dentist jams into my tooth causing untold agony" : then it's left to set. 2 hours they say - I'll leave it overnight just to be certain looks like something from the new Star Trek film next step .... the headblock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larry50 Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 Cool. Looks like you would need four hands to do a proper job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hudman Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 Looks great Rick. You are making excellent progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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