mistermikev
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I guess you are more of a breaking bad fan than me cause I had to think about this comment for a bit b4 it dawned on me! best show ever. better call saul is right up there w it imo.
Tele for my friend...
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mistermikev
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thank you. for something so simple... i admittedly spent a lot of time on those angles!! glad it is recieved well.
mistermikev
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of course!! had i known building guitars was the secret to having lots of friends I'd have done it years ago!! thank you for the kind words.
mistermikev
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very kind of you to say. I know my place - just a student here so, very much appreciate the kind words.
It’s a fact as soon as I read the piece it immediately appeared in my mind. It’s weird, Walt...
mistermikev
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hehe, wonder what would happen if you snorted blue turquoise... probably turn you into hector salamanka!!
Tele like it is
Left is right!
I have yet to see a single laminated neck that isn't capped with a single piece fretboard. Interesting idea, though...
Interesting... In that case, wouldn't the glue line become the harder point, making the wood wear on either side of it at a faster rate? Still a problem.
Ah! Excellent point! There are plenty of inlaid and decorative fretboard treatments where the various materials have differing hardness (sometimes multiple variations). So I rescind that point.
I'm sure it would take me an awful lot or perfectly ruined "practice" bits before I got to the point where I could properly program a CNC machine. But, oh, the things I would make once I did! But first I need a place to live. Then I need a place to work. Then, I need a place in the workplace to put the machine. Oh, and I need an oscillating drum sander. Ooh, yes, and a belt sander! And a band saw! And now I need a BIGGER place to put them! (It sucks, living in Mom's guest room with all my stuff in storage!) Oh, wait, i also need a pin router table...
mistermikev
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so... regarding "lam neck that isn't capped with single piece fretboard" - my point was more about the small strip of wood under the truss rod. blade guitars used to make two piece necks by ripping a board and flipping it. I believe those did have a fretboard on top... but I was pointing out that on the back of the neck... where there is only 1/8" - 1/4" of material between the truss and the back of the neck... that wood gets stressed just as much as a fretboard when relief is put into a neck. possibly more... but those necks were not prone to any sort of issues I'm aware of. If it works there... it's likely not going to be a problem on the fretboard.
didn't mean to get touchy regarding cnc... no prodigy here. as with anything else... "what one man can do another man can do".
mistermikev
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so... had some issues with machines but back at it. finally getting somewhere!!!
here you can just make out the bookmatched fretboard. wood is very white so hard to capture on camera. headstock overlay is matching wood - and slips under the fretboard where they meet (thought that was a nice touch). was a real pita to bend it after it was bookmatched because naturally any kind of moisture on that center seam and it's all over.
MV logo is actually inlaid but sits below the face/surface. was hoping for a sort of 3D effect. once I put the gold around it it should match nicely with the brass surrounds on the fretboard markers.
so here is my body. the radius of this one is far more drastic than what I have done before. It's actually a 9R to 16R transition at the back and 7-14 at the front.
my body seam (on the left there you can make out the two pieces at the bottom) turned out great. can't even see the seam this deep in the body. straight off the tablesaw. can still do better, plenty of room for improvement afa grain match but I'm fairly pleased w myself. (yay team me!!)
here you can just make out the bookmatched fretboard. wood is very white so hard to capture on camera. headstock overlay is matching wood - and slips under the fretboard where they meet (thought that was a nice touch). was a real pita to bend it after it was bookmatched because naturally any kind of moisture on that center seam and it's all over.
MV logo is actually inlaid but sits below the face/surface. was hoping for a sort of 3D effect. once I put the gold around it it should match nicely with the brass surrounds on the fretboard markers.
so here is my body. the radius of this one is far more drastic than what I have done before. It's actually a 9R to 16R transition at the back and 7-14 at the front.
my body seam (on the left there you can make out the two pieces at the bottom) turned out great. can't even see the seam this deep in the body. straight off the tablesaw. can still do better, plenty of room for improvement afa grain match but I'm fairly pleased w myself. (yay team me!!)
mistermikev
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so... some minor updates... this is just a test run - not using my target wood cause I figured I'd hit a few snags and I def did!! Learned a lot!!
a shot of the bottom curve:
a shot of the back... can you see my wood join?
dyed and sealed the inner chamber...
the top curve:
a shot of the bottom curve:
a shot of the back... can you see my wood join?
dyed and sealed the inner chamber...
the top curve:
It took a bit to spot it.
mistermikev
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thank you for playing mr bowmap!! well, this was part of me trying to dial in my process. for tops I always use frontside/backside router cut... but for body blanks that's sort of dangerous... so this was done on my tablesaw. pretty solid join all the way thru. my gain match was a lot better on the other blanks so hoping it's almost undetectable there but despite cutting into it 1/2" it's a pretty solid join if I do say so.
Are those plexiglass panels keeping the dust contained well?
mistermikev
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they are pretty good. I have about 3" at the bottom that I was going to put a piece on the outside of them to both seal it, and strengthen it in case something goes flying. the amount I get outside the box is pretty minimal so I just haven't bothered. that said... I'm running dust collection on it all the time too.
mistermikev
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"a drink... for all my friends" well have some color on this week anyway... just wanted to share an update. thanks for looking.
Every build is getting cooler and cooler. The faux binding is a good trick. I am not sure how I would do that without bleed.
mistermikev
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thank very much sir. I am always trying to one up myself each time... always taking on things I've never done. the faux binding was a first for me... but I have seen folks do it before. you just tape it off and then shoot clear. I actually laid down tru oil first so it would soak in and give protection at more depth. Things I learned: use 1/8" masking tape to outline the body... works fantastic. also... I used mailing labels to tape off the f holes. I knew that part would be really hard to be consistent... so I printed out the f hole 1/16" big, cut it out slowly with fiskars... positioned it and taped the edges... then peel back and stick. easy peasy. worked like a charm.
mistermikev
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thank you thank you.
Great Work @mistermikev !
