hello again,
i started a build two or three weeks ago,
iv been posting progress on another forum, but thought you guys might be interested
the timber im using is called Makore,
i bought some a while ago because i thought it looked really good...
and well this is a prototype to see how stable makore is and how it takes finish (not that im great at finishing lol)
if i like the way the makore works, i will probably do a majority of my future builds with it, its real nice on the eye balls
i have got my hands on a couple of new tools since my last builds, so my process has changed a bit... hence the constant prototyping...
pics?
after some thought, i figured out a way to get two neck blanks out of the one slab...
chop chop
two very nice LMI two way truss rods....
i will be using these from now on, nicest rods i have come across..
found these two going at it on my bandsaw...
i had some scrap laying around, so i made up a jig to cut my headstock angles
a little bit of planing and sanding, and they are done
then i glued the headtock on... but it seems i didnt take a photo of that..
so onto routing the truss rod channel..
the makore has a nice shimmer to it
body template (i changed it a bit later on)
i dont ussually do this kind of thing.... nor will i do it again (i hate centre joins... but it was the only bit of makore i had left)
plane
check
scribble
sand
as i said, i wont be doing this again... lol
and i dont suggest anyon else do it...
the two yellow clamps are their so there isnt a shit load of pressure on the lower horn...
28 strings anyone?
i swore on the last 7 i did that i would never use a mape board again....
but this one has been hangig around and nees to get out of my sight.. lol
new machine
and a couple of other things
my workshop was looking like a ryobi warehouse that day....
i made this bridge plate a long time ago, and its been sitting in my parts drawer ever since... thought i would use it till my hardware arrives..
mark neck taper
rough cut
sand
bind.... good way to use up an old roll of electrical tape that somone left in the sun... saves on masking tape lol
i have always wanted to do this!!!!!!
this is my first real neck build with the bandsaw...
nothing wasted, the offcut will be used for matchin cavity covers
i thought matching makore binding would be sweet.... we shall see...
hres a pic of th australin sky on new yeas eve.... i was bored, and the clouds looked interesting so i took a pic lol
thats all....
going wood shopping tomorrow i think,
so ill get back to this and my other builds on monday
i started a build two or three weeks ago,
iv been posting progress on another forum, but thought you guys might be interested
the timber im using is called Makore,
i bought some a while ago because i thought it looked really good...
and well this is a prototype to see how stable makore is and how it takes finish (not that im great at finishing lol)
if i like the way the makore works, i will probably do a majority of my future builds with it, its real nice on the eye balls
i have got my hands on a couple of new tools since my last builds, so my process has changed a bit... hence the constant prototyping...
pics?
after some thought, i figured out a way to get two neck blanks out of the one slab...
chop chop
two very nice LMI two way truss rods....
i will be using these from now on, nicest rods i have come across..
found these two going at it on my bandsaw...
i had some scrap laying around, so i made up a jig to cut my headstock angles
a little bit of planing and sanding, and they are done
then i glued the headtock on... but it seems i didnt take a photo of that..
so onto routing the truss rod channel..
the makore has a nice shimmer to it
body template (i changed it a bit later on)
i dont ussually do this kind of thing.... nor will i do it again (i hate centre joins... but it was the only bit of makore i had left)
plane
check
scribble
sand
as i said, i wont be doing this again... lol
and i dont suggest anyon else do it...
the two yellow clamps are their so there isnt a shit load of pressure on the lower horn...
28 strings anyone?
i swore on the last 7 i did that i would never use a mape board again....
but this one has been hangig around and nees to get out of my sight.. lol
new machine
and a couple of other things
my workshop was looking like a ryobi warehouse that day....
i made this bridge plate a long time ago, and its been sitting in my parts drawer ever since... thought i would use it till my hardware arrives..
mark neck taper
rough cut
sand
bind.... good way to use up an old roll of electrical tape that somone left in the sun... saves on masking tape lol
i have always wanted to do this!!!!!!
this is my first real neck build with the bandsaw...
nothing wasted, the offcut will be used for matchin cavity covers
i thought matching makore binding would be sweet.... we shall see...
hres a pic of th australin sky on new yeas eve.... i was bored, and the clouds looked interesting so i took a pic lol
thats all....
going wood shopping tomorrow i think,
so ill get back to this and my other builds on monday
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good Job 
