leoroberts
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Post by leoroberts on Feb 12, 2017 0:30:27 GMT
Thanks Leo. Like Liverpool's return to form - when it's ready  What? This weekend?  Like what I said |
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davewhite
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Post by davewhite on Feb 12, 2017 9:07:34 GMT
What? This weekend? Like what I said That was against a top six team so doesn't count - our form against them has been absolutely consistent this season Maybe the weekend after next? |
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leoroberts
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Post by leoroberts on Feb 12, 2017 9:38:13 GMT
Like what I said That was against a top six team so doesn't count - our form against them has been absolutely consistent this season Maybe the weekend after next? Killjoy... |
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Post by andyhowell on Feb 12, 2017 10:54:11 GMT
That was against a top six team so doesn't count - our form against them has been absolutely consistent this season Maybe the weekend after next? Killjoy... They were good yesterday! It will all change when the Villa return ... SaveSave |
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R the F
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Post by R the F on Feb 12, 2017 12:25:04 GMT
Yep. Just wait till the Villa return (if you've got that long). |
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Post by davewhite on Feb 13, 2017 16:31:16 GMT
The headstock is initially shaped and the tuner holes marked and drilled:  The Gotoh tuners are test fitted:  |
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Post by davewhite on Feb 18, 2017 12:42:41 GMT
After routing a rebate slot where the threaded inserts will go the heel was glued on to the neck using hot hide glue:  The neck is cut to fit the top fingerboard extension slot and the heel sanded to fit the body with the neck in correct alignment and angle in relation to the top. Then the positions for the threaded inserts are marked, the holes drilled and the inserts fitted and epoxied in:  Here’s the neck bolted to the body for the first time:  |
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Post by davewhite on Feb 20, 2017 17:56:32 GMT
The Macassar Ebony fretboard has been recycled from the broken neck of brianr2’s guitar. The radius was sanded out, the fretboard flipped and glued to a strip of Lawson’s Cypress to restore its depth – as the fretboard will be bound this strip won’t show. The fretboard is then thicknessed, the fret positions marked out and the fret slots cut in this jig:  Then the sound-hole end of the fretboard is cut to match the soundhole (after allowing for binding) using my circle cutter jig:   A piece of the Macassar Ebony binding with b/w/b/ purfling is bent on the hot pipe to follow the soundhole curve and is then glued to the fretboard using hot hide glue:  The Macassar Ebony bindings and bwb purflings are then glued on using fish glue:  |
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Post by davewhite on Feb 21, 2017 16:42:02 GMT
Normally I don’t like markers on the front face of the fretboard but having used inlaid side/front markers on brianr2’s guitar I thought I’d try them again to see if they will grow on me. Also having made a jig to do them it’s a shame not to keep using it. I’m going to use Bird’s Eye maple inlay and so the positions of the inlaid side/front markers are marked on the fretboard and routed with a 2.5mm bit using the afore mentioned jig:   The Bird’s Eye maple markers are then glued in and the fretboard levelled. Here’s the result:  The fretboard is put on the neck, checked and its position marked:  The fingerboard is then glued to the neck using fish glue:  |
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Post by earthbalm on Feb 21, 2017 20:47:15 GMT
I love the re-using / recycling of old materials. Nice work!
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Post by davewhite on Feb 22, 2017 17:43:39 GMT
Thanks Earthbalm. The neck is then carved:  The fingerboard is radiused:  Then the gold EVO frets are pressed in:  Here’s the fretted neck tested for fit on the body:  |
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R the F
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Post by R the F on Feb 22, 2017 18:11:46 GMT
Sweeeet!
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leoroberts
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Post by leoroberts on Feb 23, 2017 4:43:11 GMT
Looking good, Dave. The soundhole looks larger than normal - or maybe it's the waist is more pinched than usual...
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Post by davewhite on Feb 23, 2017 10:23:51 GMT
Thanks Rob.
Leo - probably a bit of both. It's a small curvy guitar - probably the same air volume as the Irish bouzouki I made - and the soundhole is 88mm diameter.
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Post by davewhite on Feb 28, 2017 14:19:32 GMT
With luthiery, as in life, sometimes you have to take a step backwards to move forwards - unlike Liverpool FC who currently seem to be adopting the converse principle  . Annoyingly the heel developed a split and so the old one was removed and a new piece of Lawson’s Cypress glued on using hot hide glue:  New threaded inserts were marked and epoxied in and the new heel carved:  Holes are drilled in the neck heel for two 6mm carbon-fibre rods which are glued in using fish glue:  The Rio Rosewood heel cap is then glued on using hot hide glue:  The heel is routed for the binding:  The Bird’s Eye maple binding and matching b/w/b purfling is bent on the hot pipe and glued on using fish glue:  |
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. Annoyingly the heel developed a split and so the old one was removed and a new piece of Lawson’s Cypress glued on using hot hide glue:
Jo whoever he is.
