Post by R the F on Sept 6, 2017 21:30:36 GMT
Which begs the question where he borrowed it from...
I've continued to make progress today. It was finally time to start lining that sound-hole, which has been looking terribly vulnerable throughout the build. So today I cut out a piece of maple, bent it, and then glued it into the hole. Now cramping this is a bit of an ordeal since you need to be firm enough with the pressure but not risk destroying the soundboard at the the same time. I came up with an arrangement which involved rather a lot of cramps all tightened only enough to stay put and hold the lining in place - but no more:
Just how many cramps can you get into a hole?
I kept well away from this while the glue - Cascamite because of its gap-filling abilities - went off. At the other end of the workshop was a head waiting to be trimmed and have holes drilled in it. I obliged:
And at the other end of the neck was the heel... The dog started barking in the house - I have a baby intercom to keep me in touch - and the postman had delivered the hardware I was awaiting: stainless steel inserts and bolts. I inserted the inserts but couldn't bolt the bolts because the glue was still going off. Instead I drilled two very deep holes (95mm) in the heel and knocked in the rest of the 6mm carbon fibre left over from the flying buttresses. The aim is to strengthen the heel, which could crack along the grain without a bit of help. Here you can see the result:
This is actually another one of my cheating pictures; the end of the fretboard is shaped to fit around the raised lining I have glued into the soundhole. What actually happened is that I removed the cramps from the lining as soon as I could because I was desperate to try bolting the neck to the body (like a little boy at Christmas). Of course I forgot to trim the fretboard so, as I tightened the bolts inside the box, the end of the fretboard pushed the newly glued lining away. I stayed calm and glued it back on. Then I trimmed the end of the fretboard as you can see in the photo above. It was only later in the evening that I was finally able to bolt the neck on the body and see what this guitar might look like....
That picture is actually too big to see on my monitor so here's a smaller version:
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I've continued to make progress today. It was finally time to start lining that sound-hole, which has been looking terribly vulnerable throughout the build. So today I cut out a piece of maple, bent it, and then glued it into the hole. Now cramping this is a bit of an ordeal since you need to be firm enough with the pressure but not risk destroying the soundboard at the the same time. I came up with an arrangement which involved rather a lot of cramps all tightened only enough to stay put and hold the lining in place - but no more:
Just how many cramps can you get into a hole?
I kept well away from this while the glue - Cascamite because of its gap-filling abilities - went off. At the other end of the workshop was a head waiting to be trimmed and have holes drilled in it. I obliged:
And at the other end of the neck was the heel... The dog started barking in the house - I have a baby intercom to keep me in touch - and the postman had delivered the hardware I was awaiting: stainless steel inserts and bolts. I inserted the inserts but couldn't bolt the bolts because the glue was still going off. Instead I drilled two very deep holes (95mm) in the heel and knocked in the rest of the 6mm carbon fibre left over from the flying buttresses. The aim is to strengthen the heel, which could crack along the grain without a bit of help. Here you can see the result:
This is actually another one of my cheating pictures; the end of the fretboard is shaped to fit around the raised lining I have glued into the soundhole. What actually happened is that I removed the cramps from the lining as soon as I could because I was desperate to try bolting the neck to the body (like a little boy at Christmas). Of course I forgot to trim the fretboard so, as I tightened the bolts inside the box, the end of the fretboard pushed the newly glued lining away. I stayed calm and glued it back on. Then I trimmed the end of the fretboard as you can see in the photo above. It was only later in the evening that I was finally able to bolt the neck on the body and see what this guitar might look like....
That picture is actually too big to see on my monitor so here's a smaller version:
Jo whoever he is.
