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it'd be very 2019.
i'm at the point where i'm wet sanding the tele body with danish oil and 1200 grit paper. it's interesting to see how much that seems to reduce the working time with the oil. it starts to gum up quickly - though i suspect it might be fixed by simply using much more oil.
i'm at the point where i'm wet sanding the tele body with danish oil and 1200 grit paper. it's interesting to see how much that seems to reduce the working time with the oil. it starts to gum up quickly - though i suspect it might be fixed by simply using much more oil.
That’s a good way to grain fill as well.
You can also wet sand with water when the Piece is fully dry.
I would say having done this, that while you can get a high shine it reasonably quickly wears off (compared to a gloss varnish, lacquer, shellac etc)
yeah, a high shine is not really what i'm going for. i might go to 0000 wire wool and danish oil after this, then a microcrystalline wax buffed on with the wire wool.
i've a scrap piece that's one step ahead of the body in terms of coats, so that might get the wire wool and danish oil tonight.
are you sorted for wood for your next project? i still have wood here with nothing planned for it. if you want some maple for a neck...
i've a scrap piece that's one step ahead of the body in terms of coats, so that might get the wire wool and danish oil tonight.
are you sorted for wood for your next project? i still have wood here with nothing planned for it. if you want some maple for a neck...
Sounds good. A ‘lustre’ would be nice on what you’ve put together
You know me well enough to know I’ll never say no to a random bit of hardwood! Sure let me know when you want the screws, Fret stuff!
Not sure if I'd have enough oak to make another bench top, but I don't get much use out of it, but could do a quick census of it if that's of interest? You'd need loads of clamps to laminate it though.
I’d take a few bits if you didn’t have a use for them, but I think I have a (fairly limited) plan in terms of how I’m going to improve my bench setup..
Tomorrow morning I will know if I have an instrument, or finely worked firewood.
something slightly different for me this afternoon, using oxalic acid on that old table i've had for ages. seems to have done a decent enough job.
Against all the laws of god and physics.. I think I’ve gotten this to work
Looking well!
The braces on the back popped on one side, so I’ll have to re glue. With this damp weather I think I effectively ended up bracing a piece that was off flat, which when I put the sides on flattened out and sprung the braces. An easy fix, and lesson learned for the top.
Standard white glue? Or something more specialist?
I have some hide glue here now and only will need it for the frets (as per moose/space's suggestion) so will probably have plenty left over should you need some.
I have some hide glue here now and only will need it for the frets (as per moose/space's suggestion) so will probably have plenty left over should you need some.
Standard white glue- which seems to work fine for most of my purposes so far. Issue here was really my not flattening the back out before putting the braces on I think
I blame you for suggesting I bring this foul smelling shit into my house.
Though I don't think I should have expected any different from what I suspect is just boiled animal skin.
Sorry
anyway, the second go at fretting seems to be going a little better than the first. i'm being more cautious this time anyway.
One of the Lidls near me has standard size 1200w routers in stock. Not sure if they're standard in Lidl at the moment.
am tempted to only trim off the bottom of each fret, i reckon the aesthetics of the frets sticking out the top is worth keeping.
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