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March 2nd, 2010, 11:36 AM
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Doctor of Teleocity
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2010 TDPRI $210 Challenge-????Caster
Bought this piece of 8/4 hard maple yesterday.
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March 2nd, 2010, 01:33 PM
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Tele-Afflicted
Join Date: Jan 2009
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you do good work....and are the reason I completely decided to change colors on my USACG BUILD.....this will be epic, I knows it already
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March 2nd, 2010, 01:44 PM
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Doctor of Teleocity
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Don't expect too much guys. Still searching for an idea.
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March 2nd, 2010, 06:49 PM
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My light bulb lit bright today, decide on some details. Changed the mantelcaster to the mental caster, just could not edit the OP / Thread title... ;)
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A Twin always will cut it... but I don't recommend it for everybody. It's like a big dog, you have to take responsibility for it. Not to mention... be prepared to lift it. 
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March 2nd, 2010, 09:03 PM
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Even if you built a run-of-the-mill tele (which you never do), I'd still be interested because you write some of the most informative, interesting threads.
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March 5th, 2010, 07:51 PM
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Doctor of Teleocity
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Determining Body Wood Cost.
I purchased an 8 ft piece of 8/4 hard maple ~ 8 in. wide. Actually it was a little less than 8 in. wide and less than 2 in. thick but they write it up as a 2x8. In theory I could get three bodies from this board. However there is checking on each end of the board. I've chosen to allow 3 in. waste at this end.
......  Here are the two pieces that will make up the body. By joining the common edge in the center, you get a less visible joint line. ......  Cost Calculation: 2x8x(16+19)=560 cu. in. 560/144=3.89 board feet. 3.89 x $4.36 = $16.95 + 5.94% tax = $17.96
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March 16th, 2010, 05:39 PM
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Doctor of Teleocity
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My career hasn't allowed me to do any work on this project until today. I start by taking off some of the excess width from the boards which will make up the body blank.
......  After running them through the jointer we're ready for the glue-up. ......  Clamps in place. ......  Glue squeeze-out wiped away. ......  Since this wood measures just a hair over 1 3/4 in., I've decided not to run it through the thickness planer. ......  Instead I'll use the belt sander and orbital sander to smooth it out. ......  I attach the template to the blank with two screws ......... one in the bridge area and the other between the neck pocket area and neck pickup cavity area. Then I trace the shape and cavity outlines. ......  ......  A trip to the bandsaw................ ......  .... yields this. ...... 
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March 16th, 2010, 07:05 PM
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I always rout my body shapes using 'downhill routing' as depicted in the following diagram making several shallow passes.
......  This is as far as I could get with the template. ......  I had dropped the bit into the collet as far as it would go. After removing the template there still wasn't enough bit to finish the job so I raised it in the collet about a half inch. There's still plenty of shaft in the collet. ......  As you can see, now the bit can be raised high enough to finish the job. ......  Body shape routing completed. The remainder was done in three passes. Some in earlier threads have spoken in a negative manner about my 'downhill routing' technique and some have actually said it caused tearout. I think they may be a little unclear on the concept or are inexperienced in the use of routers. Here we have a 1 3/4 in. body made from hard maple with no tearout. ......  Quote:
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March 16th, 2010, 08:44 PM
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Doctor of Teleocity
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Predrilling cavities with a Forstner bit.
......  Here's a little trick for getting your control cavity depth correct. Lay a piece of 1/4 in. material alongside the body and adjust the bit depth until it touches it. ......  Cavities done. Next up ............ neck pocket. ......  My neck pocket template attaches with the same screw holes as the body template so indexing is automatic. Since this template is only 1/4 in. MDF, it's good to have a pattern bit that's only 1/2 in. long. ......  First router pass after predrilling the neck pocket. ......  Neck pocket routing complete. It measures 0.630 in. deep ....... close enough. ......  Enough for today. Now it's time for Lost.
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March 17th, 2010, 02:26 AM
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Tele-Holic
Join Date: Dec 2009
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As my Old Man would've said: If I didn't know better I'd say it looks just like a guitar! Nice going Mr. Jack!
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March 17th, 2010, 06:51 PM
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Doctor of Teleocity
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Here's my set-up for drilling the jack hole. One could probably make a simple jig for doing this job. In fact, I seem to remember that Ed Hawley designed just such a jig.
......  Well, this step in complete. Here's the outside........... ......  ...... and here's the inside. ...... 
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