RogerC's 2012 Challenge Build Thread - COMPLETED

[dannyp8262]

AWESOME!!! simply AWESOME!!!

[lookslikemeband]

Originally Posted by henderson is go

this is getting really cool now

Can you sand concrete???????

Yes... and polish it to a very smooth luster...

[Mojotron]

Originally Posted by lookslikemeband

Yes... and polish it to a very smooth luster...

I've seen some amazing counter tops made out of cement - they must have sanded them flat.

[Shardik]

Cool! Pity you forgot the mesh, but time will show if it was really needed.

[kwerk]

Originally Posted by Shardik

Cool! Pity you forgot the mesh, but time will show if it was really needed.

I think it'll be fine.

Just don't shelter underneath it in an earthquake. Don't ask me how I know.

[Jupiter]

Wow, you really did it.

Cool!

[Mojotron]

Originally Posted by kwerk

I think it'll be fine.

Just don't shelter underneath it in an earthquake. Don't ask me how I know.

You can always retro fit with rebar later

[Picton]

Most exciting day of the Challenge yet. Now, it'll be a hectic four days while we wait to see what's up.

Good job, Roger!

[DeepSouth]

I hope you realise that Concrete-casters are best suited to rock! (sorry bad pun there [groan]). This guitar should win on aggregate (damn another bad pun)

I've been hanging out to see this - can't wait to see it out of the mould. Nice one Roger.

[RogerC]

Originally Posted by Mojotron

Can't wait to see how things turned out.

I'm pretty nervous, mojo. As I said earlier, my early confidence has been shaken now lol.

Originally Posted by henderson is go

this is getting really cool now

Can you sand concrete???????

Thanks, Brian. I sure hope I can sand it. I'm kinda counting on it

Originally Posted by gearhead1972

Looking good, though it does have to be one of the strangest things I have ever seen

I'll take that as a compliment

Originally Posted by Allthesound

Whew! i thought that pic was the surface of the cement. You have it well under control. Looking good then!

Well, the smooth part is formica, the stuff you see bubbling out is the concrete

Originally Posted by dannyp8262

AWESOME!!! simply AWESOME!!!

Thanks, danny

Originally Posted by lookslikemeband

Yes... and polish it to a very smooth luster...

Again, I hope so. I'm not necessarily wanting a shine, but smooth would be nice...

Originally Posted by Mojotron

I've seen some amazing counter tops made out of cement - they must have sanded them flat.

They usually form them upside down on something very smooth, like what I did here. The front of the guitar is pressing up against a sheet of masonite, so hopefully that will give the front a nice finish.

Originally Posted by Shardik

Cool! Pity you forgot the mesh, but time will show if it was really needed.

yeah, I hope it doesn't self-destruct. I'll just have to be careful not to drop it... which will be difficult considering how heavy it feels at the moment

Originally Posted by kwerk

I think it'll be fine.

Just don't shelter underneath it in an earthquake. Don't ask me how I know.

D'oh!

Originally Posted by Jupiter

Wow, you really did it.

Cool!

Well, not yet I haven't

Originally Posted by Mojotron

You can always retro fit with rebar later

or maybe just coat the entire thing in about a 1" thick layer of epoxy

Originally Posted by Picton

Most exciting day of the Challenge yet. Now, it'll be a hectic four days while we wait to see what's up.

Good job, Roger!

Thanks, Picton. It'll be longer than 4 days. I'm going to do my best not to touch it until next Monday. Hope I can hold out that long...

Originally Posted by DeepSouth

I hope you realise that Concrete-casters are best suited to rock! (sorry bad pun there [groan]). This guitar should win on aggregate (damn another bad pun)

I've been hanging out to see this - can't wait to see it out of the mould. Nice one Roger.

Thanks, south. As i said earlier, I'm pretty nervous about it. I just don't think it's going to work out as I'd hoped, but we'll see...

[Allthesound]

I have confidence in you Roger, Looking forward to the next step.

[adirondak5]

Originally Posted by Allthesound

I have confidence in you Roger, Looking forward to the next step.

Me too :)

[emoney]

Me three! Isn't there a bonding agent that allows you to surface/repair concrete?
And, on another level, could you go the Stucco route if you want either surface smoother?

[rcole_sooner]

This is exciting!!! As Tom Petty said, "The waiting is the hardest part.".

[nosmo]

I had my alarm set for Tuesday so I'm kind of coming into this late.

Maybe I can relieve some of your concern about the smoothness issue.

If it turns out too rough and you can't smooth it out, you can always play it with a welding sleeve on your right arm. That would just add to the industrial theme of the guitar.

[RogerC]

Originally Posted by Allthesound

I have confidence in you Roger, Looking forward to the next step.

Originally Posted by adirondak5

Me too :)

Well, I guess we'll see if your confidence has been misplaced

Originally Posted by emoney

Me three! Isn't there a bonding agent that allows you to surface/repair concrete?
And, on another level, could you go the Stucco route if you want either surface smoother?

There are products out that that I could use to resurface. I'm not really going to think about it until I take it out of the form. It may be so far beyond repair that nothing will help...

Originally Posted by rcole_sooner

This is exciting!!! As Tom Petty said, "The waiting is the hardest part.".

Yes. Yes it is

Originally Posted by nosmo

I had my alarm set for Tuesday so I'm kind of coming into this late.

Maybe I can relieve some of your concern about the smoothness issue.

If it turns out too rough and you can't smooth it out, you can always play it with a welding sleeve on your right arm. That would just add to the industrial theme of the guitar.

You're just a well of helpful advice aren't you?

[nosmo]

I probably helped you as much as we both helped emoney with his decision

[emoney]

Help is a vicious cycle, ain't it? Buwahahahaha

Oh, and btw, we need "Happy Thoughts", Roger.

[Muzikp]

Here here, Bravo, much rejoicing, kudos, applause, hurrah...

I don't know why you lost your confidence, you developed a great plan, and executed it well, vibration was the key and you did that so smile, you done good.

If there are any voids they can be filled with lots of different things, stucco, epoxy etc. I would think a thin layer of epoxy spread on the outside and sanded nice and flat could look cool. I've used trans-tint dye in epoxy before and it worked great, this could give you some color and still see the crete underneath. Nothing to worry about here.

[adirondak5]

Originally Posted by Muzikp

Here here, Bravo, much rejoicing, kudos, applause, hurrah...

I don't know why you lost your confidence, you developed a great plan, and executed it well, vibration was the key and you did that so smile, you done good.

If there are any voids they can be filled with lots of different things, stucco, epoxy etc. I would think a thin layer of epoxy spread on the outside and sanded nice and flat could look cool. I've used trans-tint dye in epoxy before and it worked great, this could give you some color and still see the crete underneath. Nothing to worry about here.

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