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Old August 9th, 2007, 12:11 AM   #38 (permalink)
japasul
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Day 6 - Leveling the fretboard...

You will probably notice i skipped day 5... Didnt get mugh done at day 5!

Yesterday i came up with a way to get my fretboard wood (Brazilian Rosewood) to thickness using my router, and i should say it worked very well!



I placed two parallel sides and the board to be leveled in the middle. (the the dark red/purple wood was just to get the rosewood to proper height)



First i got all the top side leveled, and then turned it over and routed the piece to thickness.

Well, it was the first day back at the university and i had classes, so i couldnt do much, this was it.



Oh, i got some ear covers (i dont know what to call it in english) to go with my masks and my goggles. IF YOU DON'T ALREADY, USE THEM WHEN ROUTING!!! A router can go as high as 105dB, and that can be pretty damaging to your hearing. These cheap ear covers already block about 25dB in the routers frequency range ( my router goes up to 95dB). It was a really great buy!


More to come about todays progress!
Cheers
André Ripoll
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