Hey there, Andre. It goes without saying that you're doing a great job, thus far. I'm sure the finished product will be incredible.
As I've never done any custom work (yet) myself, I'm not entirely sure how thick the stuff you are using is. To speed it up, you could try nailing a small finishing nail or something similar into a piece of wood, snipping it really short and filing the left over to a point.
Then you could heat it up a bit and put the bottom side of the MOP against it like a pivot point, then slowly turn it against the abrasive wheel? Maybe that would work, maybe it won't. Could be worth a try?
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Originally Posted by japasul
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Jwells, if I could buy the dot markers, believe me I would.
It just isn't possible here. Well, it is, but they would come at absurd prices. YES! Way too much, at about 1 US dollar per marker!
I am just not willing to pay this much for them (10 bucks over all). Adding the cost of the rest of the parts, a guitar would come at too high a price for someone who lives in an underdeveloped country like me.
This all may sound a bit exagerated, but is not. On top of it all we have almost 100% import taxes that applies to any industrialized product!
I dont mean to bring political or economical aspects to the discussion, but they are some of the reasons that led me to DIY! Even being part of the 5% richest portion of our society (and still considered middle-class!), we have very little access to many industrialized products.
Even so, this is my hobby. I believe that making something yourself makes you appreciate the cost of it more. And I have lots of fun with it, which I think its the most important part!
Richard makes a valid point there by adding that, to some extent, every part of the guitar is readily available!
Either way, coming back down to the way I made my dot markers, I believe my method was far from the best and too much time consuming, but I will perfect my methods gradually as I build more guitars!
As for the side markers, I plann on using a wood or plastic rod. They dont have to be shiny looking, theyll be only 2mm in diameter!
Cheers, and thank you all for reading!
André Ripoll
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