Crazydave911's Former Challenge Build

[PHawley]

Originally Posted by crazydave911

On 50yr old, figured Eastern Red cedar? Not too likely . Besides, I'm a surf green kinda guy. If it ain't the color of baby snot, it ain't green!

Dave

Well it looks like you've given me a reason to make a seafoam green snakehead myself. Now if I could only get decent at spraying so I wouldn't have to order twice as much from ReRanch (hope to get a spray gun in the next few months) to get an ok result...

[crazydave911]

Originally Posted by PHawley

Well it looks like you've given me a reason to make a seafoam green snakehead myself

Cool , I'm looking forward to seeing it

[gitlvr]

Thanks, Dave, regarding the router table. I can work with your description, and adapt it to fit my needs.

[Jupiter]

When I saw you using your workmate to clamp those boards together I got all excited to try that myself--then I found out today that my Japanese version isn't quite big enough to do that. Good thing I didn't have the glue on already.

Now I gotta buy some more clamps....

[crazydave911]

Originally Posted by gitlvr

Thanks, Dave, regarding the router table. I can work with your description, and adapt it to fit my needs.

My pleasure

Originally Posted by Jupiter

When I saw you using your workmate to clamp those boards together I got all excited to try that myself--then I found out today that my Japanese version isn't quite big enough to do that. Good thing I didn't have the glue on already.

Now I gotta buy some more clamps....

I can't imagine that if they copied a WM it wouldn't work. Do you have the clamping cauls for it? Or does it have any?

[Jupiter]

Originally Posted by crazydave911

I can't imagine that if they copied a WM it wouldn't work. Do you have the clamping cauls for it? Or does it have any?

It's not an exact copy; it's Japan-sized. I have the bench dogs, but when the leaves are wide open, the two blanks I want to glue together are still hanging over the edges. But I'll use that trick the next time I have something smaller to glue.

Your router sled has inspired me, too! Gonna put one of those together today.

[crazydave911]

Man, go to work for a few days and you miss a lot around here
With my new sched I'm up at 4:30am (eastern) with the dawn patrol


Oh well, I've been doing a little each evening and this is the result

Got my body planed down (did find out I should have put stops on each end, nicked the pipes ), this is the front side



Doing the back



The top (which will be covered)



And the back, which will not be covered




The body, ready to profile sand






Here is the spalted maple top being glued up. Out of the two I have, this is the least interesting. The top is going to be very "busy" anyway, and would take away from the fine pattern. This one isn't chopped liver however



BTW, the orangish smearing is from the shellac I wiped on the endgrain to prevent splitting. It won't be there soon

Now................I've got some threads to catch up on!


Dave

[RogerC]

Originally Posted by crazydave911

Man, go to work for a few days and you miss a lot around here

That's for sure! I usually spend all day at work....I mean on my lunch hour...watching threads just to keep caught up

Originally Posted by crazydave911

And the back, which will not be covered

That's puuuurdy, Dave

[flatfive]

I like that cedar, Dave, and also the attachments you got
for your WorkMate. I have a small router table top for
mine, too. I was thinking I'd also like to make an attachment
to hold a body vertical to the ground, if you know what I
mean. It would just be a couple of pieces of MDF, carpet
or some other padding on one side of each piece, and
an extra little gizmo to hold each piece to one side of
the WorkMate. I don't think I'm explaining this well.

[crazydave911]

Originally Posted by RogerC

That's puuuurdy, Dave

Thanks Roger

Originally Posted by flatfive

I like that cedar, Dave, and also the attachments you got
for your WorkMate

Thanks Glenn

I was thinking I'd also like to make an attachment
to hold a body vertical to the ground, if you know what I
mean. It would just be a couple of pieces of MDF, carpet
or some other padding on one side of each piece, and
an extra little gizmo to hold each piece to one side of
the WorkMate. I don't think I'm explaining this well.

Yeh, perpendicular to the ground. I got it

[kwerk]

Mmmm, chopped liver!

That (not to be covered) back is pretty.

As of today, there's a new tradition to finish snakeheads within a week. Better get a move on, eh?

[emoney]

I don't care what anyone says about "minds". I've always been a "body guy" and I like
that one! Love th e "white" meeting at the joint.

[SSO720]

It's looking good Dave. Are you going to leave it a natural finish? Is that aromatic cedar? Must smell nice.

[adirondak5]

I can smell that cedar all the way up here , that combo of spalted maple top/cedar body is going to look great , the sides will be a nice contrast , what are your finish plans Dave ?

[crazydave911]

Originally Posted by kwerk

Mmmm, chopped liver!

That (not to be covered) back is pretty

Thanks Phil!

As of today, there's a new tradition to finish snakeheads within a week. Better get a move on, eh?

Not a chance

Originally Posted by emoney

I don't care what anyone says about "minds". I've always been a "body guy" and I like
that one! Love th e "white" meeting at the joint.

Thanks, I wasn't too high or low on it, but now that it's cut out.........I'm in love

Originally Posted by SSO720

It's looking good Dave. Are you going to leave it a natural finish? Is that aromatic cedar? Must smell nice.

Aromatic? Yeppers, between my room (where I store it), the back porch and the workshop room, it's like one bloody great potporrui bowl As for the finish, that follows

Originally Posted by adirondak5

I can smell that cedar all the way up here , that combo of spalted maple top/cedar body is going to look great , the sides will be a nice contrast , what are your finish plans Dave ?

Well, until I cut it out, the plan was for Tru-oil except for the fretboard, but the body is quite dry and a little chippy (by ring count, it's well over 50 yrs old and had been air drying over 5.I have one small tearout to fix already ). I'm sticking with dye & tru-oil for the top, but have decided to do gym floor poly applied butcher-block method (hard, glossy, and takes about a week to cure, but doesn't require brushing or spraying )
The neck with be tru-oil (possibly tinted) and lemon oil on the fretboard. I can't wait until you see the fretboard, I haven't gotten Indian rosewood that dark in 20yrs


P.S. Herb, sometime after the build challenge I'll do my Musicmaster, but the first thing up, will be what I'm using one of those cedar tops on (I think you'll like it )

[Mike Simpson]

I like the cedar body... looks great. My parents always kept keepsakes in a cedar chest, I guess those are not as popular as they used to be. I have been thinking about a build from cedar or redwood.

[guitarbuilder]

Looks great. I wonder if you leave the cavities unsealed whether the aroma will keep coming out for a while. I made a cedar chest and did the outside in lacquer and left the inside unfinished. It still smells great 30 years later.

[crazydave911]

Originally Posted by Mike Simpson

I like the cedar body... looks great. My parents always kept keepsakes in a cedar chest, I guess those are not as popular as they used to be. I have been thinking about a build from cedar or redwood.

My Dad still builds cedar chests..............it's an old family tradition, at least until I came along . I wish there was a way I could hook folks up with this place,MZ Enterprises. They're only 8 miles from house, but they don't mill, and they don't ship. They have loads of that cedar, and black walnut in particular. That board was 10" long, 8/4 (actually slightly thicker), I bought it for 11$

Originally Posted by guitarbuilder

Looks great. I wonder if you leave the cavities unsealed whether the aroma will keep coming out for a while

Thanks! That was the plan, and as I'll keep it in a gig bag, it'll probably smell sweet for years

[nosmo]

That sounds like a great plan for finishing. I had planned to make mine with a really pretty bookmatched redwood top. But for the time constraints I wanted to use Tru-Oil. I tried it on the redwood and it got VERY dark - sucked it up like a sponge! Changed to a walnut top. I think the gym floor poly on the cedar is a great idea.

[anyone]

Is there a category for best smelling thread?

Seriously, this thread is a great mood lifter!

Looks great, Dave!