The Emeraldcaster Project (aka Son of Meloncaster)

Buckocaster51 · October 1st, 2007, 11:50 PM

Well kids, the parts are mostly collected...the body is cut out and (mostly) grainfilled and sealed. I have a fine Allparts necks. Checkerboards from Brian England. Binding from StewMac. Somewhere I have a box full of hardware. Plus, and this might be the most important, out in the garage I have a quart can of DEFT and a box full of PREVAL sprayers ... and that all important respirator.

and I think I'm ready to start the nitty gritty soon.

Do you want to wait and see the finished product in a few months...

Or would you rather see just about every painful proceedure and mistake?

By the way, I have to admit that I am no Ed Hawley. I bought some of these parts ready made.

aznrambo481 · October 1st, 2007, 11:52 PM

is that a bag of green sparkles? yessss!

Buckocaster51 · October 1st, 2007, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aznrambo481

is that a bag of green sparkles? yessss!

Yessirreebob!

GREEN!

getbent · October 2nd, 2007, 12:00 AM

It is my favorite color! Gotta be rosewood neck though!

I wanna see every step... with the culminating one of me opening up the box at my HOUSE!

Big Mike Simpson · October 2nd, 2007, 12:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buckocaster51

Or would you rather see just about every painful proceedure and mistake?

I vote for showing all the painful procedures...

emailhot · October 2nd, 2007, 12:03 AM

Do you want to wait and see the finished product in a few months...

Or would you rather see just about every painful proceedure and mistake?

well Bucko, my vote is for every detail

I love these builds of yours

Captain HiTop · October 2nd, 2007, 12:04 AM

every painful procedure and mistake

the more of your build threads on this board the better imo

cheers,

ch

andy__woods · October 2nd, 2007, 12:12 AM

oh yeah, every procedure. can't wait Bucko!

Ronkirn · October 2nd, 2007, 12:17 AM

Stevie. . . It's almost Winter... where's the Scotch?

Ron Kirn

Nick JD · October 2nd, 2007, 01:00 AM

Step by step all the way up the yellow brick road, Buck.

TWANGNUT · October 2nd, 2007, 02:55 AM

Oh Boy!!! Goody, Goody here we go again!!!

Count me for a maple neck.

Use silver or gold sparkles on the head and red on the pg. Then you could call it the CLAUSCASTER....HO...HO...HO!!!

byrdbrain · October 2nd, 2007, 03:19 AM

This will be the best! If there's a name for that finish,
I'm pretty sure it's Zircon Encrusted Christmas Tree Green.
You'll need a Jimmy Martin outfit with that one!

wikur · October 2nd, 2007, 03:26 AM

I really do love the internet!. Specially when Buckocaster starts a new thread!.
The TDPRI alone is worth the money I pay for my connection.I`m really lookin`forward to follow this thread from start to finish.Thanks Buckocaster,I know I will like this!!
Cheers Wikur!

doster · October 2nd, 2007, 09:56 AM

Want to see everything.

BarnesTO · October 2nd, 2007, 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buckocaster51

...Or would you rather see just about every painful proceedure and mistake?

Of course we want to see the progress....what kinda question is that? I'm picturing the look of a green Gretsch Sparklejet, which I LOVE the looks of....this is gonna be fun!

Unkie Al · October 2nd, 2007, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buckocaster51

Or would you rather see just about every painful proceedure and mistake?:

OH YES SIR! THANK YOU SIR!

spankdplank · October 2nd, 2007, 11:50 AM

Oh boy--time for sparkle school! I can hardly wait. DETAILS, PLEASE! Emerald green, eh? As they say in Ireland, time for a pint o Guiness and some craic.

telel6s · October 2nd, 2007, 12:16 PM

May I make a suggestion to match Mazda's Emerald Green used on the 2001 Miata? Not that I'm biased or anything.

emeraldgreen.jpg
emeraldgreen2.jpg

Atrox · October 2nd, 2007, 12:58 PM

I love your threads

Buckocaster51 · October 2nd, 2007, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by getbent

It is my favorite color! Gotta be rosewood neck though!

I wanna see every step... with the culminating one of me opening up the box at my HOUSE!

Don't know if that last part of your "dream" will come true.

Your comment about the rosewood fingerboard all of a sudden reminded my of the Lizardcaster.

About '75 my buddy (who was playing banjo in a band with me) got his hands on an ANCIENT rosewood board strat. Somebody had already painted it green metalflake. Horrible job. Rough as all get out.

Figuring that it was already gone (hey! that would be a good title for a song!) we decided to go all the way...I cut out and inlayed little lizards where the dots used to be.

kinkstah · October 2nd, 2007, 04:11 PM

Hi,
Although being a new member here, I've been visiting the TDPRI for months before actually joining in, and your previous build threads were absolute pleasure! Pleeeaase, let us know about the details on this one too!

Hockey Rocker · October 2nd, 2007, 04:52 PM

Great! I'm glad to see this BuckoSparklecaster is being built. I'm really anxious to see how the Preval unit works with the glitter. I'm particularly interested to understand what type of nozzle allows the glitter to pass through the spray unit and how well it covers. I went the rattle spray and sprinkle dry and rattle spray clear route and it used a ton of clear; at least thirty coats. Preval must be better.

I'm holding off on my next Sparklecaster build until Uncle Buck gives us the full tutorial. This winter's job is a simple Telecaster style classic 60's Partscaster for me.

If anyone needs sparkle, drop me a private message. I've got lots of glitter that I can send you as a free sample.

jazztele · October 2nd, 2007, 04:56 PM

i think this is going to be the best one yet...

ehawley · October 2nd, 2007, 05:03 PM

Hey Bucko!! You know me...I love to see every step in painful color!! I'm Irish! I love green! This is gonna be great!

Lookin' forward to this!
Cheers' ED

woodman · October 2nd, 2007, 05:24 PM

good lord, bucko, you're the energizer rabbit of Teles! bring it on!

fenderix · October 2nd, 2007, 07:16 PM

Hurrayy - yessirr, Bucko's at it again! Thank God you got the itch in your fingers once more. Wonderful threads these ...
I'll be following your updates!

telex · October 2nd, 2007, 08:04 PM

Aye laddie, a wee bit of the emerald green . It will be perfect for those st. Patrick's day gigs!

I am glad to see you willing to iron out all of the kinks, and to get a perfect sparkle with a pre-val. Thanks for showing all the struggles and revelations along the way!

Are you still doing a John Deere Green too?

Dep · October 2nd, 2007, 08:28 PM

HOT ZOT! Been waiting for the emerald green project to start. Love green.

And of course, we want enery little detail as you go.

Dep

Nick JD · October 2nd, 2007, 08:32 PM

Do we get two projects at once?

Please!

Buckocaster51 · October 2nd, 2007, 09:19 PM

Gosh! It sounds like I don't have much of a choice!

I'll be sure to crank up the old Olympus and capture all of the gory detail.

The way it looks now, I should start on the back binding tomorrow night.

(How's that for commitment?)

Thanks for all of the warm fuzzies.

milkshape · October 2nd, 2007, 10:43 PM

So buck, I imagine the can of deft and the prevals are an attempt to eliminate the need for you to visit your pro painter buddy with a paper bag that's brown out the outside and green on the inside? It would be great to learn a homegrown method for covering the "flake" aka green sparkle pixie dust!
<obvious>This will be fun!</obvious>
c'mon get goin'!

just caught the end of the melloncaster thread, nice work w/ spankdaplank.
so um, er, nevermind

milkshape · October 2nd, 2007, 11:42 PM

Hey bucko!
so did you use paint with pearl as the source for the flake?
binding done? Hands super glue free yet?

Buckocaster51 · October 2nd, 2007, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by milkshape

Hey bucko!
so did you use paint with pearl as the source for the flake?
binding done? Hands super glue free yet?

Binding not done.

Binding not started.

No super glue on hands.

Tests corrected!

A few months ago I took Hockey Rocker up on his gracious offer to send me some samples of flake. It (barely) goes through the PREVAL, and from the samples I have done, seems like it will work.

milkshape · October 3rd, 2007, 12:01 AM

I'm sure your students will appreciate it, the ones that passed anyway. I know how work gets in the way, ah to independently wealthy, well at least we have our teles. I'll check with spankdplank, the site arlo posted says it's .004, looked awful small to me, but I'm am the ultimate neophyte.

Buckocaster51 · October 3rd, 2007, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by milkshape

..is .004, looked awful small to me...

It looked awfully small to me to...but by the time it hit the surface and built up, it seems, on the sample at least, to be plenty sparkly.

all of the gory details as this progress

thanks again for the interest kids!

Buckocaster51 · October 3rd, 2007, 11:41 PM

So you want the painful details?

Here are the supplies we will need to cut the channel for the back binding.

The world's worst handheld router, my box of Grizzly bearing-guided rabbeting cutters, a microcometer, some binding, and a body.

Let's measure up the binding.

It's this high.

and this thick.

Once we know that we can set up the cutter in the router.

The depth (thickness) of the cut is pretty good. I'll leave this bearing on.

Buckocaster51 · October 3rd, 2007, 11:51 PM

Then we need to put the cutter in the router and set it to cut the proper depth.

That looks pretty good. We don't even really need to look at the numbers on the micrometer. Just set things so that they match up.

We'll make a pass on a piece of scrap to check things.

Pretty bad picture, but it does fit pretty good.

Now let's clamp down the body and cut a channel.

I discovered tonight that it is pretty difficult to route and take photos at the same time. You sort of have to keep both hand on the router.

Buckocaster51 · October 3rd, 2007, 11:58 PM

Ouch!

While removing a clamp, I got a bit cocky and lazy, and hit the wood with the end of a clamp. Dum da dum dum!

Fortunately this body is getting painted.

Maybe that why ALL of my bodies get painted.

With my freshly routed body, I'm moving in the house to glue on the binding. Here are the supplies I'll be using.

Pretty straight forward. Binding, cyanoacrylate glue, scissors, and some filamented strapping tape.

Let's prepare some tape.

Got to cut this stuff with the Fiskars. It's tough!

We'll put it in storage for future use.

Those teacher's editions come in handy!

Buckocaster51 · October 4th, 2007, 12:07 AM

And now...we start glueing.

Remember when you were a kid and glued those balsawood airplanes together? For best results you would always put a "priming" layer of glue down...something to soak into the wood first...before you put the real glue on? Gonna do the same thing here.

While that is soaking in, let's try to shape the binding to fit some of the bends. (Actually, I did this before I put on the glue.)

And let's work on the shape of the recurve.

YES! That is an official teacher's pen that I am using!

When we are happy with things, let's put some more glue on and start taping things in place.

bonemachine78 · October 4th, 2007, 12:13 AM

bucko rock on man.. i love your build threads. it's like reading a serial book or something. i just sit back and wait for it to unfold in stages. and i love green. can't wait to see it...

ever thought about doing a theme guitar.. pixiescaster?? :) i don't know entirely what that means other than it would have to do with the pixies, but i think you could do it. :) haha good luck!

October 1st, 2007, 11:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 57 Posts: 8,344 1 Photos	The Emeraldcaster Project (aka Son of Meloncaster) Well kids, the parts are mostly collected...the body is cut out and (mostly) grainfilled and sealed. I have a fine Allparts necks. Checkerboards from Brian England. Binding from StewMac. Somewhere I have a box full of hardware. Plus, and this might be the most important, out in the garage I have a quart can of DEFT and a box full of PREVAL sprayers ... and that all important respirator. and I think I'm ready to start the nitty gritty soon. Do you want to wait and see the finished product in a few months... Or would you rather see just about every painful proceedure and mistake? By the way, I have to admit that I am no Ed Hawley. I bought some of these parts ready made. __________________ "If you can't say something nice... don't say nothing at all." - Thumper the Rabbit "An awfully lot of time can be wasted waiting for the right time." - Gunsmoke's Doc Adams

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aznrambo481 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: La Jolla, California Age: 18 Posts: 2,902 6 Photos	is that a bag of green sparkles? yessss! __________________ Check out my bands, and feel free to PM me comments on them! The Eclectics (guitar/vocals) SLIP (bass)

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getbent Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: San Benito County, California Posts: 13,585 37 Photos	It is my favorite color! Gotta be rosewood neck though! I wanna see every step... with the culminating one of me opening up the box at my HOUSE! __________________ Let me preface this by saying I don't know anything about anything.-- Allen St. John

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emailhot Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Leduc, Alberta, Canada Age: 36 Posts: 221 3 Photos	Do you want to wait and see the finished product in a few months... Or would you rather see just about every painful proceedure and mistake? well Bucko, my vote is for every detail I love these builds of yours __________________ Ed Mailhot Modded Squier Vintage Mod now w/4-way and gfs pickups Aria Ad-28c W/b-band nady wireless Vox DA-15 &Crate Palomino V3212

October 2nd, 2007, 12:12 AM	#8 (permalink)
andy__woods Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Michigan Age: 24 Posts: 1,205 60 Photos	oh yeah, every procedure. can't wait Bucko! __________________ -- Andy "Woods" Crowder --

October 2nd, 2007, 12:04 AM	#7 (permalink)
Captain HiTop TDPRI Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 36	every painful procedure and mistake the more of your build threads on this board the better imo cheers, ch

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Ronkirn VENDOR Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2003 Location: Jacksonville, FL Age: 63 Posts: 3,882	Stevie. . . It's almost Winter... where's the Scotch? Ron Kirn __________________ "Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain." "The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself ." BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. www.ronkirn.com

October 2nd, 2007, 01:00 AM	#10 (permalink)
Nick JD Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2007 Location: North NSW, Australia Age: 37 Posts: 4,824	Step by step all the way up the yellow brick road, Buck.

October 2nd, 2007, 02:55 AM	#11 (permalink)
TWANGNUT Tele-Holic Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: fl Age: 37 Posts: 510 13 Photos	Every Little Detail, PLEASE!!! Oh Boy!!! Goody, Goody here we go again!!! Count me for a maple neck. Use silver or gold sparkles on the head and red on the pg. Then you could call it the *CLAUSCASTER*....HO...HO...HO!!! __________________ He who expecteth nothin' ain't gone be denied! Jerry Reed

October 2nd, 2007, 03:19 AM	#12 (permalink)
byrdbrain Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sweden Age: 51 Posts: 1,669 4 Photos	This will be the best! If there's a name for that finish, I'm pretty sure it's Zircon Encrusted Christmas Tree Green. You'll need a Jimmy Martin outfit with that one! __________________ In vino securitas

October 2nd, 2007, 03:26 AM	#13 (permalink)
wikur Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 417 18 Photos	I really do love the internet!. Specially when Buckocaster starts a new thread!. The TDPRI alone is worth the money I pay for my connection.I`m really lookin`forward to follow this thread from start to finish.Thanks Buckocaster,I know I will like this!! Cheers Wikur!

October 2nd, 2007, 09:56 AM	#14 (permalink)
doster Tele-Holic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 633	I like to watch Want to see everything. __________________ “You don't find a style, ... a style finds you.” Keith Richards

October 2nd, 2007, 11:50 AM	#17 (permalink)
spankdplank Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Houston, Tx. Posts: 1,021 28 Photos	Oh boy--time for sparkle school! I can hardly wait. DETAILS, PLEASE! Emerald green, eh? As they say in Ireland, time for a pint o Guiness and some craic.

October 2nd, 2007, 12:16 PM	#18 (permalink)
telel6s Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,303 67 Photos	Color Suggestion May I make a suggestion to match Mazda's Emerald Green used on the 2001 Miata? Not that I'm biased or anything. emeraldgreen.jpg emeraldgreen2.jpg __________________ Mama always said, "A little tone is good for the soul." I'm riding in the MS150 June 6-7, 2009.

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Atrox TDPRI Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Rochester, NY Age: 36 Posts: 99	I love your threads

October 2nd, 2007, 04:11 PM	#21 (permalink)
kinkstah Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Brittany Age: 38 Posts: 286	Hi, Although being a new member here, I've been visiting the TDPRI for months before actually joining in, and your previous build threads were absolute pleasure! Pleeeaase, let us know about the details on this one too!

October 2nd, 2007, 04:52 PM	#22 (permalink)
Hockey Rocker Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Gone Age: 47 Posts: 1,180	Great! I'm glad to see this BuckoSparklecaster is being built. I'm really anxious to see how the Preval unit works with the glitter. I'm particularly interested to understand what type of nozzle allows the glitter to pass through the spray unit and how well it covers. I went the rattle spray and sprinkle dry and rattle spray clear route and it used a ton of clear; at least thirty coats. Preval must be better. I'm holding off on my next Sparklecaster build until Uncle Buck gives us the full tutorial. This winter's job is a simple Telecaster style classic 60's Partscaster for me. If anyone needs sparkle, drop me a private message. I've got lots of glitter that I can send you as a free sample.

October 2nd, 2007, 04:56 PM	#23 (permalink)
jazztele Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: chicago Age: 30 Posts: 4,046	i think this is going to be the best one yet... __________________ "Jazz isn't a what, it's a how" -- Bill Evans

October 2nd, 2007, 05:03 PM	#24 (permalink)
ehawley Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Keyport, New Jersey Age: 56 Posts: 1,212 48 Photos	Hey Bucko!! You know me...I love to see every step in painful color!! I'm Irish! I love green! This is gonna be great! Lookin' forward to this! Cheers' ED

October 2nd, 2007, 05:24 PM	#25 (permalink)
woodman Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mint Hill, NC Age: 63 Posts: 8,011	good lord, bucko, you're the energizer rabbit of Teles! bring it on! __________________ Truth is stranger than fact ... www.myspace.com/stragglerswing (Woody & the Stragglers - Western Swing/Roots-rock)

October 2nd, 2007, 07:16 PM	#26 (permalink)
fenderix Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Europe Posts: 3,706	Hurrayy - yessirr, Bucko's at it again! Thank God you got the itch in your fingers once more. Wonderful threads these ... I'll be following your updates!

October 2nd, 2007, 08:04 PM	#27 (permalink)
telex Tele-Holic Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Hampshire, USA Age: 40 Posts: 566	Aye laddie, a wee bit of the emerald green . It will be perfect for those st. Patrick's day gigs! I am glad to see you willing to iron out all of the kinks, and to get a perfect sparkle with a pre-val. Thanks for showing all the struggles and revelations along the way! Are you still doing a John Deere Green too?

October 2nd, 2007, 08:28 PM	#28 (permalink)
Dep Tele-Meister Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: St Johns, Florida Posts: 320	HOT ZOT! Been waiting for the emerald green project to start. Love green. And of course, we want enery little detail as you go. Dep

October 2nd, 2007, 08:32 PM	#29 (permalink)
Nick JD Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2007 Location: North NSW, Australia Age: 37 Posts: 4,824	Do we get two projects at once? Please!

October 2nd, 2007, 09:19 PM	#30 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 57 Posts: 8,344 1 Photos	Gosh! It sounds like I don't have much of a choice! I'll be sure to crank up the old Olympus and capture all of the gory detail. The way it looks now, I should start on the back binding tomorrow night. (How's that for commitment?) Thanks for all of the warm fuzzies. __________________ "If you can't say something nice... don't say nothing at all." - Thumper the Rabbit "An awfully lot of time can be wasted waiting for the right time." - Gunsmoke's Doc Adams

IMPORTANT:Treat everyone here with respect, no matter how difficult! No sex, drug, political, religion or hate discussion permitted here.

October 2nd, 2007, 10:43 PM	#31 (permalink)
milkshape Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New England Posts: 513	So buck, I imagine the can of deft and the prevals are an attempt to eliminate the need for you to visit your pro painter buddy with a paper bag that's brown out the outside and green on the inside? It would be great to learn a homegrown method for covering the "flake" aka green sparkle pixie dust! <obvious>This will be fun!</obvious> c'mon get goin'! just caught the end of the melloncaster thread, nice work w/ spankdaplank. so um, er, nevermind __________________ No hurries, No worries. Last edited by milkshape; October 2nd, 2007 at 10:51 PM. Reason: really I am paying attention!

October 2nd, 2007, 11:42 PM	#32 (permalink)
milkshape Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New England Posts: 513	Hey bucko! so did you use paint with pearl as the source for the flake? binding done? Hands super glue free yet? __________________ No hurries, No worries.

October 3rd, 2007, 12:01 AM	#34 (permalink)
milkshape Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New England Posts: 513	I'm sure your students will appreciate it, the ones that passed anyway. I know how work gets in the way, ah to independently wealthy, well at least we have our teles. I'll check with spankdplank, the site arlo posted says it's .004, looked awful small to me, but I'm am the ultimate neophyte. __________________ No hurries, No worries.

October 3rd, 2007, 11:41 PM	#36 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 57 Posts: 8,344 1 Photos	So you want the painful details? Here are the supplies we will need to cut the channel for the back binding. The world's worst handheld router, my box of Grizzly bearing-guided rabbeting cutters, a microcometer, some binding, and a body. Let's measure up the binding. It's this high. and this thick. Once we know that we can set up the cutter in the router. The depth (thickness) of the cut is pretty good. I'll leave this bearing on. __________________ "If you can't say something nice... don't say nothing at all." - Thumper the Rabbit "An awfully lot of time can be wasted waiting for the right time." - Gunsmoke's Doc Adams

October 3rd, 2007, 11:51 PM	#37 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 57 Posts: 8,344 1 Photos	Then we need to put the cutter in the router and set it to cut the proper depth. That looks pretty good. We don't even really need to look at the numbers on the micrometer. Just set things so that they match up. We'll make a pass on a piece of scrap to check things. Pretty bad picture, but it does fit pretty good. Now let's clamp down the body and cut a channel. I discovered tonight that it is pretty difficult to route and take photos at the same time. You sort of have to keep both hand on the router. __________________ "If you can't say something nice... don't say nothing at all." - Thumper the Rabbit "An awfully lot of time can be wasted waiting for the right time." - Gunsmoke's Doc Adams

October 3rd, 2007, 11:58 PM	#38 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 57 Posts: 8,344 1 Photos	Ouch! While removing a clamp, I got a bit cocky and lazy, and hit the wood with the end of a clamp. Dum da dum dum! Fortunately this body is getting painted. Maybe that why ALL of my bodies get painted. With my freshly routed body, I'm moving in the house to glue on the binding. Here are the supplies I'll be using. Pretty straight forward. Binding, cyanoacrylate glue, scissors, and some filamented strapping tape. Let's prepare some tape. Got to cut this stuff with the Fiskars. It's tough! We'll put it in storage for future use. Those teacher's editions come in handy! __________________ "If you can't say something nice... don't say nothing at all." - Thumper the Rabbit "An awfully lot of time can be wasted waiting for the right time." - Gunsmoke's Doc Adams

October 4th, 2007, 12:07 AM	#39 (permalink)
Buckocaster51 Poster Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa USA Age: 57 Posts: 8,344 1 Photos	And now...we start glueing. Remember when you were a kid and glued those balsawood airplanes together? For best results you would always put a "priming" layer of glue down...something to soak into the wood first...before you put the real glue on? Gonna do the same thing here. While that is soaking in, let's try to shape the binding to fit some of the bends. (Actually, I did this before I put on the glue.) And let's work on the shape of the recurve. YES! That is an official teacher's pen that I am using! When we are happy with things, let's put some more glue on and start taping things in place. __________________ "If you can't say something nice... don't say nothing at all." - Thumper the Rabbit "An awfully lot of time can be wasted waiting for the right time." - Gunsmoke's Doc Adams

October 4th, 2007, 12:13 AM	#40 (permalink)
bonemachine78 Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: stow, ohio Age: 27 Posts: 134	oh awesome another one! bucko rock on man.. i love your build threads. it's like reading a serial book or something. i just sit back and wait for it to unfold in stages. and i love green. can't wait to see it... ever thought about doing a theme guitar.. pixiescaster?? :) i don't know entirely what that means other than it would have to do with the pixies, but i think you could do it. :) haha good luck!