Not again!! Elpee Standard to replace the one that got away.

Freeman: That's a great tip. I will probably use that idea. The watchmaker's pliers idea did not work - they won't cut the tangs; but I do have compound action sprue cutters, that will take most of the work out of that task.

I had a few minutes while proofing loaves of bread (40 minutes), so I made the neck profile templates. And now after preheating the oven to 400 degrees F., in another 40 minutes fresh bread should be done and ready to come out of the oven .

I also measured the distance from the last nut cut to the 12th fret on an inlayed fretboard that Guitarbuilder had sent me many years ago. It measured 314.0 mm x 2 = 628/25.4 = 24.724 scale length. Not sure what it's for, but maybe someday I can build a guitar to use that. It's already bound and side dotted, and inlayed. Too pretty to not use it. Thanks, again, Marty.

Now - back to the Bat Cave to try to frame up a a box to run the router on to create the pickup and neck planes.

Photos at the 11:00 News Break.

 

Neck profiles:

 

I made a box to plane the body, now jut have to make a sled

 

No, sorry, BSF is not the same as UNF. Completely different thread configuration. The Dremel is 3/4-12 and US UNF is 3/4-16. It's more like our garden hose connections or tubing fittings for plumbing.

 

Yes Dave, that is correct. The nose threads are 3/4"-12 BSF, again not common in the US. It's in between the coarse 3/4-10 UNC and the fine 3/4-16 UNF. Dremel has the nose caps, but I am not sure of the price. I will contact them again and see if they can sell me a few.

Dog gone Dog - she woke me up 3 times last night to go out and do her business. Since we don't have a fenced yard, I have to get dressed, and put her on a leash and walk her to her favorite spots in the yard. If she wasn't so darned sweet, I'd lock her in a closet.

Makes for a lot of staring at the ceiling trying to go back to sleep. But also allowed my brain to re-process the steps I still have to complete on this build. My box is bass-ackward. Instead of raising the guitar body to make the angle (as I would have to as configured), I need to remove the cross braces at the bottom, and pivot the box frame to the angles. DOH. My angst of the plane cuttings has been the main reason I've been slow to progress. Oh, what the heck - just dig in and go for it. Tomorrow night!! Too many meetings and kid shuttling for tonight.

 

No tracking info, then voila, it appears in the mail. Cheap Imported Pearloid!!!

 

I figure about 4.5" strip x 2" wide should be enough for all of the inlays on the neck. I should be able to get at least 2 guitars worth out of each sheet, and I have 4 sheets 4"x8 - for about $10 delivered (5 weeks to get to me).

 

It's celluloid pearloid - here's the link I found back in early January:
http://www.suntekstore.com/goods.ph...MI1snDpde44AIVhUOGCh0LUwR8EAQYASABEgKrfPD_BwE

 

Yes, it's thin, but Rothco & Frost is also 0.08" thick and $20 per 4x8 sheet. I think it'll work, but I'll have to learn how to do it. Because it's a plastic, I may be able to heat it slightly with a heat gun, and bend to fit the contour of the neck, to help eliminate excessive sanding. I'll have to make a 24" diameter surface of steel to place the warmed pieces onto to form them. It doesn't have to be very large, but maybe a "T" shaped to place in a vise. We'll burn that bridge when we cross it.

 

Just measured thickness - 1.11 to 1.15 mm.