Fret ends filed flush then beveled. I used my jeweler's file with the safe edge to slightly hemisphere all the fret ends a bit. It takes that sharp corner edge off where all the surfaces meet.
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Wow, thanks guitarbuilder!
I didn't want to pull us off-topic, but I always loved the way Uncle Tom wrote, his test drives were my favorite part of the magazine (Mimi's pictorials were also enjoyed).
By the way, Popular Mechanics published a Tele-style project at some point in the early 1990s. It's a two-pickup with a Strat style floating bridge.
I didn't want to pull us off-topic, but I always loved the way Uncle Tom wrote, his test drives were my favorite part of the magazine (Mimi's pictorials were also enjoyed).
By the way, Popular Mechanics published a Tele-style project at some point in the early 1990s. It's a two-pickup with a Strat style floating bridge.
Yes, I had a subscription when that 90's issue came out. It's buried someplace in my back room.
https://www.google.com/search?q=mec...d+september+1990+guitar&imgrc=bOc-ymzExvb5HM:
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GunsOfBrixton
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Coming along very nicely Marty!
Thanks Robert! Kind of Springish today, eh?
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Looking good!
Jfellows
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Fretwork is looking good!
physicsteach
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Popular Mechanics back issues are on google books.
That's a good link. Thanks! It is interesting to read of the techniques used. Cut and sand the perimeter. Make templates for routs utilizing guide bushings. The technology at the time. Flush trim bits were not available like they are today. Tear out was virtually unknown.
I had a little walnut behind the fretboard that needed to be removed. I used the HF flush cut saw here:
I put some lines corresponding to the taper of the top at the fretboard. This needed to be removed. I just cut inside the lines on the bandsaw and then took a chisel to clean it up until it dropped down on the neck. Yes, it was raining between the shed and the house.
Then I glued it down with a large caul underneath.
Then I glued it down with a large caul underneath.
Tatercaster
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Looking at the heel of the neck and the transition to the body; you are going to have a sharp corner on the cut away side of the body when you put the bottom on. Are you planning on rounding that corner?
It'll look kind of like a Les Paul neck to body joint in that spot. I'll put a radius there where the surfaces are square right now.
It's now unclamped. I cleaned up the squeeze out.
nickhofen
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Fret ends filed flush then beveled. I used my jeweler's file with the safe edge to slightly hemisphere all the fret ends a bit. It takes that sharp corner edge off where all the surfaces meet.
Nice work Marty!!!
Always something to learn from you.
Thanks...but I think this technique came from Dan Erlewine, Frank Ford, or somebody else. It's a good one to develop. It takes a twist of the wrist while filing down. It's pretty easy once you do it a bit.
Tatercaster
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Since this is a neck thru guitar, I would have gone with a contoured heel like on Paul Bigsby's guitars. You'd have easier access to the higher frets. I'll have to try this some day. I can't quite remember how the LP's neck heel looks like.
Zepfan
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It's now unclamped. I cleaned up the squeeze out.
Reminds me of a Les Paul in the front, but a Stratocaster in the back.
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