Drill Baby, Drill!

Submitted by Leif on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 7:28pm

 It's time again for the latest update on the guitar build!  In the last entry I fit the necks to the body - in this entry, I'll turn my attention fully to the bodies.  In particular, I'm going to focus my attention on the various holes that need drilling on the body and the challenges they posed me (you wouldn't think drilling a hole would pose much of a challenge, would you?).

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Setting the Necks

Submitted by Leif on Thu, 08/19/2010 - 5:59am

 The next entry in the guitar build has arrived <insert vocal accolades>.  In the last entry the necks were substantially finished sans tuners and finish.  In this entry I'll fit them to the roughed out bodies.  It's been a while since I paid attention to them as they've been set aside while I worked on the necks..

 As you may remember, I made an extra neck to use as practice for the other two.  While I wouldn't say they went perfectly, all of them came out well enough that I figured it was silly not to make a body for the third.  So, I glued together a couple pieces of alder and went to town - this will be another telecaster style body.

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The Joiner and Cabinet Maker

Submitted by Leif on Thu, 08/12/2010 - 9:02am

The Joiner and Cabinet Maker

Authors:  Anon, Christopher Schwarz, and Joel Moskowitz

ISBN: 978-0-578-03926-8

Available through The Lost Art Press (with DVD here);  Tools for Working Wood; and Lee Valley.

Published 1839; 1841; 1883 (w/addendum), and 2009 (expanded edition includes 1883 addendum and added commentary, notes, and instructions)

First published in 1839, The Joiner and Cabinet Maker is an instructional text on the life of a young joiner's apprentice, and tells the story of a fictional young apprentice by the name of Thomas, starting with his applying for the position and his initial duties in the shop.  Eventually, Thomas builds a client a small packing box, then a "School Box", and finally a simple dresser.  The author goes into great detail on all of these projects Thomas completes, giving us one of the earliest, intimate views of early 19th century woodworking procedures and techniques.

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Fretting

Submitted by Leif on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 7:16am

After last week's rounding of the neck and fingerboard radiusing, this edition of the guitar build will focus on installing the frets into the neck, along with a little finish work.   The necks at this stage are shaped and sanded, but not finish sanded yet. 

I'm getting a little ahead, truth is there is one little area of shaping left to do.  When the fingerboard is radiused, the transition between the headstock is affected and looks a little off to me.

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Rounded and Radiused

Submitted by Leif on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 7:37am

 In this chapter of the scratch built guitars saga I will continue the work on the necks...  In the last chapter I slotted for the frets and installed fingerboard marker dots...  Now I will round the back of the neck and put a 9-1/2" radius on the face of the fingerboard, and install the marker dots on the sides.

 First up is to round off the back of these boards so that they actually start to resemble a neck..

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