T00DEEPBLUE

It was only today that i realized that this is whoomit's build.

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von Layzonfon

Nice.

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whoomit

Not bad for a stupid Pit-Monkey eh?

Well my string ferrules arrived today. You can really tell they're cheap. Two of them have grooves that go around the hole, three are perfectly flat, and one's completely off centre

Anyway, time to go see about fretting and radiusing and that lot.

Eep.

Telecaster7

This build makes me moist, but I think I made that clear already. Keep at it!

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whoomit

Why thank you

Well here's my method for fret slotting. Firstly, mark on my centre line and tape on an accurate ruler! Make sure your pencil's hella sharp, and have a pencil sharpener on hand. A chair, something to eat, and a drink (usually tea, but in this case it's honey and lemon) also come in handy


Mark the points of the frets along the centre line, and then use a protractor to score the fret slots perpindicular to the centre line with a sharp knife:

Then I go through the slots a few more times with the knife to deepen the slot. This gives my saw something to follow:

Then I drag my Japanese saw through the knife scores, and voilà, slots are done! You can see my less than perfect slots here:

I've never been great at slotting. It doesn't tend to matter though because next I'll be radiusing the fretboard, which'll erase any imperfections. That's me all done for today, and I don't think I'll be doing anything tomorrow as I'm going to partake in an airsoft event!

Insanity ninja

You did use a try square for those perpendicular lines right? But that's coming along nicely man... Wish I had the skills and tools to attempt this...

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whoomit

No, a protractor. I'm working from a centreline.

A tri-square wouldn't work because the edges of the fretboard are angled.

Insanity ninja

Ahh, I see... That sounds bloody hard to do man. Sweet project!

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whoomit

Well it's easier for me to do that then to try and make sure I glue the fretboard on perfectly square

Rory Kavanagh

Looks great so far. Stickied!!! Keep up the good work

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sam b

moar work & pics k thnx

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whoomit

So the day before yesterday I started radiusing the fretboard with a plane. Turns out it doesn't like being planed, so I just had to radius it with a sanding block:

Next I marked the centre of my fret markers, and punched the centre:

Holes drilled, inlays glued in and sanded flush:

Next I cleared the slots of all the dust with a knife blade. Unfortunately the tip of the blade snapped off in the slot of the 20th fret which meant I slipped out and cut the nicely sanded board:

To remedy this I sanded the board down some more until the mark was gone, and then cleared the frets VERY carefully I again. Then I cut the slots to final depts. Next I took a small triangular needle file to the slots, this helps to guide the fret into the slot. It also means if it ever gets refretted, the removal of the frets won't chip the surface of the board. You can see the two on the left have been filed, and the two on the right haven't yet:

Sanded to 600 grit, that shine

And some curry that I found in the fridge for lunch:

rocknroll93

now that's how a curry should look....

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Yay update! 4 meh 2 <3

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guitar-tin

I like this wallet on the left!

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Telecaster7

I'm digging this thread.


Also, I made lemon chicken for lunch yesterday. It. Was. Delicious. I suggest you name this The Curry/Lemon Chicken/Bacon Butty Guitar.

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This should be called "the Lunch Build". The has to be an equal Food:Guitar ratio of pictures.

I love it so far. it looks great.

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whoomit

Well after I had eaten my lunch I started fretting. I forgot I have awkward fretwire. Too thick to fit in slots cut by a japanese saw, and too thin to fit in slots cut by a gentleman's saw. Anyway, I cut through all my slots again with my gentleman's saw, the filing I'd done with the triangular file helped guide the saw into the centre. I did the slots one at a time, and then hammered in the fret. This way I kept changing jobs and was less likely to lose concentration:

I had a break after 9 frets, my back was killing. Anyway, you might be wondering how the frets stayed in if the slots were too wide? With my homemade fret tang wideners!


So I got it all fretted:

I had to stop there though. My dad moved all my fret files and we can't find them Work will continue once I've found them I guess...

Telecaster7

Wohmt, pls cuntinu.

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