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In the past couple weeks in guitar building we used a 7/8” Forstner bit to drill the electrical outlet through the bottom of the body into the area where the electronics will be held. We also sanded down the nut so it would fit into the nut slot on the neck, and super glued itContinue reading “Week Number 8”

This week in guitar building we began by using a round-over bit on a router table to round out the edges on the guitar body, making sure to keep it moving and go against the rotation of the bit to prevent burning from friction and the body being pushed out of my hands. Next IContinue reading “Week Number 7”

This week in guitar building I started by filing my fret ends flush to the board. Then I used a purple sharpie to cover all the frets and sanded the frets on a sanding beam so they’d all be at the same level, followed by sharpie again. Next I used a fret recrowning tool toContinue reading “Week number 6”

This week in guitar building I didn’t get that much done. The first thing I did was clean two pieces of fret wire using acetone and a paper towel, if you don’t do this the black gunk on the wire spreads into the fret board. Next, I bent the fret wire the the corrected radiusContinue reading “Week Number 5”

This week in guitar building we sanded a LOT. First I used a rasp to make the transition from headstock to neck smooth. Next we placed a strip of gaffers tape on the back of some sandpaper and, in a shoe shining motion, sanded the neck to make the sides flush with the fret board.Continue reading “Week Number 4”

This week I began by finishing up marking the spots from my fretboard inlays, followed by drilling the holes using a forstner bit. I then went with Sam who helped me drill my electrical holes, which resulted in a pretty mixture of wood chip colors. I also glued my inlays and cut them to size,Continue reading “Week number 3”

For some reason my week one text deleted itself so I’m rewriting it because I’m annoyed. During the first week of guitar building we began by discussing what we would be doing during the course, this included: talking about blog posts, learning a few tools we’d be using, and seeing some examples of finished guitarsContinue reading “Week Number 1”

I started the week by cutting out my headstock design on the band saw. The next few days I spent sanding my fret board with a 12″ radius, 120 grit, sanding block; this took forever but it turned out pretty perfect. Next I used the spindle sander to sand my headstock shape so it wasn’tContinue reading “Week Number 2”