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That looks gret!

Very interesting, enjoyed following this. Lovely work.

So sorry to hear this. His was the first guitar building book I bought and got me into this.

Glad to hear it has found a new home.

Add me to the list please.

neat, could be useful for trimming brace ends too.

Not sure if the top is solid. There appears to be edge banding of crosscut veneers which would be unusual on a solid top. Could very well be wrong but better to double check before you start cutting it up.

Lovely work and like how the head inlay goes down the fingerboard. Lovely clean work. I am with you on the finish, I like wood to look like wood. Not a fan of the high gloss factory look finish though I know a lot of people like it and some customers expect it. Different strokes!

That looks great! Is it a craved top and back? Very ambitious for a first one and I bet it wont be your last! Once you have bitten the building bug its worse than crystal meth!!

Ugly? some people have no taste and should be ignored ! I love it!

Oops I've done it again! Didn't realise I had posted twice already!

Barry Daniels wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 17, 2020 6:34 pm

Hey Bob, what do you use as a grain filler under Tru Oil?

I use Zpoxy as a grain filler under Tru Oil. Robbie O'Brien has a tutorial on his YouTube channel

I use Zpoxy as a grain filler under Tru Oil. Robbie O'Brien has a tutorial on his YouTube channel

Thanks everybody for all the advice! As Barry said, my neck is mahogany, and so needs to have grain filled somehow. Now, when I've looked around, I've found a number of people who seem to think that tru oil does a decent job of filling grain itself, and they don't seem to use a separate grain fille...

Thanks everybody for all the advice! As Barry said, my neck is mahogany, and so needs to have grain filled somehow. Now, when I've looked around, I've found a number of people who seem to think that tru oil does a decent job of filling grain itself, and they don't seem to use a separate grain fille...

I apply Tru Oil with a rubber like french polishing. A cotton rag filled with a ball of cotton waste. Leaves a nice thin even film.

You do not need pore filler because cedar and cherry are "closed pore" species. I am not familiar with either of your two finish selections so I can't help you there. But I would recommend that you consider Tru-Oil which is a wipe-on varnish like product that is VERY user friendly. There are tons o...

I repaired a beam on a gazebo, that got broken by a falling tree, with PU glue rather than replacing the beam. That was 12 years ago and its still good!

Why not rout a small recess in the bottom of the edge of the fingerboard, say 1/4 inch wide, and deep enough to take the veneer or fibre. glue it in at same time as you glue fingerboard. I did this on my last one and it works well

Make sure and wear gloves. If you get it on your hands it turns black and you cant get it off. You have to wait on skin cells dying and falling off and it takes weeks. If it is still wet acetone may get it off. I once asked on a woodwork forum how to get this stuff off your hands once its dry and wa...