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by John Sonksen
Sun Jul 08, 2012 12:55 am
Forum: Glues and Finishes
Topic: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body
Replies: 64
Views: 45440

Re: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body

Yes Rodger I was cutting wood, it really seemed to bind a lot. I guess it makes sense that stone or shell won't do this as it shouldn't have any memory like wood does. I don't know exactly what kind of blades came with the saw, my wife got it for me for christmas but I'm guessing they were made in c...
by John Sonksen
Fri Jul 06, 2012 5:18 pm
Forum: Glues and Finishes
Topic: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body
Replies: 64
Views: 45440

Re: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body

John, you may be surprised that the intarsia inlay on the headstock turns out to be easier than the bindings! :D At least it was, and still is, for that matter, for me. I also had a pretty good woodworking background when I started my first guitar, just before the turn of the century. You may want ...
by John Sonksen
Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:51 pm
Forum: Glues and Finishes
Topic: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body
Replies: 64
Views: 45440

Re: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body

You're right and Barry I apologize. I shouldn't have gotten caught up in an emotional reaction when it's obvious you were trying to help.
by John Sonksen
Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:24 pm
Forum: Glues and Finishes
Topic: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body
Replies: 64
Views: 45440

Re: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body

I got prickly because the inference is that because I'm new at making guitars I don't understand that there is glue squeeze out created by glue joints, and it was also inferred that I was somehow attempting to completely finish the top and THEN attempt to inlay the binding in the hopes that it would...
by John Sonksen
Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:03 am
Forum: Glues and Finishes
Topic: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body
Replies: 64
Views: 45440

Re: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body

Yep, add a black purfling line, and after you've levelled everything, mask around the bindings and shellac/seal them, remove the mask and tidy up the line with a scraper if you need to. Then do your dye job. Do any sanding back to pop the grain if you're planning that now, and then shellac/seal eve...
by John Sonksen
Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:56 am
Forum: Glues and Finishes
Topic: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body
Replies: 64
Views: 45440

Re: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body

Barry Daniels wrote:I apoligize for trying to be helpful. Won't make that mistake with you again.
Alright!
by John Sonksen
Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:28 pm
Forum: Glues and Finishes
Topic: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body
Replies: 64
Views: 45440

Re: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body

I assure you that nobody here is picking a fight, but without emoticons it may seem so - that is why I put a smiley face in my post. Your experience in woodworking is a big advantage for you, however you have never scraped binding flush to a guitar body - and that is a key piece of experience you n...
by John Sonksen
Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:34 pm
Forum: Glues and Finishes
Topic: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body
Replies: 64
Views: 45440

Re: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body

I agree with Barry. It may sound like semantics until you scrape the binding and find that the edge of your maple plate has lost it's "popped" look. Then it will be reality, not language. :D It may work, but it also might be a big waste of time. At which point I could mask it off and re-a...
by John Sonksen
Thu Jul 05, 2012 2:18 pm
Forum: Glues and Finishes
Topic: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body
Replies: 64
Views: 45440

Re: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body

Barry Daniels wrote:I consider the dye and shellac sealer to be part of finishing. I stand by my recommendations to do no finishing before installing the bindings. I don't know anyone who has ever done this successfully. Proceed at your own risk.
Seems like a semantical argument to me but duly noted.
by John Sonksen
Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:12 am
Forum: Glues and Finishes
Topic: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body
Replies: 64
Views: 45440

Re: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body

Doing any finish work before installing binding is a big mistake that is seldom understood by new builders. Installing binding involves glue squeeze out, scraping the binding level, and sanding everything level. Finishes on adjacent surfaces will not survive this work. Get your woodworking done fir...
by John Sonksen
Thu Jul 05, 2012 12:10 am
Forum: Glues and Finishes
Topic: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body
Replies: 64
Views: 45440

Re: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body

I think I figured it out. I'm going to finish sanding the profile on my top until it's right. Next I'm going to rout the ledge for the bindings, after which I'll pop the grain with my dye that I think I'm going to mix with water(?) so it won't react to the shellac that I'm going to put on the ledge....
by John Sonksen
Wed Jul 04, 2012 1:14 pm
Forum: Glues and Finishes
Topic: using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body
Replies: 64
Views: 45440

using natural binding/purfling with dyed and stained body

I've got a dilemma I'm trying to work through and I wonder if anyone can point me in the right direction. I'm getting really close to finishing up my first guitar and I'm trying to figure out which steps to do next. What I'm using is a flame maple top, back and sides on an electric that I was wantin...
by John Sonksen
Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:14 pm
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Carving Necks
Replies: 28
Views: 26216

Re: Carving Necks

I've come to like using micro-planes. They are like shure-forms, but they have much-finer cutters. I have no problem using them on curly-maple. I switch to spokeshaves, and then scrapers after finish the roughing with the micro-planes. I was spying these at the wood shop the other day, I bet they d...
by John Sonksen
Sun Jun 17, 2012 12:47 am
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Wraparound bridge location
Replies: 4
Views: 5128

Re: Wraparound bridge location

mystery solved folks, just got the bridge and it has adjuster screws where the posts go that allow you to adjust each side towards or away from the neck. So I think I could do it either way, stagger the posts or make them level. There does seem to be a lot more travel for the saddles than my ABR typ...
by John Sonksen
Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:57 pm
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Wraparound bridge location
Replies: 4
Views: 5128

Wraparound bridge location

Hi folks, I'm building a LP DC for a friend and he has spec'd out a resomax wraparound tailpiece/bridge. I'm wondering if it should be angled like a Tune-o-matic bridge or whether it has enough saddle travel to get the compensation I need. I've seen pics of guitars both ways and like the look of it ...
by John Sonksen
Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:41 pm
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: bending figured maple
Replies: 24
Views: 25045

Re: bending figured maple

I finally had some success today. I think I didn't have my pipe hot enough actually, and I spent a little time messing with my torch until I got things just right. I kept the wood mostly dry but occasionally spritzed it with a spray bottle and took my time. The technique I used was no back band, I t...
by John Sonksen
Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:41 am
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: bending figured maple
Replies: 24
Views: 25045

Re: bending figured maple

Runout is not really relevant to curly maple because the curl is runout. A backing metal strip may be helpful. I tried using aluminum flashing and it just wouldn't stay in contact with the wood. As soon as I tried to bend it the wood would kink and tear right under the strip. It was actually easier...
by John Sonksen
Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:22 pm
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: bending figured maple
Replies: 24
Views: 25045

Re: bending figured maple

Thanks Steve, that makes a whole lot of sense. I'd guess that given the way my wood was tending to break it had quite a bit of runout. It seemed to break at an angle of maybe 30 degrees, and since I didn't make my edge banding from a thick piece of wood I can only speculate as to what it truly was.(...

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