I had my first adventure with cutting F-Holes today. This resulted in the use of the F word often.
Mostly, it was my fault. I cut them on my scroll saw. I had one blade left, and it was not a very good one. Then I kept hitting soft patches in the wood. On those parts, the blade cut really well. Really fast too!
I also had the bright idea of using my wife's vinyl cutting machine to cut templates. Well, vinyl and sawdust really like each other. Something about static. I usually couldn't see my cut line. My built in air pump on the scroll saw couldn't keep up, and neither could my own built in hot air machine.
End the end, I'm relatively happy. I have more sanding to do, and I'm considering painting the edges black, but I haven't decided on that yet.
This box is going to be a Ukulele soon.
Trey
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You guys probably already know this, but the Violin guys cheat a bit at these. They cut the circles with a "cutter" kind of half drill bit half hole punch thing. You can pick them up from violin maker sites. Kinda spendy though. Only good if you like cutting a lot of 'F' holes.
Beautiful work! One trick to try: I put blue tape on the box, and use spray paint on a stencil that's lightly glued down...
Really slow speed on my scroll saw is all I can handle...
Beautiful job on your F*#$%*!@# holes, lol
lookin mighty fine ..
ps .. here's a tip on something you should borrow from the wife to help in final sanding touch up .
She is good at hiding things that I could consider useful.
I took some popsicle sticks, some spray glue, sandpaper, and made my own. This worked really well because the sandpaper had the fuzzy velcro type stuff on the back, so it gave them a little padding.
sweet ;-)
I use a big Sharpie to "paint" the inner edge of sound holes, and speaker holes in cigar box amps.
I use a Q-Tip and spray paint, but I like the sharpie idea...
Nice job, they look good.
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