Here they are. Was a fun project. Most of the hard work was done with a drill press. Tuners and area right under bridge was done with forstner bits. Plays good. Now gotta learn how to play it.
Screws were left over from the hinge that I wanted to use for a tail piece, but the holes were too large. So I used the screws in the fingerboard. Drilled a pilot hole and needed a countersink, so I went though a bunch of phillips screw bits to find the one with the right taper and chucked it into the drill press. Made great countersinks that matched the screws perfectly. The fingerboard is a pine latace so the bit had no trouble.
Most work was figuring out how I wanted to do the fingerboard. Dark stain and a couple coats of Tru-oil gun stock finish. Then taped off and spray painted the fret lines, then another coat of the Tru-oil. Didn't glue the fingerboard, those ten screws are holding just fine.
Tru-oil was used on the poplar neck board too. Stuff is easy to use. Just wipe it on and buff with 0000 steel wool when dry.
I wish I could say "yes" but no, they are vinyl PET stickers from Jocomo on e-bay. Great quality, using them on some other builds. I bury them in poly so they are completely flush.
Jon Pruett said:
That's a beauty! Great job on the fret marker inlays - did you shape those from scratch youself?
Hal "PairsNPaint" Spalter said:
Very nice and clean. That Cohiba box has a nice tone, it's my favorite so far of all my builds. Here's mine:
Especially like the brass phillips head screws for the fret markers you used.
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Nice one Hal.
Screws were left over from the hinge that I wanted to use for a tail piece, but the holes were too large. So I used the screws in the fingerboard. Drilled a pilot hole and needed a countersink, so I went though a bunch of phillips screw bits to find the one with the right taper and chucked it into the drill press. Made great countersinks that matched the screws perfectly. The fingerboard is a pine latace so the bit had no trouble.
Most work was figuring out how I wanted to do the fingerboard. Dark stain and a couple coats of Tru-oil gun stock finish. Then taped off and spray painted the fret lines, then another coat of the Tru-oil. Didn't glue the fingerboard, those ten screws are holding just fine.
Tru-oil was used on the poplar neck board too. Stuff is easy to use. Just wipe it on and buff with 0000 steel wool when dry.
Jon Pruett said:
Hal "PairsNPaint" Spalter said:
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