Monterey,thanks, headstock is not the one I will be using. plan to cut length down to about 28 inch scale. and do a two layer headstock. body is just a plank, so I have to thru drill and route out for electrical. I have a big brass plate from some kind of security lock to use as a neck brace for the back since it is not thru body type. I hope it works the way I want. I plan to use rivets or nuts to go around edge of body on the top as a border. I might steampunk it some more with some wound wire bicycle cable liners I cut out of the housing figured I would route it thru the body to look like romex wire for industrial wiring. wooden knob hanging off end will be the input jack.
Monterey, it is really tough wood, overloaded my saw several times. it was applied to a backing that was 3 layers, nylon reenforced tape held the two inch wide strips together then cemented to a muslin type backing then another cloth type backing. I pulled all this off and ran the strips thru saw to get the residue off. when I actually cut the pieces to width the sawdust came out like fine flour. it cuts like teak. pieces were actually put together like micro butcher block. I counted more than 12 strips in the 2 inch width.stuff is about 5-6 mil thick. it is super strong, and sands to a really smooth finish, no voids or knots, no grain openings. just takes longer to cut and sand.
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Monterey,thanks, headstock is not the one I will be using. plan to cut length down to about 28 inch scale. and do a two layer headstock. body is just a plank, so I have to thru drill and route out for electrical. I have a big brass plate from some kind of security lock to use as a neck brace for the back since it is not thru body type. I hope it works the way I want. I plan to use rivets or nuts to go around edge of body on the top as a border. I might steampunk it some more with some wound wire bicycle cable liners I cut out of the housing figured I would route it thru the body to look like romex wire for industrial wiring. wooden knob hanging off end will be the input jack.
Monterey, it is really tough wood, overloaded my saw several times. it was applied to a backing that was 3 layers, nylon reenforced tape held the two inch wide strips together then cemented to a muslin type backing then another cloth type backing. I pulled all this off and ran the strips thru saw to get the residue off. when I actually cut the pieces to width the sawdust came out like fine flour. it cuts like teak. pieces were actually put together like micro butcher block. I counted more than 12 strips in the 2 inch width.stuff is about 5-6 mil thick. it is super strong, and sands to a really smooth finish, no voids or knots, no grain openings. just takes longer to cut and sand.
Thanks Uncle!
Thanks Uncle!
Looking very good.