You'll like a razor saw Jason, You have to get used to pulling the cut and not sawing back and forth like a usual hand saw. If you push on the up stroke the saw will buckle and maybe kink. Once kinked it is harder to saw with as the kink catches a little on the saw slot. However by going back to pull cuts it will work the kink out. These can work for fretting too I hear. I don't fret yet....
Mine fit on top of the sides. I like the inlayed boxes, but I find it better to set the top on the sides. My boxes start out square, but usually wind up a tad wick wack. I make the top bigger than the box so it will fit. Once glued up I trim the edge with my razor saw. This cuts flush with the sides. Then I clean the cut up with my dremmel drum sanders. And finish with a block and 220 grit. I now work off a heavy flat board of mahogany as my work surface. The boxes come out much more square now that I have a flat workboard. I can clamp the back down to the board to start the build. I add my braces to the back (1/4 to 1/2 square stock). Then glue up the sides. fit the neck into the box and clamp and glue it. Cut the soundholes and pickup hole and fit the electronics to the top. Add the top braces and glue the top on (or screw it down). Glue on the tailpiece (I don't pass through the tail as it is one extra hole that is not needed. Make a bridge, add strings etc. I test my pickup before assembly and once assembled before glueing the top down. I just took two big slabs of wood off my garden fence to build a big box with. You will like these slabs, photos to come when I shoot the knobs. I built the fence last fall using these giant slabs from edge cuttings from the mill. They cut old beams from torn down ware houses and reclaim the old lumber. I get the edgings from their throw away pile. These 1/4 to 12 slabs are 11 1/2 inches wide and 4' long. Rough cut. I'll use a portable belt sander on them first and make some 11 inch by 20 inch boxes with them. I think they are White Pine.
It was a old spooky halloween reocrd (; Moslt monster sounds and such......thought it would fit right in. Ill look into the draw razor saw. I really would like to make my own boxes cause I like em big. This one is a 12 inch and would go to 14 if a could. Do your boxes have a top that inlays in like this one?? Or are they sitting flat on top of the sides..if that makes sense.
Jason, if it were hard to make the boxes, I wouldn't do it. I have a draw razor saw (12$). This cuts most all the parts. Belt sander to clean the edges, dremmel to do detail sanding and hole shaping. I get wood from many sources. Ebay, Menards, mill scrap, junk shops. However, you don't need to make your boxes, you are doing just fine as you are. This guitar is fabulous. You've got the tools. I like the soap bar pup. I love the record scratch guard. That's a great idea. What was the record?
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You'll like a razor saw Jason, You have to get used to pulling the cut and not sawing back and forth like a usual hand saw. If you push on the up stroke the saw will buckle and maybe kink. Once kinked it is harder to saw with as the kink catches a little on the saw slot. However by going back to pull cuts it will work the kink out. These can work for fretting too I hear. I don't fret yet....
Mine fit on top of the sides. I like the inlayed boxes, but I find it better to set the top on the sides. My boxes start out square, but usually wind up a tad wick wack. I make the top bigger than the box so it will fit. Once glued up I trim the edge with my razor saw. This cuts flush with the sides. Then I clean the cut up with my dremmel drum sanders. And finish with a block and 220 grit. I now work off a heavy flat board of mahogany as my work surface. The boxes come out much more square now that I have a flat workboard. I can clamp the back down to the board to start the build. I add my braces to the back (1/4 to 1/2 square stock). Then glue up the sides. fit the neck into the box and clamp and glue it. Cut the soundholes and pickup hole and fit the electronics to the top. Add the top braces and glue the top on (or screw it down). Glue on the tailpiece (I don't pass through the tail as it is one extra hole that is not needed. Make a bridge, add strings etc. I test my pickup before assembly and once assembled before glueing the top down. I just took two big slabs of wood off my garden fence to build a big box with. You will like these slabs, photos to come when I shoot the knobs. I built the fence last fall using these giant slabs from edge cuttings from the mill. They cut old beams from torn down ware houses and reclaim the old lumber. I get the edgings from their throw away pile. These 1/4 to 12 slabs are 11 1/2 inches wide and 4' long. Rough cut. I'll use a portable belt sander on them first and make some 11 inch by 20 inch boxes with them. I think they are White Pine.
It was a old spooky halloween reocrd (; Moslt monster sounds and such......thought it would fit right in. Ill look into the draw razor saw. I really would like to make my own boxes cause I like em big. This one is a 12 inch and would go to 14 if a could. Do your boxes have a top that inlays in like this one?? Or are they sitting flat on top of the sides..if that makes sense.
Jason, if it were hard to make the boxes, I wouldn't do it. I have a draw razor saw (12$). This cuts most all the parts. Belt sander to clean the edges, dremmel to do detail sanding and hole shaping. I get wood from many sources. Ebay, Menards, mill scrap, junk shops. However, you don't need to make your boxes, you are doing just fine as you are. This guitar is fabulous. You've got the tools. I like the soap bar pup. I love the record scratch guard. That's a great idea. What was the record?
Thank you, sounds good too. Ill put up an audio clip soon. I just wish I had the means to make my own boxes like you cause I love this size of box.
He's got a loveable face. Beautiful job Jason. Very classy.