A 000-18V style

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Tim Benware
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Re: A 000-18V style

Post by Tim Benware » Fri Aug 30, 2013 3:24 pm

Well it just shows to go ya - you never know what your next mistake will be and what it'll take to correct it. I was cutting the binding channel and made 4 practice cuts in scrap to be sure I had the measurements I needed. Yeah, good to go - NOT. Somehow I dialed the depth up wrong and was at .270 instead of .250. Oh well, this git box is getting EIR bindings now instead of the dark brown tortoise I intended:)

EDIT: I did go back and check my practice cuts to se if I missed something and they were good. Go figure.
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Re: A 000-18V style

Post by Kevin in California » Fri Aug 30, 2013 3:45 pm

A bummer Tim but one that is easily recovered, right.
I have that fear of my cuts not being what they were on the test board, so I do about 1/2" off the neck mortise and stop to check my cut with a piece of my binding scheme. If it looks okay I go ahead. If I'm off this area gets covered with the neck cheeks and I can make an adjustment and try it on the other side.

Kevin

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Re: A 000-18V style

Post by Tim Benware » Fri Aug 30, 2013 4:17 pm

Kevin in California wrote:A bummer Tim but one that is easily recovered, right.
I have that fear of my cuts not being what they were on the test board, so I do about 1/2" off the neck mortise and stop to check my cut with a piece of my binding scheme. If it looks okay I go ahead. If I'm off this area gets covered with the neck cheeks and I can make an adjustment and try it on the other side.

Kevin
I did that only this time I came out just past that point (another stinkin' mistake, thanks for reminding me Kevin:))

EDIT: The good news is the channels came out nice and clean.
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Re: A 000-18V style

Post by Kevin in California » Fri Aug 30, 2013 5:19 pm

Wow that is clean. Looks like no touch up necessary there Tim.

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Re: A 000-18V style

Post by George » Fri Aug 30, 2013 6:30 pm

The rosewood binding will look good on there.

Too bad you can't go with the dark brown tortoise though.

Your guitar is a beauty. Your work is excellent.


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Re: A 000-18V style

Post by Tim Benware » Fri Aug 30, 2013 7:29 pm

Thanks George.

Yeah Kevin, zero touch up on this one. This is only the second guitar I've done with this bit so it's still very sharp. Whiteside 1/8" down cut spiral (RD1600).

EDIT: FYI, it is actually a 1/4" down cut spiral RD2100, the other I got for template routing.
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Re: A 000-18V style

Post by TonyinNYC » Fri Sep 06, 2013 12:29 pm

Nice looking channels fo sho. Makes me want to try a down cut bit.
Excellent work as always Tim. I need to buy one of those benches that you turned into a troji. I know it will make some tasks much, much easier than using my one-of-a-kind knee clamp with a towel on the floor to prevent scratches!

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