Tim Crain's J185
Re: Tim Crain's J185
Very nice,real Craftsmanship
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tim crain 54
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Re: Tim Crain's J185
bridge designed and finished. now to find the bridge placement, mask and finish
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- template on the blank ready to layout.
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- cutting the saddle slot
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- roughed out with the saddle fitted
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- finished bridge with blank
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Re: Tim Crain's J185
I like it. Very nice Tim.
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tim crain 54
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Re: Tim Crain's J185
Haven't updated my J185 progress in a while so here goes. Had some great weather a few weeks ago so I was able to spay 4 coats of Cardinal lacquer on then on to the sunburst the following day. I was really rushing (not good) knowing that the weather was going to make a big change. I shot the burst and was not happy with the results so after a couple of days I bit the bullet and sanded it off. Not only was I rushing but I was using my POS touch up gun that I bought from Enco a decade ago for no more than 20 bucks. I know that it is the poor carpenter that blames his tools but this thing is barely a step above a brush. Got on ebay and bought a nice Devilbiss gun which should make life much easier. We had an ice storm down here a couple of weeks ago so working in the garage was out and that coupled with it being the xmas season, we are pounded at work, so I really have done nothing more than sand off the burst. The reason I am shooting the sunburst is to hide the bend "wrinkles" and the small chipped edge on the top that happened when routing the step for the binding. Looking at the pictures I can barely see the defects, oh well, the sun burst will look nice if I get it right. We'll get back on it after the new year. Till then I wanted to say thanks again for all the help along the way and to wish everyone a great holiday and a happy New Year. All the best, Tim
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- this is what started this whole sunburst thing. Looking at the pictures I doubt that most people would even see the "wrinkles" but I'm on a mission now!!
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- my slightly chipped top, in 20 20 hind sight, I could probably live with that.
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- that pin stripe tape is great for covering the binding and rossette
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- masking off the binding
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- not what I wanted
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- away we go
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- back at square one
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Re: Tim Crain's J185
I really like this build. Sorry about your sunburst. That is probably my favorite color (?) of guitar. I've been thinking of a sunburst under a Tru-Oil finish. I have COPD so I'm not going to be spraying anything. So that sort of limits me that way. Happy holidays to you as well
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John Parchem
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Re: Tim Crain's J185
Are you going to try to burst again? When I did a burst I put down a base color amber on the whole top. That way as the burst got lighter and lighter it transitioned to the base color. I think burst to not dyed wood loses the continuity of the burst. So I had a base color, an inside color and an out side color. I worked from inside out.
btw, I am not sure you have anything to hide. I think what you see as flaws will disappear to the viewer not focusing on them. From the pictures it looks like a very nice guitar.
btw, I am not sure you have anything to hide. I think what you see as flaws will disappear to the viewer not focusing on them. From the pictures it looks like a very nice guitar.