Acoustic Guitar Construction

I started pore filling today. Damn that Z-Poxy pops the grain!!

I also started the fret board today.


This is not fun. The ziricote is hard and it's not easy cutting the slots. I should have radiused it before I slotted it so I would have had less wood to cut through.
Thanks for looking.

Tony

Mmmmm mmmmmm mmmmmmm, nice choice of fretboard to go with the Limba.......

Kevin

Yeah that is a sweet fretboard. I'm looking forward to using ziricote, its one of my favorite looks.

Thanks Kevin and Darren. I really fell in love with ziricote at some point during my first kit but it was always very expensive and also, since I was not doing scratch builds, unobtainable because Ken Cierp does not sell ziricote kits. Yes, I could have ordered from another supplier, but Ken has been very good to me, and I know that what I am getting from him is top quality so why press my luck? I tried that with wood servicing and got royally screwed when the vendor broke three sets of curly Koa. I wont make that mistake again.
I won two eBay auctions for ziricote sets over a year ago and they are waiting for me to use them. One of those sets will definitely be for me and is exactly what I wanted, the other I would use for a commission or gift or something and is not quite my "dream set" of ziricote.
Anyway, that fret board is another example of ziricote that makes me drool. Sapwood, strong ink lines......drooling right now!

I finished pore filling the limba guitar and I am just waiting for warmer weather to begin lacquering and then I will make a tutorial of how I do it. I sprayed a couple of thin coats of rattle can lacquer on it just to protect it for the time being. It looks goooood!
I also chose not to fill the worm holes in the sides of the guitar. There are several and I think filling them would have taken away from their appearance. The z-poxy filled them a bit and didn't drip through into the box, so all is well right now. No pics because I am at work, but possibly some tonight.

Thanks for the positive comments on this build thread. They are what keep the pics and posts coming! Without them, it wouldn't even be much of a thread!

Tony

Tony, that is stunning! I can't wait to hear and see how this one turns out.

Cutting fret slots in any oily wood is no fun...it tends to pinch and bind the blade. I have found that a very light touch and fast sawing is the key.....let the weight of the saw do the work. It will be less tiresome...half the fatigue you are dealing with is fighting a bound saw. Go light and quick, yeah you're moving faster, but in the end, it's far less work. My dad has also suggested rubbing a little bar soap on the blade. I hadn't tried that yet, but may on the next one I cut.

I did use a light touch but the fret saw has no set to the blade and that's why the deeper you cut the harder it gets! I wasn't do bad but if I were doing a lot of this, I would want a jig for the table saw!