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Good luck on the job Andy, And thanks for the advice on my build. If you can look in from time to time on my project that would be great!

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Now my working hours have stabilised (a bit) I've had some free time to work on the Strat. So time to resurrect this thread from page 5 to the top with an update for ya! :D

Chapter (4) Body Shaping – Continued

I did say that the shaping would all be done by hand....

….I lied!

Introducing, the Big Hairy Drill Jig!

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The subject of Drill Jigs came up in Kozy's thread to ensure nice straight drill holes were made for the bridge screws. I've been thinking about building / buying one for a while when Ceri mentioned his Axminster catalog. I'd totally forgot to look for one there. I ended up buying their Drill Guide for a very reasonable price and then made a jig for my needs.

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With the drill mounted like this I can use a drum sander to make the tummy cut far easier than by hand (which takes a “hand cramping-ly long time)

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With the drum sander and the drill jig it takes about 30mins to achieve this....

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The Big Hairy Drill Jig rules!

There are some high spots that need to be dealt with. So I've made myself a scraper from an old saw blade, as instructed by Jake at Acacia Designs (the top chap who sold me the piece for the inlay) to plane them out

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I also used the scraper to bevel the edge over. It a great tool. Love it!

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A quick rub with some 180 fine sand paper....

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….and the tummy cut is pretty much there bar some finer sanding that will get done later along with the rest of the body once the all the shaping is sorted.

I've got more to post but its getting late so I'll post the rest of what I've got over the next couple of days

Enjoy!

Andy & Randel the Cat

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Nice work, glad your back on track....Randel Rules.............. 8) Mike

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This is a great post bro! Good luck with your voyage -- I'm sure it'll turnout great.

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That is looking really good Andy.


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Welcome back oh Hairy One! Just when we'd given up hope...

Nice work on the belly cut. Did you do the entire thing with the sanding drum? Man, there can't be much left of it. (I do believe I know where you bought that drum, BTW. :) ) 30 minutes to carve that out? How are your hands shaking after that - and who are you going to sue for RSI compensation? :lol:

Can't wait for the next episode - so go easy on that Pale Ale! :D

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Thanks guys!

Tis good to be back working on the Strat again. I've thought up lots of cool things I want to try out with this build.

I was given a copy of "Building Electric Guitars" by Martin Koch for my birthday a couple of weeks back and was pleasantly surprised to see that me and Martin do somethings very similarly. Its a good read. I'm going to buy "Make You Own Electric Guitar" by Melvyn Hiscock as well as it gets good reviews. If anyone else has read these or can recommend any other literature feel free to post. I'm always looking to learn as much as I can! :D
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Welcome back oh Hairy One! Just when we'd given up hope...

Nice work on the belly cut. Did you do the entire thing with the sanding drum? Man, there can't be much left of it. (I do believe I know where you bought that drum, BTW. :) ) 30 minutes to carve that out? How are your hands shaking after that - and who are you going to sue for RSI compensation? :lol:

Can't wait for the next episode - so go easy on that Pale Ale! :D

Cheers - C

Hi Mr C!

Bugger! I forgot to mention I'd removed a substantial amount with the chisels before moving to the sanding drum. Probably not a good idea to drink a San Miguel followed by two bottles of Old Tom before posting! That's probably why it took so long just to get 9 pic's sorted! :roll: :lol:

Despite the amount that did get removed with the sanding drum I'm quite impressed with how little ware there was. Not bad considering the reviews it got on the Axminster site were less than positive.

Compared to carving it out with hand tools this method was a piece of cake! Last time I made a tummy cut I could barely hold a fork let alone play guitar afterwards! :lol:

A bit more on that dill guide in the next post,
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Randel Rules.............. 8) Mike

Randel says “Hi Mike! ” I think he likes his Rock and Roll image portrayed in this thread :D

Enjoy!

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Andybighair wrote:
I was given a copy of "Building Electric Guitars" by Martin Koch for my birthday a couple of weeks back and was pleasantly surprised to see that me and Martin do somethings very similarly. Its a good read. I'm going to buy "Make You Own Electric Guitar" by Melvyn Hiscock as well as it gets good reviews. If anyone else has read these or can recommend any other literature feel free to post. I'm always looking to learn as much as I can! :D

Yo Andy: those are two of the best ones, to be sure. You've got to have as many as possible because you always find the detail runs out in one of them just when you need it most.

A third one that fills in some of the gaps of the other two is Martin Oakham's Build Your Own Electric Guitar. It has the most and best photos, plenty of step-by-step stuff, a few nice ideas not found in the other two - but don't look in it for finishing information cos it ain't there. One picture caption in the bottom right-hand corner of a page is all he has to say on finishing.

Weird, but there we go. The chapter on finishing in The Guitar Player's Repair Guide gives quite enough information on that topic for most people. And of course Guitar Finishing Step-By-Step is the bible on the subject. I have a strong suspicion you don't need either of those: just mentioning them for those as are interested.

Also, Fret Work Step-By-Step is the only worthwhile thing on fretting. Though these days I say that with trepidation, remembering Forum user Martian's caustic and heedworthy comments on people who try to learn fretting from books. Oh dear, I'm sure he's right - but for what it's worth...

Cheers - C

PS Somewhere or other you were asking about my Viking ship adventures. See page 19 of Kong's Drowned Strat thread for details. I have some interesting Viking carpentry photos too, if we really want to get anally retentive about it. Fancy a build-your-own-Viking-ship thread...? :lol:

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Andy, it is great to see you're back at it. Your Strat is going to be sick - in the best possible way! Very nice work so far - as always.

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PS Somewhere or other you were asking about my Viking ship adventures. See page 19 of Kong's Drowned Strat thread for details. I have some interesting Viking carpentry photos too, if we really want to get anally retentive about it. Fancy a build-your-own-Viking-ship thread...? :lol:


Ceri, - I love the pics of your Viking adventures. If you do a build your own Viking ship, can we use it to pillage? I would like to be the first to sign up.

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Ceri, - I love the pics of your Viking adventures. If you do a build your own Viking ship, can we use it to pillage? I would like to be the first to sign up.

So long as we can have a couple of those little maritime wind turbine thingies to run the guitar amps - LET'S DO IT! :D

Holy crap, can you imagine? Middle of the North Atlantic, thousands of miles from anywhere, sail right up, 14 knots across big waves... and Hendrix covers ripping off across the sea at full volume!

Hot damn, I'm up for it!!! Who else is coming along?

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Ceri, - I love the pics of your Viking adventures. If you do a build your own Viking ship, can we use it to pillage? I would like to be the first to sign up.

So long as we can have a couple of those little maritime wind turbine thingies to run the guitar amps - LET'S DO IT! :D

Holy crap, can you imagine? Middle of the North Atlantic, thousands of miles from anywhere, sail right up, 14 knots across big waves... and Hendrix covers ripping off across the sea at full volume!

Hot damn, I'm up for it!!! Who else is coming along?

8) - C


Will there be flagons of ale on board Cap'n Ceri sir. aghrr avast yee land lubbers count me in


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Will there be flagons of ale on board Cap'n Ceri sir.

Well honestly: what do you think? :D

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Will there be flagons of ale on board Cap'n Ceri sir.

Well honestly: what do you think? :D

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Cheers - C


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Another thing Cap'n sir one rule I feel I must insist on, there must be no pinching of timber on board we know how you builders get, eyes all glazy and the like, Mmm wonder what sound properties we have hear , next thing you know water gushing in from all directions :roll: :lol:

Getting there Andy 8)


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Another thing Cap'n sir one rule I feel I must insist on, there must be no pinching of timber on board we know how you builders get, eyes all glazy and the like, Mmm wonder what sound properties we have hear , next thing you know water gushing in from all directions :roll: :lol:

(From the Viking boatyard at Roskilde)
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"Ohmygod, you crazy lunatic: what have you done to the ship?!?"
"OK - but on the plus side this Norwegian spruce keel timber is going to make an excellent soundboard..."

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aghrr avast yee land lubbers count me in

Interesting use of nautical lingo there. It so happens my friend who came to Denmark with me has been somewhat putting on the inches round the waist over the years. By now he weighs nearly twice what I do. Or as they say at sea: avast behind...

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