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The lacquer is buffed, and buffed and a stunning finish is slowly revealed...
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The final buffing of the twin necks flip flop finish commences.. loose leaf mop all the way!!
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When you get up to 1500 grit paper and higheryou start to achieve a fairly creditable finish..
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On to the next grit paper, things always look more a mess just before the end!
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Starting at 800 grit the finish is taken from the rough, out of the gun, finish to a perfectly flat base to polish.
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Too many distractions, trying to clear the decks so I can work on just one guitar at a time..back to the twin necks body.
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Over the weekend finishing was the name of the game, the twin neck necks have now had their final coats of lacquer
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Roberts top is polished to the highest possible quality.. all it takes is time and experience, perfection is finally within sight!
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The best quality gloss finish is achieved using a loose leaf polishing mop for the final stages..
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I'm slowly rubbing down Davids Hollowbody... It seems that this tranch of finishing is taking forever, one at a time from now on!!
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The headstock is bound and that's it for now.. I'm really happy with the choice of rosewood as a headstock cap.. very pretty!
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The back binding is glued in place now and this stock 45rpm is coming together finally.
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The multi-ply binding is glued in place around the top.. it turns out acrylic glue burns like buggery in open wounds.. we live and learn!
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The headstock binding channel is last..finally the workshop smells more of sawdust than lacquer!! Much better!
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The rest of the back routing is done using a bearing cutter..
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The binding channel around the neck joint is routed first..
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Now, a dusty search through a load of old templates...the amazing thing is I know pretty much exactly what is in this mess!
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The top of this stock guitar is now ready for binding.. there's still the back and headstock to do, though using a different method.
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Finally we start routing and because of the time spent setting up the actual job only takes a few minutes and is spot on!
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The jig is fitted into the router and slides over the bearings when everything is perfectly aligned.. and perfection is what we need!
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A ten millimeter hole, the same width as the bearings, is drilled into the little jig.
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A move on to the engineering lathe as I start making a centering jig.
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After the hole is threaded three bearings are bolted to the table, the guitar body will follow this while the router bit cuts very precisely!
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I can't go on without spending a little time working with wood.. it's an addiction! In preperation I drill a new hole in my pin routers table.
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I'm normally not a fan of veneers in custom guitar building but this walnut has made for one of my favourite guitars this year.
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Theres nothing like sunshine to show off a great gloss finish.. I'm in love with this guitar!
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So shiny it can camoflage itself! I'm really enjoying this one...
