Guitar #3

For some reason, I have been struggling mightily with guitar #2 for about a year now. Finish problems lead to messing up the binding on the back. That lead to a couple weeks of stressing about it until I decided to route the old binding off and putting some new binding on. I have also tried a different finish (Tru-Oil) but that isn't quite turning out the way I like.

So, time to set it aside for a little while and move on.

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First, I modified my fingerboard radius jig. I added a couple of aluminum angles at just the right width for my little Colt router.


I noticed the top of the jig needed to be stiffened a bit so it didn't sag under the weight of the router. The picture shows the first fingerboard I attempted with the jig before the modifications. It is a little thin in the center.

I also added a piece of angle to the bottom of the swinging arm to keep that part of the jig stiff and straight.

I started with the neck for guitar #3 because I was waiting to install a couple of new tools before I started on the body.

I used a piece of Honduran rosewood for this fingerboard. The fret scale is 25.4 inches, and I inlayed simple MOP dot fret markers. I also used white side dots on this one. They are made from 2mm plastic rod, but I've gotten over my dislike of plastic as a building material. The do look pretty nice.













All of the work this week was done with the help of Annie. She doesn't much like the power tools, but hangs out with me when I am using hand tools.