Sometimes you Have t ask yourself.. Just what have you got yourself into Project

Tuckstir · 2019-06-08T17:24:17+00:00

So Awhile ago as some might know, I bought myself a Hofner 185 Artist 30"scale Bass. and while cheap at time of purchasing.. this is going to be a not so ea...

Sometimes you Have t ask yourself.. Just what have you got yourself into Project

Tuckstir

So After A long bit of soul searching to see if I could live with a bent and warped body, I finally came to an Conclusion.

I simply Cannot, So new wood has been Ordered, I have Ordered Enough Wood for 2 Bodies, With the Intention of making a matching set Guitar and Bass,

This is really turning into a What Have I got myself int Project

peterleroux

Tuckstir What timber are you looking at?

Tuckstir

peterleroux

I have gone for American Ash.

Tuckstir

I'm getting excited..
Collected my wood and Have received my second neck, have most of the bits so I can start measuring and drawing.

have drawn up the profile and checked it to the original. so now its just getting everything fitted and spaced out correctly

Tuckstir

so lets do some topic necromancy..
so finally some progress, had my body blanks cut at work.. finally.. Its been close on 2 years I've been waiting to be able to do this update.

so next step.. do the outer radius routing, some comfort carving,

Tuckstir

so managed to do some work.. not much..

first step was to make a router table..
take on scrapped student desk with damaged top, and replace top with some pine.. drill holes and attach router

Now this is ok for now, but in future I want to make a metal top, 6mm Mildsteel Powdercoated should do nicely for a more robust table, and can design in a fence system.

do a few test passes on a piece of wood first.. then try your guitar body

Tuckstir

now for the ugly part.. My Bodies unfortunately have an Ugly side..Namely the wood has biscuits in, which unfortunately made some booboo's on the edge

which will need to be filled in with wood-filler. so now nice grain pattern staining happening here, but my intention was to always wrap it anyways, to make it more original anyway.
and on the guitar body, I did an oopsie or two and let the body slip and rip..

lesson learnt,, go against the blade not with... rookie mistake

Tuckstir

and the reason why i went down this rabbit hole in the first place.. the old body against a flat piece of wood.

and the old body against the new..

the eagle eyed will notice a biscuit in the neck pocket which is unfortunately has left areas needing filling.. not ideal in the neck pocket but will have to work around it.

AnthonyMervin

This looks very cool. How's the progress?
I have an old 185 myself, but have been struggling to find a bridge. The one you have there looks like the violin bass bridge, have you fitted it up yet? All good?

Tuckstir

AnthonyMervin

Would love to say its done.... but its like a fine wine, and needs to age over time
I have LOTS of Excuses for my lack of progress.
I gotten close to stringing or assembling it yet,
as to the bridges its what I managed to find close to the original type, I have another type of bridge which is closer to the original look but rose wood and not the Metal 9 Suspect it to be Brass) of the original, and more for an Archtop

Tuckstir

so finally some movement.
I have finished shaping the bodies, and pt a protective layer of sealant on,

now the fun begins.
I'm still intent on making it as close as possible to the original, so a grove all around the edge is needed.
to achieve this.. my trusty 3d printer came in handy printing a Dremel adapter.

This I quickly deigned and Uploaded to printables

I still don't know how I'm doing the beading yet. but I have ideas. but next step, covering.

V8

Tuckstir so finally some movement.

Nice! Love the tool creation, always my favourite part of buid threads, when a tool makes a tool for a purpose.

I can confirm my projects are still in hibernation. You and GTP are miles ahead of the pack. if there is such a thing.

modulator

Very clever tool. Using a Dremel, I take it the cutting was done with patience?

Tuckstir

modulator

a lot of nerve-racking patience.

Tuckstir

V8 considering I started this in 2019...... its been slow going with years of nothing. in-between building...
GTP is the one light years ahead..
as too the tool creation. this is something inconceivable at the start of the project, and until recently was not sure what I was going to do.
but yes, using tools to make tools to do a job is satisfying. designing the tool that works is so satisfying.