Day 11, I have finished the mould and dont have any materials to do anything else. I decided to put a coat of varnish on all surfaces of the mould except the internal face the timber of the guitar will be in contact with. At two oclock the honduras mahogany neck blank arrived so I have gone from nothing to do to everything to do.
The first thing will be to plane the surface of the mahogany to produce a smooth finish and expose the grain so I can select which surface to use.
I havent planed anything properly but there is a first time for everything just unfortunate that the first bit of planing is on such a valuable piece of timber (it cost £37.00)
I will sharpen the plane blade first.
To sharpen the blade I use a honing device as pictured below. The honing device holds the blade at the correct angle for sharpening,
And this is the honing device being used.
When I first unwrapped the honduras mahogany neck blank I was a little disappointe because the wood was rough sawn and I was expecting a nicely dressed piece of timber. This however allowed me to dress the timber myself.
I used my plane on a number of pieces of softwood before I started on the mahogany just to get a feel for it. eventually I plucked up the courage to have a go at the mahogany. The first couple of runs were clean and I built up a bit of confidence shaving thin sections off the surface. Eventually I became to confident and dug into the mahogany neck blank with the plane creating a depression in the surface. At this point I lost any confidence I may have had and resorted to sanding the surface which although it took some time produced a result I was pleased with.
The sanding uncovered a small knot on the surface but after a bit of thought I decided that this could be the back of the neck and would be lost during the carving of the neck.
All that was left to do was mark out the mahogany neck ready for cutting. My mitre saw is a little blunt so I have ordered another blade and after the "planing problem" I will wait until it arrives before I attempt to cut the blank.
Thats the end of day 11- this took another 5 hours(not including the 4 hours varnishing but I am not going to include that) thats 74 hours total on the project so far.
The first thing will be to plane the surface of the mahogany to produce a smooth finish and expose the grain so I can select which surface to use.
I havent planed anything properly but there is a first time for everything just unfortunate that the first bit of planing is on such a valuable piece of timber (it cost £37.00)
I will sharpen the plane blade first.
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| Blunt plane blade |
To sharpen the blade I use a honing device as pictured below. The honing device holds the blade at the correct angle for sharpening,
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| Honing tool |
And this is the honing device being used.
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| Sharpening plane blade |
When I first unwrapped the honduras mahogany neck blank I was a little disappointe because the wood was rough sawn and I was expecting a nicely dressed piece of timber. This however allowed me to dress the timber myself.
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| Honduras mahogany neck blank unprepared |
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| Honduras mahogany neck blank prepared |
The sanding uncovered a small knot on the surface but after a bit of thought I decided that this could be the back of the neck and would be lost during the carving of the neck.
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| Honduras mahogany neck blank imperfection |
All that was left to do was mark out the mahogany neck ready for cutting. My mitre saw is a little blunt so I have ordered another blade and after the "planing problem" I will wait until it arrives before I attempt to cut the blank.
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| Honduras mahogany neck blank marked out |
Thats the end of day 11- this took another 5 hours(not including the 4 hours varnishing but I am not going to include that) thats 74 hours total on the project so far.
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