Recent content by bmpietras

Indeed - thanks for the heads up. Will edit out that portion of the last post.

Thanks for the advice rick2 and stratamania. Tested the tru oil on a scrap decal I had and no adverse effects so I think it will work fine. Neck is up to five coats of tru oil now and just about getting to the point where the finish is becoming specular. Not sure I want the back of the neck to...

Neck has arrived! Bought it off of the showcase: Vintage Modern, Dark Rosewood/Maple, SS 6105 frets. Finishing with tru oil to a satin finish on the back of the neck and gloss on the front of the headstock. A quick rundown of the finishing schedule: DAY 1 1. Raise grain on unfinished neck...

Also - warmoth neck arriving in the mail next week! Following up soon with details on how that’ll be finished.

Thanks DieterDeux! I forgot to mention that once the rough blanks were cut from the log they sat in a barn for a few months, then I “roasted” the blank for several hours at progressively higher temperature (starting at 250 to max 375 I think, following the advice gleaned from another forum)...

You’re far braver than I with the scraping work! Are you shooting for the hard line between gloss headstock and satin back of neck as you had before scraping the headstock? Saw you do that on the purple strat build looked great I stopped at 2500 for my last fret dressing…is the feel...

Ah yes we actually had a 4” machine hand planer but it was only useful for the last 1/4” or so of material, followed by a lot of sanding and level-checking with a straight edge. No photos of that stage unfortunately but it wasn’t very exciting

Thanks all! Yeah i seriously overestimated how much material I would need in order to plane down properly. Lots of sweat and only a little blood  :glasses10: Lesson learned! I’ll look into that kind of planer - had to start this build on a slim budget but hoping to invest in some equipment for...

Hey everyone - joined recently and have been lurking in the DIY Finishing section for a while as I work on this project. My family has a decent property out in NJ farmland and a nasty beetle infestation has downed a lot of their old growth trees. The first was a maple and i think they’re going...