Latest Project... Arrived!!!

[blue313]

Ouch! 


Note to self, buy new work gloves soon.

 

[hannaugh]

Well, that injury is much better than some.  My German teacher's dad sawed his thumb off on a table saw, had it re-attached, and sawed the same thumb off again 4 years later.  At least you didn't do that. 

 

[DangerousR6]

Gots to be careful with power tools, NO GLOVES. That can only worsen a situation, and if the power tool is strong enough possibly remove a digit. I've seen the results of gloves getting caught in power tools, took an associates thumb clean off!!!!

Glad your relatively ok, you still have all your digits.... :icon_thumright:

 

[Nando Vallart]

Well, that injury is much better than some.  My German teacher's dad sawed his thumb off on a table saw, had it re-attached, and sawed the same thumb off again 4 years later.  At least you didn't do that. 

This is the most weird thing I've ever heard!

Hope you get better soon, Renè!

 

[blue313]

Gots to be careful with power tools, NO GLOVES. That can only worsen a situation, and if the power tool is strong enough possibly remove a digit. I've seen the results of gloves getting caught in power tools, took an associates thumb clean off!!!!

Thanks for the warning. 

Note to self, burn last "note to self"

 

[ByteFrenzy]

Well, despite being hindered somewhat by the limited use of my right hand, I still managed to continue to the point that there's no too much that I can do without actually having the top. I managed to send them a message via the mail system of the guys who host my company website, instead of my private ISP and that message did arrive and was actually read. Hopefully I'll get some word on the top during the next days. Anyway, this is the current situation for the body.

Rear of the body is pretty well as I want it to be, by making use of the  :evil4: KILLER  :evil4: sander. The neck pocket and the horns need some more work, but for that I'm going to need different sanding equipment. I'm thinking of getting one of these: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Sanding_Tools_and_Supplies/1/Robo-Sander.html

 

[DangerousR6]

that looks like it's going to be pretty bad ass there Rene... :headbang1:

 

[big bob]

that is cool, very nice ... keep going I love a D.I.Y. 

 

[mayfly]

wow - that's really good work!  especially with one hand  :icon_biggrin:

 

[ByteFrenzy]

News about the top, at long last... Today, simultaneously, I got the invoice by air mail and an email confirming that the top had shipped. It's coming by USPS Priority International. That means I'm probably looking at another week or two before it arrives. I'll probably fill the waiting time with deciding on the neck. It's definitely going to be a 13° Warmoth headstock but I'm still in limbo on the wood. I might go with an all Indian Rosewood, else maybe all Wenge or Wenge with ebony FB. Or plain Maple with Indian RW headstock veneer and FB.

 

[ByteFrenzy]

That means I'm probably looking at another week or two before it arrives.

Well, maybe not. Tracking status says it's in clearance at Belgium customs. That could mean D-Day tomorrow or Wednesday.

 

[DangerousR6]

News about the top, at long last... Today, simultaneously, I got the invoice by air mail and an email confirming that the top had shipped. It's coming by USPS Priority International. That means I'm probably looking at another week or two before it arrives. I'll probably fill the waiting time with deciding on the neck. It's definitely going to be a 13° Warmoth headstock but I'm still in limbo on the wood. I might go with an all Indian Rosewood, else maybe all Wenge or Wenge with ebony FB. Or plain Maple with Indian RW headstock veneer and FB.

Depending on the top, ziricote could be a nice choice... :hello2:

 

[ByteFrenzy]

That means I'm probably looking at another week or two before it arrives.

Well, maybe not. Tracking status says it's in clearance at Belgium customs. That could mean D-Day tomorrow or Wednesday.

Or maybe yet so. I got a call from a nice lady from Customs yesterday who asked some questions like 'what's in it' and so, and who told me that it should be delivered by the Belgian Postal Service sometime next week. It took an entire week from arriving in Customs to her calling me, and likely another before it's delivered. USPS may be OK for minute frippery but compared to UPS or DHL who have your package cleared through customs before the plane actually hits the ground, this comes off pretty poor. And right after it's scheduled to arrive, I'll be off to France for a week...

 

[Nando Vallart]

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[ByteFrenzy]

Good news and not so good news.

The good news is that the top arrived this morning. It's still in one piece, it's nice and flat, there's a lot of nice figure, and it's big enough that it will cover the entire body - I was a bit worried with that lower horn.

The bad news is that there seems to be a Joint Venture between the Brazilian Customs and the Belgian ones. I got charged 51.26 Euro import duties... on a top that cost $95.00... that's more than 50% tax, nobody pays anything close to that except Fernando...

 

[Nando Vallart]

Brazilian???
Bought it from Dr Eugene? He's a little bit crazy (look at who's talking :laughing7 but very very smart and nice guy!

So bad about the Joint Venture... should be the brazilian customs, they're not very nice nor "correct", for example they charge the duty for the value with shipping include, what is against the law here... but they still do...

 

[ByteFrenzy]

No, it's not from Brazil. I got it from Ginny DeMarco at Exotic Woods in Sicklerville, NJ. With the 'joint venture' I wanted to say that the Belgian Customs are now doing the same as the Brazilian Customs...

OK, quick pics of the top:

 

[Nando Vallart]

Ahhhhh :doh:

:laughing7:

 

[rockskate4x]

very nice... this is going to be awesome!!!

 

[DocNrock]

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