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The gloss finish I have doesn't really produce a wet look. I tried a polishing agent on a couple test pieces. It didn't really make any difference. The palm polisher with just a terrycloth pad and nothing on it actually did better to make it shine a slight bit more. If I want a super gloss it would mean layering on a bunch of clear coats of a different type and then working up a polished finish. I have a nice semi-gloss finish now so I'll look at it while I make the pickguard and control plate. I'll probably leave it as is. In person it really looks good but this is the hardest thing I've ever tried to photo. Every single photo comes out different depending on lighting and angle it's shot. This pic is the best one of a handful I did.
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:laughing7: :laughing11: :laughing8:Cagey said:
It's not satin and it's not gloss. It's... semi-gloss! Yeah! That's the ticket! That's a legitimate name for it. It's a custom
finish pioneered for use with Telerauders. Stole it from uh... Paul Reed Smith! Yeah. Kicked his ass, too!
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I put some frisket film on both sides of the body so I don't trash it working on things.
Next step, I rough cut the pickguard then cut it out on the router table with a 30° bevel on the edges except around the neck, bridge and against the control plate. I still have to cut the slot for the switch but that can't happen until the little router attachment for the Dremel arrives. That will have to happen at some future time.
The photo actually looks like the color this time. :glasses10:
Next step, I rough cut the pickguard then cut it out on the router table with a 30° bevel on the edges except around the neck, bridge and against the control plate. I still have to cut the slot for the switch but that can't happen until the little router attachment for the Dremel arrives. That will have to happen at some future time.
The photo actually looks like the color this time. :glasses10:
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Yeah, that's my phone. It doesn't believe in doing anything the same twice. Some day I'll just get a burner phone and be done with it. This time, it did get the body color close to right, though. The towel color, well that could use some help. :icon_biggrin:Cagey said:
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On the plus side, phones do a helluva lot better with photos now than they did even just a few years ago. Unless you have some specific special needs, there's almost no reason to own a camera anymore. Or a music player thingy. Or even a computer, for many people.
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Hmm. My smartphone makes a fool outa me on an almost daily basis. I can't figure out how to do 98% of what it's capable of. Although, to be fair, I don't let it do a lot of what it's capable of. Too many apps want to know where I am, where I came from, where I'm going, how much money I have, who I know and how to get ahold of them... the list is long. So, I mostly just tell it to bugger off. Ring when I get a call, but otherwise leave me alone.
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Amen to that! :icon_thumright:Cagey said:
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I've been busy on the pickguard and control plate this weekend.
The other day I rough cut the control plate and realized that it was only 18 ga sheet, not 14 as I had asked for. OK, only a few hours down the tube. Next week, I'll make the rounds of the fab shops in the area until I find the right material.
Today I made a jig to hold the Dremel to cut a slot for the selector switch.
I did three test cuts on a small piece of PG material and all three were crap. The bit was wobbling when it cut. I made the three cuts at different speeds and each time it was unacceptable.
On further inspection, the routing adapter held the Dremel at a slight angle, just enough to make the cut inaccurate. Another day wasted but lots learned.
The solution for the slot will be to drill two holes, cut between them carefully with a cutting disk in the Dremel and start filing with my Swiss files. It'll take a while but I can do it by being careful.
Well, the weekend isn't a total waste...
The other day I rough cut the control plate and realized that it was only 18 ga sheet, not 14 as I had asked for. OK, only a few hours down the tube. Next week, I'll make the rounds of the fab shops in the area until I find the right material.
Today I made a jig to hold the Dremel to cut a slot for the selector switch.
I did three test cuts on a small piece of PG material and all three were crap. The bit was wobbling when it cut. I made the three cuts at different speeds and each time it was unacceptable.
On further inspection, the routing adapter held the Dremel at a slight angle, just enough to make the cut inaccurate. Another day wasted but lots learned.
The solution for the slot will be to drill two holes, cut between them carefully with a cutting disk in the Dremel and start filing with my Swiss files. It'll take a while but I can do it by being careful.
Well, the weekend isn't a total waste...
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I wonder if a different bit might help? Something with some meat to it, so it can't wobble, like this...
That's an 1/8" bit, but it's got a 1/4" shank, so you could use a regular router, which probably has less runout than a Dremel motor. Certainly more ass behind it. Plus, I can't imagine that bit wobbling.
Cutting slots with a Dremel motor + cutoff wheel can be tricky because it's tough to get perpendicular to your cut. Motor body gets in the way, unless you have one of those flexible drive shaft attachments. Then, since it's a spinning wheel the thing wants to drive away on you. I've cut aluminum that way, but it left me a lot of work after the fact cleaning up the cut.
That's an 1/8" bit, but it's got a 1/4" shank, so you could use a regular router, which probably has less runout than a Dremel motor. Certainly more ass behind it. Plus, I can't imagine that bit wobbling.
Cutting slots with a Dremel motor + cutoff wheel can be tricky because it's tough to get perpendicular to your cut. Motor body gets in the way, unless you have one of those flexible drive shaft attachments. Then, since it's a spinning wheel the thing wants to drive away on you. I've cut aluminum that way, but it left me a lot of work after the fact cleaning up the cut.
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StewMac does a couple of router base attachments for Dremels that will be probably more accurate.
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No worries, if you were close by I could have lent you one. I bought a Precision Router base one ages ago and some inlay bits but so far other than a test run a project has not come up for their use. I saw they now also do a Plunge router attachment for the Dremel.
