I spray with uv, it is one of the easiest and best finishes around, I would not use shellac as a sealer coat, use the uv sealer then follow up with uv crystal clear
Uv sealer coats are a great...
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I spray with uv, it is one of the easiest and best finishes around, I would not use shellac as a sealer coat, use the uv sealer then follow up with uv crystal clear
Uv sealer coats are a great...
Of course, the difference with an easy job like this is how invisible the repair is, something like that can be made invisible by a good repairer, it can look pretty bad if done by an amateur
Steve
Actually its about knowing how to do finish work, being nitro, poly, uv, acrylic, enamel is irrelavant.
Punched hole in top
183773
Hole repaired
183774
Coloured and refinished
183775
Yep,
Before
183757
After
183758
Yes, rosewood is easy to hide cracks
To make it invisible would require a complete neck refinish, if that is done well you would never see it
Steve
More money IMO to be made repairing instruments than building them.
Steve
Ouch, that hurts, what width?
Steve
If painting a stain finish, then dont use gloss at all for any of the stages, nothing worse than doing a final rub down to have areas of gloss amongst the satin finish.
Stay satin from start to...
Whilst yes it can now support strings, he has IMO too much end grain joining happening now, all those inserts have end grain to end grain joins, it makes for an incredibly weak joint.
When...
I dont see how the supplier in the link has a better quality neck than gibson supplies already, the issue is the design is more prone to breakage when dropped or treated to abuse, the issue is also...
Dis-agree on some fronts, so long as you are honest with a customer or friend and you possess the willingness to give it a go, then why not, treat it not a as a profit making exercise but an exercise...
If you have a new neck then you can use that as a donor for a reverse headstock graft, i would advise against using any dowels, totally unrequired
Attached link, shows this being done step by step...
Yep did not see that they had sanded it smooth. Will likely need to be re-inforced after gluing or make a new headstock
Steve
That is an easy fix, plenty of long grain to glue back up, with some good refinishing it will be invisible, no splines or re-inforcement required
Its not bad enough to replace the whole headstock,...
Thats a clean back removal, nice work
Steve
V joint is a tricky one to get right, i totally agree its a strong joint, approximatley 45minutes IMO for any luthier to cut and make.
Scarf joint incredibly simplistic and takes less than 5...
Totally okay, my job is not to convince you.:)
Steve
No research imo is required, hundreds of thousands of instruments exist if not millions with scarfed head stocks that have not failed, I have seen a couple of failures in my repair life on the glue...
Yes scarfed is way stronger.
A one piece neck has got long grain running the length of the neck, but once it transitions into the headstock it has a long grain length of around 14mm or less, as...
Scarfed necks are far stronger than one piece necks, one piece necks are far more aesthetically pleasing than scarfed necks, as mentioned above, mandolin necks being smaller can utilise wood better,...
My first cnc router i built myself 15yrs ago, i later sold that for more than it cost me to build it, i now have three cnc routers in my shop and a duplicator, i do not have a pantograph, so cannot...
I feel quality or brand of instrument has little to do with the use of a stacked heel. Its typical of saying only a carved one piece headstock is superior to a scarfed headstock, its just not true....
Old school method of extending the back over the heel leads to a super strong joint, violins, cellos and dbl basses still use this method today.
New school method of making the box and making the...
It amazes me the use of screws in peoples repairs and construction, lutherie does not require them, clean/glue/clamp.
Steve