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| What a pile of stuff for this job. |
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| Both parts stayed nice and flat. I took a chisel to the blue cloth leftovers and scraped them off where it would matter. I'll scrape the rest tomorrow. |
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| I've got the go bar deck ready to go. |
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| Hide glue needs to be placed quickly, since it has a short open time. I took only one picture during the process. The Go bar deck was wonderful. |
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| Everything is in place, including some reinforcements that I cut at a 45 degree angle so that they will hold the cracks tight without splitting themselves. |
I also worked some more on the Cuatro, or at least my plan for the Cuatro.
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| The radius of this coffee can just about matches the radius of this side. |
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| I sanded this caul so that it would match the outside. |
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| Then I used the coffee can to sand an inside caul to the correct radius. It took a few tries to get the two to match. |
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| Well hey, look at that. I had to trim the inner caul, since it has a rather thin spot to work in, but it should be fine. |
Enjoyed the blog. In fact, I have a 1976 D-35 complete with the broken headstock and thick gooey lacquer option! Headstock stayed put, but now it's time for a neck reset.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments. That lacquer form the 70's is really something, isn't it? I have a friend with a similar 70's D-28, and I simply cannot touch it - I turn it into silly putty with the sweat from my hands. He's also in the midst of a reset.
DeleteI think Dan Erlewine recommends shoving a piece of carbon fiber into the square tube of those necks, as an additional piece of stiffening.