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DaLefty
Dings easily, though. Means it looks cool quick!
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I have a soft spot for soft wood and have even used douglas fir on necks. That works well too
Once it's been trimmed down to vaguely level it's 2.25" thick. Still too thick for a Telecaster. Taking a tip from Graham's thread I've brought it into the house where it will sit for a couple of weeks to see whether it cracks or twists.
Yesterday I cut out a body blank. Since I don't have bandsaw I've always used a hand held jig saw. This time the plank was a little bit thicker, and the blade wouldn't reach. The scroll saw however is just big enough, although it took an hour to crawl it's way round.
Then it was down to planing, routing and sanding.
Routing the edges was OK, with the blade rotating at speed. Being soft a bobbin sander tidied up the edges. Flattening the front and back surfaces were a different matter. My hand plane pulled up sections of the grain, and I resorted to an orbital sander. Then on to the chamfers with surform, spokeshave and sanders. I like deep belly and forearm chamfers so that the guitar sits close to my body.
This wood is very soft. As @melvynhiscock noted, it marks easily. I was intending to round the edges, 1/4" front and 1/2" back, and use an oil finish. However it's going to mark so easily that I might have to bind the edges, and use a hard varnish. That's going to be fun running binding around the chamfers.
Now I need to sort out how to load pictures
It's lovely to work with, light and smells great
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never trust a wood name not in Latin
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