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This episode marks the long-awaited start of the finishing process!!! After a little masking off, and assembling of the finishing tent, it's time to finally put some lacquer on this thing! A coat of...

At long last, I finally got this footage edited! The progress continues! I'm pleased with the burst, thankfully. Just a little sanding and minor touch ups needed. Then, some months-old masking tape...

FINALLY some progress on the 00! After much hemming and hawing, I finally tackle the burst once and for all (I hope). A slight change to the formula this time - I try out a mask and also adjust the...

This week, I'm afraid, has been a bit of a disappointment. I went ahead and sanded the burst, but because it was just dye, no binders, a lot of the pigment came out very unevenly. I'm not pleased...

This week, you're 100% caught up with the progress on this guitar. I start out finishing up the sanding the pore filler. After that, I start masking the sides and neck. It's time to get the burst on...

This week, we finish up the bridge fabrication and get it ready to be mounted. Then it's time for the finishing process to start! Yay! I hate this part, lol. Lots of sanding first, then masking off a...

This week is more bridge fabrication. Now that the layout is done, I set about carefully cutting out the shape of the bridge. Once it's roughed I did the drilling for the strings (correcting an error...

This week is all about the bridge. Literally - this entire episode is about finding all the features on the bridge plate and getting it laid out. I'm sorry it's so long, but it is a fairly detailed...

This episode is all about the neck prep. First, before the neck goes on, I wanted to sand the whole body down in prep for finishing. Then, after a little chickening out, it was finally time to glue...

This week focuses on repairing the goof I made on the heel cap. I slowed way down and went through the process more methodically this time. I think it came out pretty good. After that, we do a...

This week, we tackle the last few things needed to get the neck ready to glue onto the body. First, the headstock inlay from last week is checked out and flush trimmed. I also polish that plate just...

This week, frets go in, finally! I work through the process of bending the fretwire and cutting each one while staying organized. Then using a soft-ish mallet, pound each fret in. After that, I file...

Lots of things get done in this episode. First, we see how well the fretboard glued to the neck. Next, the shim gets glued on as well. While that's drying, I mill a nut blank out of some corian and...

This week, we tackle the final few processes to getting the fretboard ready. Carefully cutting off the excess on the nut end, with some gentle trimming to make sure we don't move the zero point. Then...

A couple episodes ago, I realized I made a mistake in the body which left me with no choice. The angle on the body was way too much - would've made for a 20-25mm tall bridge and I didn't want that...

This week, we tackle that dang shim. It's tricky holding something you need to taper nicely to zero... my methods may not be ideal, i look forward to suggestions on better ways to get a shim to fit...

My favorite part of the entire build! I love carving the neck. I take my time in this part of the process because I enjoy doing it so much. Using rasps, files, spokeshaves and sandpaper, I get the...

In this episode, we tackle getting the neck rough shaped so we can get it set in the body soon. Firstly, the fretboard gets cut to rough width, then the neck blank starts getting it's rough outline....

We return to the 00 build after creating a neck joint jig. One or two (or ... more, lol) tests with some scrap. Then, after a lot of hemming and hawing, I'm ready to take the plunge and make the...

This week the jig is completed by making the neck clamping system and then doing a couple of test cuts to ensure the templates work correctly. The final results are quite surprisingly good and I'm...

This episode, I finish up getting the 'neck flap' mounted to the fixture with a little creative clamping. Then I also get the body vise jaws made and mounted so that part is done. After that, a...

This week, the routing templates get cut on the CNC and fitted to the fixture. After that, i set about making the vise that will hold the body in place while routing. Things are moving along well!
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In this episode we begin the process of building a neck joint fixture for guitars. It will also serve well as a tool for doing the heel graft inlay as well. First steps are to cut up all the parts...

In this episode we finish up getting the binding flush and are prepared to start the neck joint. We'll take a small detour to build the neck joint fixture.

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In this episode, I tackle making the tiniest miters i've ever made on the heel graft for the binding. Then I work out getting all the binding and purfling cut to length. A little hemming and hawing...

This week, we get the binding and purfling rabbets routed. We also get the heel graph glued in and sized properly - some super tiny miters get cut for the look I'm after. I also pre-bend the binding...

This episode sees the body become a completed box! First, a couple of the last reinforcement strips go onto the back. The front glue-up goes pretty well after making sure I could get the clamps out...

This week starts a pretty big milestone! With the kerfing glued on, just a few more tweaks are all we need to start gluing the body together. That starts with notching the kerfing for the bracing and...

This week, we return from the neck/heel block glue up and it's time to put the kerfing on both sides of the body. We also get the last few bits of bracing fitted and glued on to the top and back....

Now that we have a side bending machine, guess what time it is? Bending time! It goes off pretty well without much of a hitch. After they're bent, I get right to gluing in the heel and neck blocks....