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Pictures at the following links

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Just completed CA fingerboard coating, will post pics later.

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Great pics - thanks. What type of filler is the brown gunky stuff? I'm having a hard time locating some rosewood-esque filler and am about to do this too.

Edit - never mind. It's in your other thread. PVC mixed with sawdust from the 'board. I was going to do the same and have a load of sawdust saved.

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JimBob,

What I did was mix PVA with some of the rosewood saw-dust when I removed the radius from the bottom of each of the fret-slots. I then formed this paste into fillets each side of the veneer. The excess was removed before it set too much, then sanded-down once dry.

Ross

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No worries.

The results using this method are really good - no jagged edges which occur when removing the frets. The CA finish is now completed but I'm leaving it a couple of days to allow the CA to fully harden before a final polish with 4000 grit.

Ross

  • 2 weeks later...
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More pic links added to the finished board,

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[url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/818/dscf3373zy.jpg/"]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/818/dscf3373zy.jpg/[/url]

[url="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/594/dscf3372u.jpg/"]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/594/dscf3372u.jpg/[/url]

New black scratchplate added too + black screws. Thinking about black bridge, tuners, etc for the all-over steath look. Has anyone any links or pics to a JB with black hardware?

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How did you knock the frets out, it has been advised theses are knocked out sideways to avoid the frets splintering the fret board, can you cover this part of the job. looking good though.

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How did you knock the frets out, it has been advised theses are knocked out sideways to avoid the frets splintering the fret board, can you cover this part of the job. looking good though.
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Frets removed using the pliers and soldering-iron method, but this left some ragged lines where the tang 'barbs' chipped some of the fingerboard on their way to freedom.

Used saw blade to remove the radius at the bottom of each slot - retained saw-dust

Cut strips of 0.6mm maple veneer to add fretlines, these glued-in with PVA, with excess adhesive removed from the face of the board.

Once all fitted, mixed-up filler using PVA and the saw-dust from earlier - this was added as a fillet between the protruding veneer and the finger-board. Excess removed.

Once dry, shaved-off excess veneer using a stanley-knife blade (careful!!), then sanded-down with 120, 320 and 1200 grit until smmoooth.

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Maple veneer from Amazon (£8.99 for a 2.5 metre roll posted). Other veneers are available but I chose maple for the contrast.

BTW. I have a 2.5 metre roll of maple veneer minus a few fret-line bits if anyone needs any off-cuts.

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