Building a Wal....ish

[Owen]

CTB does not mess around!

[ezbass]

  On 17/02/2023 at 16:03, Owen said:

CTB does not mess around!

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Indeed, he is quite the craftsman.

[ezbass]

  On 17/02/2023 at 11:58, funkle said:

And some colour testing. Blue/aquamarine kind of burst. 
 

 

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Stop it! Stop it right now!

 

😍

[LukeFRC]

that looks amazing

[eude]

  On 17/02/2023 at 11:58, funkle said:

For interest. The body is progressing well. Ian ( @Chopthebass) doing sterling work. Some teaser pics - 

 

 

 

And some colour testing. Blue/aquamarine kind of burst. 
 

 

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Now that IS tasty.

[eude]

  On 17/02/2023 at 11:58, funkle said:

For interest. The body is progressing well. Ian ( @Chopthebass) doing sterling work. Some teaser pics - 

 

 

 

And some colour testing. Blue/aquamarine kind of burst. 
 

 

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Now that IS tasty.

[eude]

  On 17/02/2023 at 11:58, funkle said:

For interest. The body is progressing well. Ian ( @Chopthebass) doing sterling work. Some teaser pics - 

 

 

 

And some colour testing. Blue/aquamarine kind of burst. 
 

 

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Now that IS tasty.

[Owen]

  On 17/02/2023 at 17:29, eude said:

Now that IS tasty.

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  On 17/02/2023 at 17:29, eude said:

Now that IS tasty.

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  On 17/02/2023 at 17:29, eude said:

Now that IS tasty.

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Proper validation. Right there. 

[Chopthebass]

It’s going to have some serious punch with those pickup locations! 

[eude]

  On 17/02/2023 at 17:36, Owen said:

 

 

Proper validation. Right there. 

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I was about to blame an error on the site, but I stand by my 3 duplicate posts, I think they actually convey my thoughts quite well...

[bornleft]

One thing I never understood about these wood cavity covers is how do they match so perfectly when 

one considers the routing around the perimeter which must remove a minimum of 1/8" around the perimeter

on all sides?

[funkle]

No idea…. @Chopthebass could perhaps answer that…

[LukeFRC]

  On 22/02/2023 at 14:01, bornleft said:

One thing I never understood about these wood cavity covers is how do they match so perfectly when 

one considers the routing around the perimeter which must remove a minimum of 1/8" around the perimeter

on all sides?

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1/8inch =3.175mm for everyone born too late to think in inches

[Andyjr1515]

  On 17/02/2023 at 11:58, funkle said:

For interest. The body is progressing well. Ian ( @Chopthebass) doing sterling work. Some teaser pics - 

 

 

 

And some colour testing. Blue/aquamarine kind of burst. 
 

 

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That's crackingly good building 

 

[Andyjr1515]

  On 22/02/2023 at 17:02, funkle said:

No idea…. @Chopthebass could perhaps answer that…

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My guess is laser.  Do I get a prize if I'm right???  

 

[Chopthebass]

  On 22/02/2023 at 14:01, bornleft said:

One thing I never understood about these wood cavity covers is how do they match so perfectly when 

one considers the routing around the perimeter which must remove a minimum of 1/8" around the perimeter

on all sides?

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I cut the cavity cover using a laser. I did this before glueing the wood to the body. 

[Chopthebass]

You can get router cutters that are 0.5mm diameter, and I used to cut covers using these before I got the laser. It’s slow going with such a small cutter, and requires numerous passes! 

[funkle]

More teasers…

 

Edited February 25, 2023 by funkle

[Andyjr1515]

Fabulous!

[NickA]

Build tech beyond Electric Wood's cowshed there!  Lasers indeed 😯

 

Though one of my Wals has a black plastic cover and the other a home made aluminium one ( the original was cracked and I reckoned ally would be better shielding; it is, but it makes no odds ), so not essential to the sound 😉

[Chopthebass]

I wish I was able to say ‘one of my Wals’ 😆

[slowburnaz]

Man, that’s looking really nice!

[NickA]

  On 25/02/2023 at 16:45, Chopthebass said:

I wish I was able to say ‘one of my Wals’ 😆

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They were quite reasonably priced once.  You just have to be old.  Anyway, looks like you can make your own!

[Chopthebass]

  On 26/02/2023 at 21:32, NickA said:

They were quite reasonably priced once.  You just have to be old.  Anyway, looks like you can make your own!

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I too remember when they were affordable and you didn’t have to wait 4 years for one! Don’t ever sell them! 

[Kev]

  On 25/02/2023 at 07:33, funkle said:

More teasers…

 

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Looks lovely! It's it staying natural??  Hope so as that's going to pop like nobody's business when oiled!