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Old 12-01-2016, 06:29 PM
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I have some of this "bacon" figured Padauk on hand:

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Headstock template in this wood to complete the hog theme? The right piece could be rather snazzy looking.....dare I say, visually sizzling.
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So my 4 year old saw me looking at this thread last night, she's fascinated with how things are made especially guitars(I wonder why?). So...you have one more eye keeping track of your progress here. She's very excited to see it come together....I am too.
What happened to the other eye?
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Old 12-02-2016, 10:47 AM
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Headstock template in this wood to complete the hog theme? The right piece could be rather snazzy looking.....dare I say, visually sizzling.
We'll have to play around with that some. My concern is whether the reds in the Cocobolo will go with the red in the Padauk.

I've been bending the sides;



I also have been selecting and bending the binding and purfling sticks. I custom order my binding which is made in small batches from single boards. This way I can select book matched binding. Also, the black in the purfling is made from black wood rather than fiber. This makes it blacker and it carries a cleaner edge:



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I've got both of the sides bent and roughly trimmed. You can see the wedge in this picture with the sides in the mold;



I was a bit nervous bending these sides. They are made from the same billet as the top and back. I've already said this wood is really light, stiff, and rings wonderfully. The light and stiff part can also mean it can be tough to bend. Mahogany in general can be hard to bend. It is different from many woods in that you typically worry about the wood cracking out on the outside of bends. With mahogany you worry about the wood crushing in on the inside of curves. The way you get around this crushing is to bend at a little lower heat and don't wet it as much. The lower heat also helps to keep it from scorching.
Luckily, I have a lot of this wood so my plan B would be to go with double sides if I destroyed the first side.
Plan A was successful so we're going with solid sides.

Here are the heel and tail blocks going on;



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The sheen on this set reminds me of Sapele or Pommele. Going to be special.
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Man, I sure do hope that wedge is in the right orientation....a reverse wedge would be a real challenge to play!

Glad the one-pice sides are working, Mark.
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The sheen on this set reminds me of Sapele or Pommele. Going to be special.
Yeah, I thought it was Sapele when I first saw the board too!

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Man, I sure do hope that wedge is in the right orientation....a reverse wedge would be a real challenge to play!

Glad the one-pice sides are working, Mark.
That's the bottom facing us in the picture so we're good. You can bet I checked that many times. I don't currently have any mahogany left handed wedge guitars on order!

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While working on the sides I have also started putting the neck together.
I have Mahogany neck stock that closely matches the body mahogany. This is a laminated neck with a cross grain Cocobolo center strip bordered with maple:



We will be going with a very soft and slippery satin finish on the playing surfaces of the neck

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That's great. As you well know, Mark, I'm not a fan of necks with thick glassy finishes. On my Pono and Sigma, I've removed all the neck finish and just have waxed bare wood. Feels fantastic. And even Greta gets a light 600 grit buff on the neck every couple of months.
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Hi Mark,

I'm curious why you laminate a center cross grain strip in your necks. Can you explain?

Jim
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I'm curious why you laminate a center cross grain strip in your necks. Can you explain?

Jim
I would suspect it's purely for aesthetics--I know it's one on my favorite details that Mark does!
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I would suspect it's purely for aesthetics--I know it's one on my favorite details that Mark does!
Unless it's inlaid, I don't understand how that would work structurally - what, with the grain and expansion/contraction contrary to everything else in the neck.

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If you look closely at some of the neck photos you can see that the cross grain portion is shallow--only 1/8" or so at most. The other portion of the center lam runs normally with the grain parallel.
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Old 12-04-2016, 03:20 PM
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I'm curious why you laminate a center cross grain strip in your necks. Can you explain?

Jim
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I would suspect it's purely for aesthetics--I know it's one on my favorite details that Mark does!
Thanks Nemoman,

That pretty much answers Jim's question for me.

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Unless it's inlaid, I don't understand how that would work structurally - what, with the grain and expansion/contraction contrary to everything else in the neck.

Jim
Yes, although I am laying it up when I make the neck, essentially it is an inlayed decorative feature. I suppose if we want to take it down to the hypothetical and immeasurable level I would argue I do it to help prevent neck twist.

Thanks for your comments!
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