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5th March 2011, 12:14 AM #31Senior Member
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Hi Jim,
I haven't used my drill press to press frets, however the choice for the arbor press was to save wear and tear on the bearings of my drill press. The cost of the arbor press was $90 from hare and forbs. My drill press is an old Glenn which is much more valuable. You get a little bit more pressure with arbor press, however I doubt the end result would be much different to using the same set up in the drill press.
Cheers
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5th March 2011, 01:39 AM #32
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5th March 2011, 09:45 AM #33GOLD MEMBER
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5th March 2011, 11:06 AM #34
Cheers dudes, I had not thought of the bearings Peter although I guess if there is a problem in the long term (no troubles after many fret jobs) I will have to replace the bearing. I have never thought of pressure as a issue as my drill press works well, I reckon if it was not enough I could unscrew one of the levers and make a longer one to screw in doubling the leverage. $90 is cheap though I might put it on my long list of future things.
Jim
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5th March 2011, 11:55 AM #35
You get much better leverage, control and support with an ardour press, and you can position it where you like and even use it sitting down making the job more comfortable. A drill press isn't designed to have so much pressure applied at the lever and there is always the risk of damage.
This is only my opinion from an engineering point of view,
regards to all
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5th March 2011, 03:28 PM #36
Cheers Wal, I would not have thought there was that much pressure involved when pushing a fret in.
Jim
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5th March 2011, 08:00 PM #37
Looks great! Keep the pictures coming can't wait to see how it comes out.
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6th March 2011, 01:45 AM #38
i dont think it is the amount of pressure your putting on it (or leverage),
its more the consistency of the pressure and how its transfered,
i used to have to put my weight into it when using the drill press and it never felt steady or fluent,
where as the arbor press is just a fluent pull down on the arm and the frets seated nice.
thats just my opinion and personal findings lol
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6th March 2011, 08:51 PM #39
Seems you are the only one who has used both Andrew, you do make it sound tempting and when I saw them I have to admit my TAS kicked in but after thinking about it I reckon I will stick with the drill press for now (even though Wal is probably right and I may have to repair the drill press one day), mainly cause it will take up just that little bit more space although I do need to add a bit more roof to my shed so I can add a big boy sander so might just fit it in in the future.
Jim
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6th March 2011, 11:00 PM #40Senior Member
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Hi,
Thanks Alex. I am realy happy with how this guitar has panned out so far, so thanks for the kind words.
Below pics of glueing the binding. Appologies for the quality of some pics. I trialled taking photos via my phone. They looked OK on the phone until I viewed them on the computer. Won't be using that method unless I have to in the future.
All binding is curly maple which needs to be heat bent before glueing
Gluing the binding
Gluing the paua purfling
And the cleaned purfling. I have skipped ahead a bit with the top carved to show the overall effect
Cheers,
Peter
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7th March 2011, 08:49 AM #41GOLD MEMBER
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Looks awesome Peter.
Really good job with the purfling
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9th March 2011, 01:49 PM #42Senior Member
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Cheers Floody,
Fitting the control cavity cover cut out of the back plate. The binding prebent. I decided to use maple binding to match the veneer trim line on the back
Gluing the binding
Test fitting the cover
Roughing in the top carve
Refining the carve
Cheers,
Peter
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13th March 2011, 08:53 PM #43Senior Member
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Hi,
More to add.
Below rough shaping the neck. I will shape to profile after the neck is glued in.
Gluing the neck in
Shaped the neck to profile and carved the heel into the body
Cheers,
Peter
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13th March 2011, 10:06 PM #44Retired
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Al's Single Cutaway- Blackwood Beauty
Coming together really well Peter,
That blackwood neck matches beautiful, your customer will be pleased with that guitar.
Cheers, Bob
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14th March 2011, 02:24 AM #45Senior Member
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Finally, someone who's not afraid of a bit of pearl work,,, LUV IT!!!
And the rest of the build is looking FANFRIGGENTASTIC.
What sort of pickups are you using?
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