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Comment by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on May 10, 2010 at 7:53am

simply flagstone. Thanks!

Comment by Roger Harris on May 10, 2010 at 6:17am

Beautiful work. I like the stone wall also. is that slate?

Comment by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on September 21, 2009 at 1:57am

Josh, just saw your post. Yes, a Forstner bit would have been much better than the drill bit I used. Drill bits don't have the capability to do flat bottomed holes like forstner bits do. Only thing I had to do the channel was a spade bit :-P. Hated it. Like you said, forstner bits are cleaner cuts and the spade bit chewed the sides up more than I wanted. Plus it started to vibrate causing a bad cut.

But overall not to bad for what its worth and what I had to work with.

Thanks!

Comment by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on September 21, 2009 at 1:53am

Thanks Sam. Coming from you, that's a great complement!

I don't even know where I got this idea (I'm sure it was here tho), but it seemed to fit the build.

Comment by Wichita Sam on September 20, 2009 at 3:01pm

interesting us of the tuner peg grommets... never seen it done that way, but it makes sense... nice work..

the best,

Sam

Comment by Josh Gayou (SmokehouseGuitars) on September 15, 2009 at 4:57am

Very nice guitars. One way you can do a slotted headstock is as follows: Get a forstner bit where the diameter is equal to the width of the slot that you want. Drill through at the top and the bottom of the slot on a center line. Then, on a jigsaw, cut out the excess wood from the center. Smooth out the sides with a file and carve your exit angle using a half round file. The secret is in the forstner bit. Cuts a very accurate large hole with clean edges and makes all the steps after that point very easy.

Comment by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on August 24, 2009 at 9:26am

Tell me!

Comment by Wes "I'm Baaaaack" Yates on August 24, 2009 at 6:08am

Thanks!

The hard part was getting the design within the poplar strip. I could have added in "wings" but decided against it. I dug the channel out with a 1/2" spade bit which was _not_ the best idea. I needed an auger bit but didn't have one. Drilled successive holes down the length then cut out the excess and made flat with a wood rasp. The angle where the strings exit was done with a drum sanding bit (like off a dremel). I really want to do some design on the end. Perhaps wood burning.

Funny thing is, and you can't see it, but I had broken off the two top screws on the tuners (they were cheap brass) and had to dig them out. Fortunately the damage was under the tuner base so you can't see it.

Comment by Paul Doug on August 24, 2009 at 6:03am

I really like that design of a head. Never done it...yet.