Well, it didn't get done before Christmas, but I did make quite a bit of progress. I did put the last coat on this one and another at the end of November and set them aside to cure for 10 days. About 20 days later
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I started the polishing. I'm working on 2 at the same time so it took a few days to get the finish buffed out. I then glued the neck with pre-attached fretboard on, and have since attached the bridge. I tried a slightly different approach this time which I hope will line up even better than in the past.
I planned to use the stew mac bridge placement tool I got in one of the raffles, but since I'm way behind and both these guitars are built with my standard fret spacing I used the jig I had made awhile back. It's basically a piece of Lexan shaped like the fret board with a pin at the nut, center-line and saddle location scribed into it.
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I scribed a line for the 12th fret and saddle location for my 2 favorite lengths. The thing I did differently this time was to locate the bridge first, tape it in place,
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then mark the bridge pin holes, clamp the bridge in place at both ends along with a caul on the underside and then drill out the bridge pin holes. I then used the 2 outside holes as locators with plastic bridge pins.
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Got good squeeze out all around, which I let set for about 15 minutes so that it turned a bit leathery making clean-up easier.
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After it was fully cured, I used a damp paper towel to clean-up any residual smears.
I'm not fully decided yet, but even though I used a bradpoint bit to avoid wandering, the holes are not as well aligned as when I use a drill press. I made them undersized so I think I can straighten them up as I enlarge the holes, but what a pain... Next time I'll probably use a variation on the theme with the holes pre-drilled in the bridge.
Raymond