Body Work
The Control Cavity was finally taken to final depth with router.
The control layout and the drilled holes for the controls.
All controls need to be recessed in to the body. I used a reamer after drilling the initial holes with a drill, the reamer is not super sharp and some off the wood broke a bit to much in some parts, so the result was not a clean hole.
The pickups cavities where finally routed.
The pickups cavities where finally routed.
The neck pickup cavity is a bit angled in terms off its shape placement. The initial routing was done with the template i created that's why is a bit off, after that i got a new template for humbucker pickups and completed the routing. I will use pickup rings instead off my initial plan off wood mount pickups would require altering the threads in the pickup it self, so i will use pickup rings instead.
The holes for passing the cables where done, because off the EMG connectors i had make them big, initial i used a my long drill but this trill is to small to pass EMG connectors, so i used 2 aluminum tubes i had 6 and 8 mm, i made on end pointy to allow it to enter and with a rasp created some texture on the end section, using a Power drill with the tubes they eventually star digging in to the wood and cut, it generates a lot off heat, but the drilled holes are actually very sharp.
The holes for passing the cables where done, because off the EMG connectors i had make them big, initial i used a my long drill but this trill is to small to pass EMG connectors, so i used 2 aluminum tubes i had 6 and 8 mm, i made on end pointy to allow it to enter and with a rasp created some texture on the end section, using a Power drill with the tubes they eventually star digging in to the wood and cut, it generates a lot off heat, but the drilled holes are actually very sharp.
The holes for the battery box and the hole for the pickup cables.
The Battery box cavity, my templates did not come out perfect, i probably should have used MDF, so i made the recess with chisel's and then carved also the cavity a bit like the control cavity, then used the router but i had problems with the cavity so the bearing at some stages did not fallow properly since it was a bit higher and i ended making the cavity potentially intersect the leg routing off the neck pickup, so i glued a piece off wood and enlarge a bit to the other side, 1 to 2 mm on bad placement.
Since the glue joint was visible and the some section where cut not along the grain they where less sharp so i enlarge it a bit and cut with a X-Acto knife with resulted in better cutting line than the chisel. A small piece off maple covers the glue joint.
The body sanded and slightly carved.
The back, the belly cut is only started, its very discrete at the moment, drilling for the string trough was on the beyond the limit off what the drill stand i got, i had to raise the body from the base off the stand to gain a bit more reach, the enlargement holes for the ferrules came out a bit not aligned, i did not more reach to position the body for drilling.
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