Author: Mark

Smoothing Out The Body

Post author By Mark
Post date 2022-07-09

Now it’s time to fill all the bumps and bruises with Bondo to level them out.

I felt the body to find any dips in the wood and sanded them a bit to make rough and circled them with pencil. Then mixed up some Bondo and schmear it in.

Next it sanding off the Bondo to make everything smooth again.

Marked off areas that need to be filled.

Fill the areas with a dollop of Bondo.

After a couple hours to cure, the Bondo is sanded and suuuuuper smooth.

Next step is some final fitting /adjusting and then starting the paint!

Vangaurd

Fixing My Router Boo Boo

Post author By Mark
Post date 2022-07-09

While I was routing the body for the Floyd Rose tremolo, my router bit slipped out of the chuck and dug in too far. It went in about 1/4″.

The boo boo was in an area that is not functional and wouldn’t be seen, but I wanted to fix it anyway. My plan is to…

Square up the boo boo
Level the bottom out
Make a piece of wood to fit
Glue in the block
Trim it off and smooth it out
Fill any cracks or gaps with bondo

The boo boo with pencil lines drawn on to square it up.

I used some sharp chisels to remove the bulk. I stayed away from the lines so I can come back and shave it down.

I cut right up to the lines.

I used my router plane to smooth out the bottom for a nice flat glue joint

I fit a small hunk of pine into the recess. I used pine because it’s easy to work with and it’s in a hidden area.

Some glue, a clamp, and a few hours will make it permanent.

A few minutes with chisels and the router plane and it is good as new. Well not like new, but a lot better than it was.

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Wheelwright / Wagon Building

Post author By Mark
Post date 2022-07-09

This guy has a business in Montana building and repairing wagons and wheels. For his YouTube channel, he makes great videos and explains everything. The process of doing what he does is fascinating.

This is the final video in his series of building a HUGE wagon.

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Seriously?

Post author By Mark
Post date 2022-07-08

Little guy does not approve of this one…

Tags fart

Vangaurd

Plugging Holes

Post author By Mark
Post date 2022-07-05

I plugged all the holes in the guitar body. I don’t think I will use any of the old screw holes, plus I am moving the strap button, and the output jack is moved. Plug them all!

Also there was a screw with a twisted off head that needs to come out.

A busted screw that needs to come out. This will be a piece of cake!

The little $#¶$! was a royal pain to remove

Plug the old output jack and pickup ring screw holes

Plug the tremolo cover screws

Jokes

A Gorilla Walks Into A Bar…

Post author By Mark
Post date 2022-07-05

A gorilla walks into a bar and asks for a beer.

The bartender slides him a beer and says “That will be $11. We don’t get many gorillas coming in here.”

The gorilla says “With the prices you charge, I’m not surprised!”

Tags clean, man walks into a bar, short

Jokes

Yo Momma

Post author By Mark
Post date 2022-06-30

Your mom is so short, when she went to the zoo, it was animal crackers!

Tags clean, short, yo momma

Vangaurd

Mocking Up The Vanguard

Post author By Mark
Post date 2022-06-29

I finished a couple little jobs like drilling for the tremolo posts, and increasing the hole size for the kill switch. Next is mocking up to make sure stuff fits and lines up.

I installed the tremolo posts and tremolo. I installed the killswitch, volume pot, and pickup selector switch.

I used some string to approximate the guitar strings and the tremolo lines up real good.