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daverose

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31 posts in 522 days

Location: Toronto, Canada
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Amateur woodworker with a focus on turning, Like to use salvaged wood wherever possible.

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commented on	Walnut Burl Infinity End Table	143 days ago
commented on	Cutting Board WAD!	151 days ago
commented on	Guitar Build	161 days ago
commented on	A Lamp	163 days ago
added project	A Lamp	163 days ago
commented on	My first guitar	175 days ago
commented on	Building my first guitar #7: It's done!	175 days ago
added project	My first guitar	175 days ago
added blog entry	Building my first guitar #7: It's done!	175 days ago
added blog entry	Building my first guitar #6: Ugg. Fininshing nightmares but now over the hump.	179 days ago
added blog entry	Building my first guitar #5: Starting the finish	218 days ago
added blog entry	Building my first guitar #4: Carving the body	225 days ago
commented on	Acoustic Guitar #7: Attaching the back	232 days ago
added blog entry	Building my first guitar #3: Making lots of holes	232 days ago
commented on	Building my first guitar #2: Test fitting the parts	237 days ago

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Building my first guitar #7: It's done!

175 days ago by daverose

Well the polishing went pretty quick although I did burn through the finish a little on the back but I’ve chosen to ignore it. I’ve also discovered that the wipe on poly isn’t very hard and seems to dent/scratch pretty easily so...

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Building my first guitar #6: Ugg. Fininshing nightmares but now over the hump.

179 days ago by daverose

Well, the finishing didn’t go so well. Did the BLO step and I liked the way it looked. Let it sit for about 10 days and then did my first clear coat try. Most instrument guys like Nitro-laquer but I have a tiny shop, no spray equipment ...

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Building my first guitar #5: Starting the finish

218 days ago by daverose

After sanding for about a week straight I was ready to fill the grain and oil it. I’m a big fan of straight up BLO to enhance grain and color so I used some sawdust I collected from sanding, mixed it with the BLO and rubbed that into the po...

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Building my first guitar #4: Carving the body

225 days ago by daverose

Got down to carving the body and it went much faster and easier than I expected. Used a grease pencil for the carving lines because you can’t see pencil on this wood. Borrowed a spokeshave from my dad that hadn’t been used ...

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Building my first guitar #3: Making lots of holes

232 days ago by daverose

Had a couple of not very busy days so got to serious work. The testing phase was very helpful and I discovered a few pitfalls that I hadn’t anticipated so that work all paid off. First step was to rout out the neck pocket which is the pr...

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a1Jim home \| projects \| blog 87246 posts in 1747 days #1 posted 521 days ago	Welcome to Ljs a world wide community were there are great people,super projects and great woodworkers.Enjoy -- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/
SnowyRiver home \| projects \| blog 45866 posts in 1651 days #2 posted 521 days ago	Welcome aboard. Nice that you could join us on Lumberjocks. -- Wayne - Plymouth MN
surfin2 home \| projects \| blog 41045 posts in 1306 days #3 posted 521 days ago	Welcome To LumberJocks. Good Luck… -- Rick
daverose home \| projects \| blog 31 posts in 522 days #4 posted 521 days ago	Thanks Guys, Have to get the camera fired up and put up some pics.
Gary home \| projects \| blog 3550 posts in 1603 days #5 posted 521 days ago	Welcome to the site. Glad you found us. You’re gonna like it here -- Gary, DeKalb Texas only 4 miles from the mill
Max home \| projects \| blog 55745 posts in 2443 days #6 posted 520 days ago	Glad to see that you have made LumberJocks a part of your Woodworking experience… *Welcome* -- Max "Desperado", Salt Lake City, UT

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