i hate working with wood

Somehow I suspect you'll find the time and ingenuity to track down the pic you refer to without our assistance. Maybe even an mpeg!

And ooh! Tiny images aren't distorted by Safari!

Here's an emoticon I made a few weeks ago...

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Darn - I'm really not helping keep this thread off-topic.

no youre not.

well i'm taking a smoke break before i try the last staining attempt.
i really hope it comes out ok cause Option A:2 will be very expencive

the first coat of spar urethane is on.

[b]Teracaster[/b]

Take your “raising the wood” idea and stick it where the sun doesn’t shine.
Once it’s in there. Use a cello bow and push it in a little deeper. :p

I’m on my 8th coat of varnish and it still has low spots where the grain is.
But it’s getting really close.

I let it dry for 24 hours before I put on another layer and every day it gets closer to being flat and shiny like glass.

I’m sure once it’s finished I will be proud that it’s not black, but it has been a long, hard ride.

Again, I want to remind you that your performance may vary.
I don’t do very well with wood.
I’m a metal kind of guy… cut your way in and weld your way out.

I can cut a piece of wood 3 times and it’s still too short.

what i learned tonight...

220 wet-dry sandpaper, while it is wet, will cut through 5 coats of varnish much faster than you expect.

in fact, it will rub down and take some of the stain off of the bare wood.

EDIT: oh F'in hell i just be came a top ten poster.

106 posts to go...

Dang it, man. I got my kit, slicked everything down with a nice rubbin' with green Scotch-Brite, and 2 generous coats of "Danish Oil" which they sell in a can at The Hardware Store. It's the stuff with the cap that's hard to take off.

Looks great!

Will look better with my later-planned, gradual, hopefully inventive and entertaining, random soldering-iron doodles. Hot iron! Burn it!

Buddy, welcome to the Top Ten Club.

It really ticked me off when Gordon overtook me to become the Top Poster...

nope, you'll notice that i'm using a different user name... ;)

wow light colored "Danish Oil" and it still makes the case change the tuning like crazy.

The tuning will change again as the "Danish Oil" cures......