#460「填滿原裝Inlay窿 2」“Filling the Original Wooden Inlay Hole 2”
Continuing from the previous post:
Picture 1: Use a chisel and a scraper to remove most of the protruding wood.
Picture 2: Sand the fretboard, starting with coarse-grit sandpaper and gradually progressing to finer grits.
Picture 3: Finally, polish any scratched frets and apply fretboard oil.
And there you have it, all done!
#459「填滿原裝Inlay窿 1」“ Filling the Original Wooden Inlay Hole 1”
Picture 1: Clean the wood filler inside the fretboard's circular hole.
Picture 2: Based on the size of the hole, use a CNC machine to create cylindrical inlays from wood with the same diameter.
Picture 3: Mix wood dust into hide glue, matching the color of the fretboard. Then, use the hide glue to adhere the cylindrical wood inlays to the fretboard.
To be continued...
#458「點樣處理呢條結他頸好呢？」 “How should we treat this guitar neck?”
One fine day, we received the guitar neck shown in Image 1.
Well... How can we turn it into the finished product like in Image 2?
Do any of you have any ideas?
#440「防止楓木指板Binding變黑」 “Preventing Darkening of Maple Fingerboard Binding”
Maintaining a clean and bright maple-binding fingerboard is no easy task after cleaning. Unless you opt not to play the guitar, hand sweat and stains will inevitably start accumulating again, causing the fingerboard binding to become soiled again.
#439「變黑嘅楓木指板Binding」“Darkened Maple Fingerboard Binding”
Because of the characteristics of the wood, maple fingerboard bindings tend to accumulate dust and stains, eventually turning dark.