A vertical spindle drum sanding
machine is about a must for sanding the peghead since you can keep the edges
of the peghead parallel to one another without distortion which is very hard
to do when sanding the peghead shape by hand.
Care must be taken not to change the angles of the points of the peghead
as it will be very noticeable because of their vertical and parallel
orientation
to one another and the eye will quickly lock in on any deviation and distortion
from parallel.
After removing the sanding marks from the sides of the peghead and finishing up
with 600 grit wet/dry paper, the "knife" edges were slightly rounded
for eye appeal and to aid in the adhesion of the finish top coats of nitrocellulose
musical instrument grade lacquer.
I finished each part by polishing with 0000 grade steel wool with the
wood grain under a good light to ascertain that I had removed any visible
scratch marks from the various grades of sanding papers.
The resonator was sanded pretty well when l received it and did not
take too long to get a smooth finish using the palm sanders and ended up
using 600 grit wet/dry paper sanding by hand. The sharp edges
of the binding on both the top and bottom of the resonator were relieved and
a slight radius sanded to them. There were a few blemishes in the
resonator where the white/black/white rings were installed in the back of
the resonator and hopefully will not be noticeable once the filler is
applied which should hide them. Great care and attention must be taken not to sand
through the thin outer veneer on the back of the resonator and the side wall
since most manufacturers use a standard 1/28 inch veneer which is very thin
indeed. The prewar ones had at least .050 inch thick veneer on some of
the curly maple and mahogany resonators and the wall outer ply was about twice as thick. Again, I finished up
with 0000 steel wool polishing with the grain.
I did the final sanding over the course of a couple weeks; sanding a few
minutes when I had the chance.
I took very few pixs at this stage of construction but will add a pix or
two of the palm sanders, etc.
LEAVING ON A
SPIRITUAL NOTE
If you do not know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, please take this
moment to accept him by Faith into your Life, whereby Salvation will be
attained.
Ephesians 2:8 - 2:9 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest
any man should boast.
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
evidence of things not seen.”
Romans 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the
word of God.”
Open this
link about faith in the King James Bible.
Romans 10:9 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the
dead, thou shalt be saved.”
Open this
link of Bible Verses About Salvation, King
James Version Bible (KJV).
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of
soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of
God;”
Micah 6:8 “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth
the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk
humbly with thy God?”
Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me."
