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What are you planing to use as a finish over the totara? I have read about its tendancy to "leak" oils (or whatever the proper term is) for a long time. I've use a bit of totara and applied tru-oil over top, and had a pig of a job with it being blotchy until I had a lot of coats on. Apparently there is a sealer thats either good for use on, or was developed for, totara? What have you used before?
Sorry, I have not used Totara before so no idea yet but thanks for that info. Totara furniture is beautiful so I guess I would contact a specialist furniture maker.
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Slowly getting the Bigsby Tele back together in its new guise.

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All that remains is a new nut and setup, as the old nut is cut for the heavy flatwounds I was using when this neck was on my Esquire.

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jvpp wrote:
What are you planing to use as a finish over the totara? I have read about its tendancy to "leak" oils (or whatever the proper term is) for a long time. I've use a bit of totara and applied tru-oil over top, and had a pig of a job with it being blotchy until I had a lot of coats on. Apparently there is a sealer thats either good for use on, or was developed for, totara? What have you used before?
Sorry, I have not used Totara before so no idea yet but thanks for that info. Totara furniture is beautiful so I guess I would contact a specialist furniture maker.
Oh, oops, I thought it was you who made a body from a huuuuge chunk of totara - cutting it up with a hand saw resting on a trailer...... But yeah, there apparently is a sealing product for totara. Tru-oil got there in the end....

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Some of my kitchen bits are trimmed in totara (family heirloom stash), polyurethane failed miserably - wouldn't set. Waterbased acrylic clear worked a treat and has withstood twenty years of torture. That's why you'll see me mention it sometimes on my home builds.
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Oh, oops, I thought it was you who made a body from a huuuuge chunk of totara - cutting it up with a hand saw resting on a trailer...... But yeah, there apparently is a sealing product for totara. Tru-oil got there in the end....
Yes that was me. I feel rather stupid now. :oops: :oops: :oops:

I used Mirotone without any issues. I will PM you the product details. Works like a treat.
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twangnsnarl wrote:Slowly getting the Bigsby Tele back together in its new guise.

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All that remains is a new nut and setup, as the old nut is cut for the heavy flatwounds I was using when this neck was on my Esquire.

Goddamn it, that is sexy. You need to gift that to me.
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Swapsies for your lovely minibucker Sheraton? ;)

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Hnnnnnnnnggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! Don't say that!
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Sooooooooo sweeeeeeeet!
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Cheers fellas! :D I'm desperate to string it up and play it but gotta get the nut sorted first. :(

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And all done! :D Got it back this morning from having a new nut fitted. Shitty, washed out phone pic with the Cabronita and the Vox:

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Needs some more foam under the neck pickup to raise it a bit higher; not quite getting the clarity I want out of it at the moment. Bridge and middle positions sound excellent though.

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Productive weekend....

Thanks to Good Chap Strummers I now have an outline and template for a Duojet too.

Making the arched top is going to be fun :lolno:

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I've got one now (and probably two on tuesday) RG350's to do up, sharkfin inlays, screaming for some 80's paintjobs.... just need to clear the mancave out to have some room to work.... erggghhhh....
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Bumping the thread to report that my Vox is away for some mods. Should have it back within a week. Will detail the results when it returns and I've had a fang (and also used the amp...).

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twangnsnarl wrote:Bumping the thread to report that my Vox is away for some mods. Should have it back within a week. Will detail the results when it returns and I've had a fang (and also used the amp...).
You shouldn't have bumped it. It exposes my total lack of progress on the archtop... :oops:
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