As I really wanted to make some progress and eventually have the guitar done, I couldn't wait and screwed on the tuners....
After several unsuccessful attempts of aging the spacers that would make the thinner tuners fit into the 10mm predrilled holes (I used oven cleaner, baked linseed oil into the spacers with a flame, used pipe cleaner, all with no success), I heated them to a glowing red with a flame, then dropped them into some cool water. They don't exactly look like what I had in mind initially and turned somewhat blue-ish, but it still looks much better than how they looked in the beginning, all new and shiny.
And now that they are mounted, it doesn't really hit my eye immediately, so I'm fine with the way how they look:
In the next step, I added some shielding paint into the routed cavities for pickups and electronics, as the single coil pickups that I'm planning to use are very prone to collecting disturbances from the surrounding environment:
Once dried, I will add another layer...
After several unsuccessful attempts of aging the spacers that would make the thinner tuners fit into the 10mm predrilled holes (I used oven cleaner, baked linseed oil into the spacers with a flame, used pipe cleaner, all with no success), I heated them to a glowing red with a flame, then dropped them into some cool water. They don't exactly look like what I had in mind initially and turned somewhat blue-ish, but it still looks much better than how they looked in the beginning, all new and shiny.
And now that they are mounted, it doesn't really hit my eye immediately, so I'm fine with the way how they look:
In the next step, I added some shielding paint into the routed cavities for pickups and electronics, as the single coil pickups that I'm planning to use are very prone to collecting disturbances from the surrounding environment:
Once dried, I will add another layer...
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