2nd Build - a KMG 0M EIR/Engelmann

[johnnparchem]

Yikes! I do feel for you.
It will be interesting to see what could be done with pens. Maybe one large or a couple of football shaped pieces of rosewood, matched as best as possible to the grain. You could make a bending pipe from a small bit of pipe and a propane torch. Someone might have an orphaned side that they can sell. You might find it easier to bend a larger piece and find the best match from that piece.

Good luck with the repair.

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Bob,
That is a bummer. I feel for you. Do the fix best you can, finish it up and start the next one.
Go to your local Lowes or Home Depot and buy a foot long section of 2" copper pipe, a propane bottle and a torch. Clamp the pipe in your bench vise, stuff a wad of aluminum foil in the end, light the torch and stick it in the other end....walla, you have a bending iron.
And, you can use it to bend the sides on your next build too.
Good luck with it, keep us up to date.

Kevin

[naccoachbob]

I only needed 2 pieces to fill in the holes. They were small enough that bending was not needed.
There are some small dents that will take rosewood dust and glue to cover.
That's the point where I take it to Steve for the final touches.
It's not as bad as it looked.
It'll be interesting to figure out how to ban cats and routers from guitar building!!
Thanks all
Bob

[naccoachbob]

That danged cat now wears an "8" around her neck as a reminder that there's only 1 left.
The repair has gone exceedingly well. By the time Steve finishes with it tomorrow, it should be all but invisible.
Our only concern is witness lines from this. If that comes to pass, I'll have to sand off all the finish that's been put on - about 4 coats, and start that part over. Not a great loss considering a complete rebuild.

By the way, I told Tony in an email, and I'll pass it along here, but I ordered Ervin's Somogyi's books "The Responsive Guitar" and "Making the Responsive Guitar". My thought was that he's such an expert on sound and wood, and their interaction, that a humble kit builder like me could really take a kit and eke from it as much good sound as possible.
Since the normal forum member here only gets to experience a few tops, sides, backs, braces, etc., a chance to pick the brain of someone as accomplished as Somogyi is too good to pass up. He is rather proud of those books; just go to his site and price them!! Don't even try Ebay or Amazon.
After reading them, I hope to write a review (like that's needed!), but maybe share things in the book that stood out to me, things that could benefit everyone.
Plus the book has pictures, and I'm a sucker for pics.
Bob

[naccoachbob]

Here's a pic after pore filling. Again, taking it to Steve's tomorrow to see what he can do to finish it.

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[naccoachbob]

Here's the final "after" picture. I'm going to give credit to Stephen Kinnaird for showing what all needed to be done, letting me do it, then putting the final touches on it. Unless you get as close as the picture below, and really look, you cannot tell. There's an artifact across the picture, but it is not one of the errors.

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What a great ending to a terrible start.

Bob

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Bob,
That repair is simply amazing. Over and over we learn what Bill Cory taught us on the old forum; "I ain't a mistake as long as you can fix it"! Good job, you can be proud all over again on this one.

Kevin

[naccoachbob]

Gawd, I hope that's that last time I have to be proud. Except when I deliver it.
I thought the grey hair I'm starting to get was from my new job, but I might have to reconsider.
By the way, anyone interested in some classical "strings"? Here kitty, kitty.

[Kevin Sjostrand]

Ha ha, no, but I might want any kitty litter you might have left over.

[Ken Hundley]

WOW! Fantastic repair! I love it when they turn out that way. Great job. Shoot the cat. If life #8 did this much damage, what do you think you can expect from #9? Anyway, great job!