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Wow, sometimes it doesn't take a lot to impress me. Today, I got way more than I paid for in this tool. After peeling the tape and scraping laboriously all the duco, tape residue and CA, I grabbed my new 7336 Porter Cable ROS. In ten minutes with a 150 grit disc, it didn't look like the same guitar. Wow. When the guitar goes from ugly duckling to nearly ready for the spray booth that's a great transition.

Then, just for fun, I grabbed my 220 grit laden Porter Cable 330 SpeedBlock sander, oh my goodness, that sucker with the sandpaper curved up into the holder, it sanded the inside curves to "close". A little more work to do there. And Tim, I'm going to have to get out my magnifying glass, but I don't see any little circles buddy.

The speedblock has an OPM of 12,000. I've owned it since using a carpenter's building my house, 1978. Great tool.

Mario, you are right, this thing is a hoss. But the rascal get's it's job done and jumps back under the bench. I noticed that the lumber yard had ten to one more five inch papers than six inch. And I tried a local body shop their six inch were baby blue and about sixty cents a disc. Amazon has Mirka 6 inch for 30 cents.

Okay, here is a pic of my son's Grand A! with it's 247 year old cedar top. I counted the grain lines. The back is a fourpiece three piece back. Titebound all the way.....

Looks great, Bruce. I really like the way you pulled off the four-piece top. It looks like it was planned that way.      I'm on the hunt for some local Osage orange and may have to do this if I can only find small stuff.
One thing about your orbital sander - I used one and didn't see any scratches either until I put on the epoxy filler. Then I had to sand it all back to bare wood and start over. You might want to check a small section before applying finish to the entire guitar.

Will Do, I plan to go up to 320 at least as well. I'll look some more when I trapse back to the shop in a minute after a bite of lunch.

Very nice looking guitar, Bruce. I like the 4/3 back.
Also the neckless approach. Man, those set ups are going to be easy.

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awesome Bruce, nice looking guitar.

Tell me, does that cleat on the side of your work bench ever catch ya in an un-pleasant way?   

whats that for anyway?

Matt

[QUOTE=Matt Gage] awesome Bruce, nice looking guitar.

Tell me, does that cleat on the side of your work bench ever catch ya in an un-pleasant way?   

whats that for anyway?

Matt[/QUOTE]

HA!! Looks like a zipper grabber to me!

MATT you should know what thats for! To tie off his boat for crying out loud! Shish! LanceK38443.3320949074

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wait let me guess...   

its for tying the vacume hose to, for hands free sanding....Right?

I saw Bruce Petros using some furniture straps when gluing his necks in. So, lacking those, I just tried two bungee cords and they work great. Mario saw this pic and said a properly fit neck joint doesn't need it. But I liked the way it assured alignment while the glue dries. Kind of looks like a missle on the launch pad doesn't it?