Doing Things Wrong

Radiatabacker Part IIa

A lot of work for not much to show

I made some small adjustments to the outline, and finished the neck mounting. And a lot of sanding. The drywall sander is a godsend, it works much better than a block, and really saves your hands. But my arms feel like lead.

I also did the roundovers on the back, a mix of 1/4" and 3/4". You can see the small fillets I left at the base of the neck mount. I could have squared those corners with a file, but this will be less prone to crack the finish. The neck will cover them.

And a lot more sanding on the back, I found a spot where the belt sander had dug too deep. It's as flat as a mirror now.

Detail of the neck mount and horns. I'll use a standard Fender mounting plate for the added strength, since this body is rather thin. The front body edge will get binding. Now I think it's time to start roughing-out a neck. Fortunately, I have a model right at hand that I can simply copy - the Superfreak. Speaking of which, that one is ready for final assembly.


WordPress image handling has been getting worse since at least version 5.5. In their arrogance, the programmers are sabotaging the user in every way they can. I'm still finding and fixing damage. It's really aggravating that there is no way to turn off all the nonsense. These programmers are truly idiots. Thankfully, with php you can hack the code yourself, and that is exactly what I did, and then made it automatic. Simple, my WordPress theme, now searches out the bad code and disables it. No more image insanity.

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