Just got back from Louisville, Traffic like you wouldn't believe over there..
We live in Clarksville Indiana two Miles from the Ohio River that adjoins Louisville Kentucky..
My Son says they upgraded his tickets & got a great seat, Show starts soon..
He has to be at work @ 11:00pm so He is going to Uber back to his work afterwards..
My Biggest problem now is how to get a flat routing area from above for making the patch for the top as the face of the Fly is very tapered so it will need to be shimmed on the bass side to make a flat patch that I will have to taper before gluing it in with either a hand plane or orbital sander.
Slow and Easy, I will take my time, I will unsolder the pickups & piezo tomorrow & get to routing the face for the patch of poplar
I will go to Home Depot in the morning & get a package of these tapered shims that when they are slid together you can make an exact thickness spacers. I will either hot glue them in place or use Alien Tape but only after putting some painters tape on the guitars face..
Of course I could cut my own spacers on the table saw BUT?
The piece of poplar my buddy from Talk Bass sent will make a decent patch, My Son thinks I should make the patch from a harder wood such as Maple or Mahogany so if the spring breaks again it won't pop the wood out again..
I also need to get some TiteBond Glue as my only wood glue here is from 2003, Always remember to date stuff like that as I was thinking it was fairly new but the date tells me different, I could also use some of that Super Glue #30 from Stew-Mac & not have to wait an extra day for the patch to setup but I am in no hurry & wood glue on wood is super strong actually stronger than the wood itself.. Will also have to get a few blocks of scraps for when I clamp the patch into place which my shop is full of.. Also wood filler can be made from saw dust & wood glue, So save your dust when you clean up.
Still thinking some type of auto body filler will be required + black primer & paint..
Jr. Luthier in Training to Surgery Stat.. HaHa!!
I'm here masked up & ready.. BTW The used router I bought needed to have the Off/On switch removed & cleaned as it was packed with saw dust & would only work when the switch was held in.. I tested it at the Pawn Shop & got a 15 day return available but it is like new now after disassembly & cleaning + I have ideas for it with that cutting board.. I made a router table a few years back from a huge Craftsman Router I bought for $20 at the Pawn Shop.. I buy a lot of stuff there = Tools, Guitars, Jewelry & Guns.. I went to High School with the Manager 40 years ago.
Hey I'm 55 years old & Retired & own my Home so I have to be thrifty but never do without anything = The Way To Be!!
I have many ideas and am very handy from being a maintenance man so I make a lot of stuff others would buy like a table saw sled for instance