Lo and behold, I got the right tool and a four week problem became a two minute problem
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God I wish I had the money for actual luthiery classes.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH3UsvqA3AA

I'm stuck on how to get or make a steamer like that. Hoses and gaskets I can handle, and I bet I could use one of my big T needles for the tip, but I am *not* comfortable modifying a pressure cooker. Any thoughts?

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oh shoot, forgot the tags

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TL:DR this extremely long project is nearing its end and I'm excited about it. Is it going to sound amazing? No, it was a cheap kid's guitar and I'm a complete amateur to every relevant crafting skill involved in its restoration. Is it going to look professional? No, see above. But it's my #GarbageGuitar, I've poured a lot of time and effort into it, and I think I'm going to be happy with the end result.

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The smart thing would be to give up on the marquetry and get this done already, but my local library is supposedly adding a wood-safe laser cutter to its computer/crafting area, so I'm waiting to see if that actually happens. I have my design, the scrap veneer, and the wood glue, so there may be a little bit of a sunk cost fallacy going on here, but dangit I want my squid guitar.

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For the latter, I finally decided done was better than perfect, and also better than compromising the structural integrity of the instrument. I sanded it down, filled in some pits with epoxy putty, and colored it over with a silver paint marker. Which needs to cure for a month just in case, because I'm putting poly on this thing when I'm done with it.

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Yes, I'm still working on the Garbage Guitar! I hit two roadblocks a while back; one, I wanted to add some marquetry to the head of the guitar but I've never done marquetry before, and two, the plastic binding was in godawful shape and I wasn't sure what to do about that.

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