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Hi all,

New to the forum and have been looking through the different builds, some very impressive work on here.

I am on with my 6th build at the moment, first was a kit guitar to get used to doing finishes and setup, which was a few years ago. Work life kept me too busy to do much building. Having been made redundant from my career as an IT Manager back in May last year, I decided it was time to build a workshop/shed in my back garden and then did some jobs around the house that hadn't been done due to work. One of the jobs was the master bedroom, where I made some built in wardrobes to replace the old early 1900s Oak wardrobe we had in there. Said wardrobe was then dismantled and put in my workshop for projects...

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Started this project at the beginning of April, during lockdown and with the majority of jobs around the house done.

Cut a couple of lengths of the oak for the top -

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And after lining up the grain as best as possible, glued them together

 

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Once the glue had dried, sanded off the old varnish with a belt sander (probably should have scrapped it off, but we live and learn) and then sanded it flat with a block of wood and some 80 grit sandpaper.

 

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Then did a rough mark out of the shape

 

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And cut it out with a jigsaw

 

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I then did the same process for the bottom section and used the top cut out as a template

 

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cut out with the jigsaw and then did a rough cut out of the neck pocket on the top section and placed them together to get an idea of the overall thickness and make sure it all lined up.

 

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Away with the power tools (don't have many 🤣) and out with the chisels, set about carving out the inside of the top section

 

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At this point I did a rough cut out of the pickup slots so I could keep an eye on the thickness of the top

 

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another quick clean up and tested in place to see how the depth was looking

 

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Then hollowed out the bottom section and cut out the first access panel, unfortunately didn't take many photos at this point, was tired from all the chiselling out, oak takes it out of you. Also glued in a frame for the back plate to screw onto.

 

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More coats of Danish oil, but used the wrong can, had picked up an old one that had bits in...

 

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for those eagle-eyed people among us, you may notice the smiley face in the sawdust on the wall, my wife's way of telling me I need to clean up a bit 😆

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That's some impressive work! I especially like the usage of inexpensive common household tools instead of routing along bought templates.

Am I seeing right, is there a gap in the glue line in the bottom? The bubbling of the glue you're using may have been too strong for just one clamp connecting the halves. Hopefully you don't have to redo the center seams although if necessary it'd be easier before gluing the top and bottom together.

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While I was deciding on hardware to get for this, thought I would have a go at making some pickup rings out of the oak. My dad managed to find his dads old carving chisels, so thought I would give them a go on this. 

He sharpened them before I picked them up, so managed to get started straight away.

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Managed to catch it on one edge when cutting out with the Tenon saw, so quick repair job with saw dust a superglue

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and sanded a bit more, shouldn't be too noticeable on the finished piece

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Marked out for the holes and then used this as a template for the bridge ring

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