Bizman62 Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 Thought I'd share this here as well since the original forum no longer exists. So... My ex-wannabe-son-in-law wanted to go to a luthiery school and I had been watching the early Crimson videos where Ben had an awl named Jessica. One day as I was in my wood shed I noticed a featherless dart lying around - the type that's very common here. The plastic tail is screwed in so I thought I'd try if a regular screw would fit and found one, only of the wrong size. So off to the hardware store to buy one single bolt with a square part below the cap. A wooden handle is a must so I chose a piece of alder from the pile of firewood, drilled a hole through it and after some carving with a knife lathed it using my hand drill! Some oil and voilà! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 nice work. tis a pretty handle. I'm assuming you built this so that when you now use it on a guitar build you can rightfully say "I gave it my awl". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtisa Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 11 minutes ago, mistermikev said: "I gave it my awl". 'Awl take two, thanks' 'Is that awl you've got?' 'He's as wise as an awl' 'We could awl play a game of darts, but I've just turned them in to something else' 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 9 minutes ago, curtisa said: 'Awl take two, thanks' 'Is that awl you've got?' 'He's as wise as an awl' 'We could awl play a game of darts, but I've just turned them in to something else' y'awl are just being silly now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 And that's another fine mess you've gotten us into Awlie.... And a fine awl it is too. Might this be considered a non guitar build, Andrew? SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted January 15, 2020 Report Share Posted January 15, 2020 1 hour ago, ScottR said: And that's another fine mess you've gotten us into Awlie.... And a fine awl it is too. Might this be considered a non guitar build, Andrew? SR dang it awl... I swear I did not intend to start this hootenanny. I feel awlful. Just another brick in the wawl I spose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtisa Posted January 17, 2020 Report Share Posted January 17, 2020 On 1/16/2020 at 8:35 AM, ScottR said: Might this be considered a non guitar build, Andrew? Awl see what I can do... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted February 24, 2020 Report Share Posted February 24, 2020 I suppose its awl or nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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