ScottR Posted September 11, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2023 7 hours ago, Bizman62 said: Ooh, you built a fancy sanding block! I call it "Still Life in Silence". SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 Your next project. Test those carving skills. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 1 hour ago, avengers63 said: Your next project. Test those carving skills. i saw this on facebook... and it was my understanding that this was 3d printed... which is confusing cause it sure looks like wood. I know the guy was saying his brother used to carve these... maybe I misunderstood. that is a rediculous amount of details... but if anyone could pull it off... it'd be @ScottR !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 9 hours ago, mistermikev said: i saw this on facebook... and it was my understanding that this was 3d printed... which is confusing cause it sure looks like wood. I know the guy was saying his brother used to carve these... maybe I misunderstood. that is a rediculous amount of details... but if anyone could pull it off... it'd be @ScottR !! It's just as possible that I mis-read it. In any event, I'm laying down a double-dog-dare for Scotty to rise to the bait 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 It sure looks like wood and based on the big magnifying glass and the bunch of mini drill bits at least some of the carving has been done manually. Whether the rolls in the back are filament or cable is hard to tell but in any case their colours don't match with the woody brown. That's like @ScottR was making a 3D model of the @avengers63 Mucha theme on steroids. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 for the record... this is 3d printed wood filament (apparently it's a thing): 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 3 hours ago, Bizman62 said: That's like @ScottR was making a 3D model of the @avengers63 Mucha theme on steroids. NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I don't have much thunder. Don't steal the little I have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrim Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Woozle Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 I've sometimes thought how cool it would be to have a guitar carved in the style of Grinling Gibbons, but then thought how long it would take. If I started, I'd probably die before I got it finished... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 2 hours ago, henrim said: well it's official. I'm no carver... but seeing this I thought it looked a lot like other 3d printed things I've seen with the carving going so deep... and seemingly having layers underneath layers. If that is even possible via regular carving tools... man it'd be a colossal effort! does look an awful lot like wood - enough so to have a number of respectable luthiers "unsure" anyway (that means y'all and myself included allbiet arguably less respectable) thank you for ending the mystery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 15 minutes ago, mistermikev said: seemingly having layers underneath layers. If that is even possible via regular carving tools... man it'd be a colossal effort! It is. In the Ivory Museum in Erbach, Germany, there's an ivory ball with can't remember how many (7?) figurative carved balls inside each other - and the balls were loose! Knowing that the tusks of an elephant are only 20 cm/8" thick at the max that ball had to be only about 15 cm/6" in diameter. And that was carved all by hand, power tools weren't invented yet. Well, maybe a treadle powered dentist's drill? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 5 minutes ago, Bizman62 said: It is. In the Ivory Museum in Erbach, Germany, there's an ivory ball with can't remember how many (7?) figurative carved balls inside each other - and the balls were loose! Knowing that the tusks of an elephant are only 20 cm/8" thick at the max that ball had to be only about 15 cm/6" in diameter. And that was carved all by hand, power tools weren't invented yet. Well, maybe a treadle powered dentist's drill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted September 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2023 23 hours ago, mistermikev said: things I've seen with the carving going so deep... and seemingly having layers underneath layers. If that is even possible via regular carving tools... man it'd be a colossal effort! Yeah........but Wow! SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2023 Still no pickups. I've about got myself convinced it's a bad idea to route them before gluing up the top. the only plus is not having to fit a template around the neck. In the meantime we had an eclipse in the neighborhood yesterday. I was about 100 miles away from totality. I did the pinhole in cardstock thing where the sunlight shines through the hole and the bright little image is in the shape of the eclipse. While that was going on, I noticed the leaves in the trees were creating little pinholes for the sunlight to shine through as well. The tree shadows on my driveway were made up of images of the eclipse. WE were in a zone that saw 90% coverage of the sun. After it was all over the shadows went back to looking like a tree. SR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2023 I mentioned earlier that I tested the new band saw by slicing off a piece of mesquite. And I was practicing finishing techniques, This is that slice with worm holes filled with turquoise chips and finished with that epoxy resin table top finish. The wood has a crotch feather figure and the entire thing is chatoyant. SR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted October 16, 2023 Report Share Posted October 16, 2023 That looks great, Scott 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted October 16, 2023 Report Share Posted October 16, 2023 figured mesquite gol dang... have not seen before. lovely stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2023 2 hours ago, mistermikev said: figured mesquite gol dang... have not seen before. lovely stuff. It got rescued from being BBQ smoker wood. Some of its plainer brethren made me some delicious baby back ribs yesterday. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted October 16, 2023 Report Share Posted October 16, 2023 2 hours ago, ScottR said: It got rescued from being BBQ smoker wood. Some of its plainer brethren made me some delicious baby back ribs yesterday. SR "I want my baby back, baby back, baby back... get in ma belly wee man!" hehe, I bet that stuff smells glorious to work! it's on my bucket list and grows wild here but pretty few/far between stock w/o splits and/or wide enough for even 1/2 a guitar (at least in az). that is a rare piece u got there. beautiful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 17, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2023 Yeah, I can get it in my local hardwood shop, but never in guitar top condition. It might be fun to do it anyway and fill all the splits with turquoise. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 23, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2023 Time to move on. I cannot route for my pickups, but there are a number of things that can be done. I took the screws out and separated the tops and made sure the gluing surfaces were flat. I repurposed some bobbin clamps to make bench dogs to hold the guitar shapes still whilst sanding. Then routed pickup wiring channels. Then glued the top on. My wife came back from shopping (of course) at this stage and glanced over....twice and said "that looks like it's in traction". "Damn honey, what an astute observation". That's not at all far from the truth. SR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted October 24, 2023 Report Share Posted October 24, 2023 8 hours ago, ScottR said: I repurposed some bobbin clamps to make bench dogs to hold the guitar shapes still whilst sanding. Clever!!! No sharp corners to notch the guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted October 24, 2023 Report Share Posted October 24, 2023 11 hours ago, ScottR said: Time to move on. I cannot route for my pickups, but there are a number of things that can be done. I took the screws out and separated the tops and made sure the gluing surfaces were flat. I repurposed some bobbin clamps to make bench dogs to hold the guitar shapes still whilst sanding. Yes, I agree with @Bizman62 - VERY clever. Consider the idea stolen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2023 8 hours ago, Bizman62 said: Clever!!! No sharp corners to notch the guitar. 5 hours ago, Andyjr1515 said: Yes, I agree with @Bizman62 - VERY clever. Consider the idea stolen Thanks gentlemen. This option has been staring me in the face for years before I saw it. I used to use bits of urethane squeegee rubber which worked well too, but the screws would tear holes in them and destroy them. Problem solved. Note the torx heads on those screws....I love those. No more stripping the slots like on standard and phillips screw heads. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted October 24, 2023 Report Share Posted October 24, 2023 With a tenon that long you might just as well made a neck-through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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