krazyderek Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 I've never really had a confortable place to draw out my guitar ideas at full scale, that and i'm always lookfing for a place to trace large pictures or overlap things, so i said "hell with it" and built a drafting table that suited my needs, made out of MDF, the entire unit cost me 30$, and the sheet of plexiglass that's backlit was free (dad has some good friends ). Every joint is glued, pre drilled and screwed, and the top table angle is adjustable from 0 to 51 degrees. The plexiglass is frosted on the back, but still has the wax paper on the front till i get the whole thing sealed and painted. still working on the foot rest and cup holder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckguitarist Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 How did you make the tilty.....mechanism.....machinery.........work? Looks pretty cool.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 looks good! nice place to draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted May 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 pole is fasended (spelling ) to the frame under the plexiglass, and that pole runs thru pivoting block with a hole in it, the knob sticking out the side tightens into place to lock the rod, there's a rod on either side, and along the front of the table and the bottom of the plexi frame there's a 54" piano hinge with 50 screws Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MzI Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 welcome to the world of the architect student, hahahaha, one thing i do is do a really small sketch scan it into my computer and rough it out in autocad then print it to roughly scale and then sketch onto it to get it nice how i like it, o btw your setup there with the light in the back is called a light table, MzI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarfrenzy Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 You did a good job on that Derek... looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhoads56 Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 At least your not going to ever have issues with working out neck angles! Good stuff, much better than what ive got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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