joshatatlasstands

Hardwood panel amp stands make guitar amplifiers, and guitars, sound great. The difference the hardwood makes is quite noticeable. I'm having some recent issues with tear out in White Ash today while doing the new hand planing. Next time I cut down the wood stock I'll cut it so the wood grain doesn't change direction so much... Big change in process...

I made some edits adding pics this AM. I gotta learn how to take a decent picture so I can better document my builds. I stand on , I mean, I stand behind my woodwork Thanks again for the welcome. Josh

Dave_B, I'm looking to get a scraper soon, how does the 0.6mm work for you? This will be my initial experience with them so I hope to start with something a bit forgiving. I also wonder, can a decent scraper be made from raw cold steel stock instead of having to buy them? I'm very grateful for any info anyone can give me on this. Josh

That's spot on what I'm experiencing too. With two daughters running around the house it's less sawdust for them to get into, and it's a lot easier to keep working when they are taking mid-day naps. Everything about the hand planing seems so much nicer. I can even have a conversation while I work now. Here is a picture of a couple of my past builds, none of these are hand planed though. The one on the top right is a baffled reflex build that is ported up front, sounded awesome. The top left is a single rack space stand with a cooling fan that is height adjustable, it also has a cap to protect the rack unit when closed. The two in the middle and the bottom left are what I am calling a "studio" design, bare bones, small and easiest to gig with. The image on the bottom right has a few designs, the closest stand in the picture is a 2 rack space design that resembles the baffled reflex design above it. Each build is a lot of fun, just hoping that people enjoy them. I'm hoping that one day I can get good enough to build a sunburst amp stand, or do some really cool inlays to resemble a guitar neck. I've already put f-holes in some of the legs/panels. Using butt joints right now, but I've done some dovetails and laps too. I'm editing a couple times this morning to add pics as I get them put together in photoscape, which is really cool free photo software if you are interested in compiling pictures like this, saves some space when desired. Swart Build, the first studio design, again, not hand planed Woodshop: random stuff. that is my marsian mascot, Atlas, on the drill press cover My next hurdle with hand planing is to figure out if I can plane both surfaces of the boards before I rip the panels to width, without scratching the wood on the table saw bed/fence. Maybe I could put some blue painter's tape on the saw bed? I'm curious what everyone else does. Do you plane before ripping or rip first and then plane, Its the edges of the surfaces that I worry will be out of square and mess up the joints. My design uses a butt joint (usually) that butts up again a large surface of another panel, so the surface must be exact. I'm thinking it would be easier to get it exact if I rip widths after I plane the large surfaces is this common?

That's gorgeous! Ambrosia maple is one of my favorite hardwoods, I've never seen it on a guitar 'till now. New here so...lots for me to learn here, thanks for the project pictures. very very nice work!

WOW!, what a cool looking hollowbody! I've got to learn how to do that! All of them are amazing!

Hi everyone, I'm Josh Childers from East TN USA. I build custom handmade hardwood guitar amplifier stands. I have a wood shop (Atlas Stands) and I spend most of my time working there with Walnut, Ash, Cherry and sometimes Maple. Lately I have been hunting hand planes to round out my collection. I still need a block plane and a jack plane, but I'm not so bad off for them that I cannot wait for a decent find. I have to say I don't know why it took me so long to get around to hand planing my work. It's so much quieter and peaceful, aand I'm finding it yields a far better finish. I'm excited about hand planing if you cannot tell:) I have a college degree in the recording industry from MTSU, I graduated in 2004, and I'm pretty knowledgeable about the physics of sound and the electronics involved in guitar amplification. I have not built my own guitar yet, but maybe one day. I have a slab of walnut waiting for me in the corner of my wood shop, gonna make a tele out of it as soon as time permits. I really must concentrate on the stands before I can build the tele. I play several guitars, my favorite is my Sheri 2, 1998 MIK with a bigsby trem. 1990 tele thinline semi hollow reissue. Blonde Ash 1988 SG Epi candy apple Red Alvarez Acoustic Takamine acoustic/elec Dean Sweetwood SWDR I ride motorcycles a lot and do the family thing on the weekends. I live in motorcycle heaven, mountainous roads and curves galore. If ever there was a great place to ride motorcycles it's the Great Smoky Mountains! Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself, I hope there is room in the forum for me to share a few amp stand builds. Hope to get to know some of you soon! It's great to be here, a friend of mine said he used to come here a lot and suggested I check the place out. I am very impressed. Please let me know if there is room here for an amplifier stand builder among all professional and amazing guitar builders, the hardwood custom amp stands are sorta new to the music scene and I am looking for a good place to learn, progress, share and correspond with like minded folks. Thanks for reading my 1st post everyone