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So it's not just me. My friend needed to use his work bench one day. It was covered with junk, so he put a piece of plywood over everything. Eventually he covered that with more junk.
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Don't you hate it when you can't find the tool, templet, or jig you need? Last week I bought an 1-3/4" forstner bit and I just spent an hour looking for it. Or last week I spent close to an hour looking for a jig I made last year. Very frustrating!
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Less – a simplified Leslie style cabinet
woodfab replied to henrim's topic in Non-Guitar Build Section
Very nice, I've always loved that sound of the Leslie and worked on a few. I feel it's more of a natural sound than an effect unit. Similar to, that I love an acoustic piano as compare to a to the sound of a digital piano, close but no cigar! -
Not a Guitar but still a-lot of saw dust. Was supposed to be done for Christmas, just finished last week.
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Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard all-heart VG $99 ea. Honduran Mahogany, 1-Piece body blank and neck $180 I guess it's that the last time I bought wood for guitars was 45 years ago. I paid about $39 for all three pieces.
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Couple superstrats coming along
woodfab replied to nakedzen's topic in In Progress and Finished Work
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I'm making 4 guitars and when I went looking for rosewood fingerboard I was in shock! I'm making Guitars for fun, so I'm trying to keep the cost as low as possible! I guess if I was able to sell for $2,000 it wouldn't be such a big deal!
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Wow very nice.
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Is this just me? due I need a therapist? or is this normal? I wanted to make a few cuts but, this could take awhile. Can you see my table-saw? My shaper has turned into a storaged table. Show me your shop!
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Well my dad, a tool and die machinist built this back in the 40s. I used it a-lot back in the day in the late 60s and on my 1st. guitar builds. It gos up and down 1-1/2" and the sanding drum would shake a-lot at it's hight point. Rather than buying a small new one I ended up mounting a top bearing which resolved the shaking problem. Plus it's kind of cool knowing I used on my 1st guitar builds.
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The 1st. guitar I built when I was 14 has poor intonations due to fret spacings, so I never play it. It has a 60s Gibson patent Humbucker on it which I'm thinking I should sell due to the high demand. I could use the money for parts for my new builds.
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I found that I have three nice Guitars I've made but, two of them I never use and now I'm making four more. How many of you love making guitars that they never use? Or rarely use? Is that crazy?
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Thanks for the feedback. I see that harmonic placement should be considered but, doesn't that all change when playing bar cords? Years ago when I was in a band I always just used the bridge pickup.
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Thanks for the great info.
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If a make a single pickup guitar, what is the most popular spot for it? Neck, center, or bridge?
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I'm building five guitars but I don't want to spend top dollar for parts and pickups. I just bought some so called Epiphone Humbuckers but haven't tried them yet. Has anybody tried them? A few years ago I bought EMG but now their price has doubled.
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I did get a small amount of tear-out on some figured wood from my thickness planer last week. I guess you can never have to many tools.
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Boy did I make a Dust Storm last night. The wife wasn't happy when I came up for dinner covered with sawdust.
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I have two thickness-planers, one has a metal feed roller that will leave diagonal lines on light cuts. The other one I have has a hard rubber feed roller which won't leave any marks on light cuts.
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I made this jig for cutting accurate curves and flat surfaces on guitars. I've use it for finger-boards and bodies. I made several jig guide rails for curves and flat cuts.
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I never liked the thickness sander due to the cost of the paper. and glue can clog them up fast. I feel that the blades in a thickness-planer will cut faster and cost much less over time.
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If you have the right tension on it, I would say it's bent. Take it off and lay it on a table, it should have a constant curve, basically a perfect circle.
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Here's the wood for the body, Maple for the top pulled from a 1911 Baldwin grand piano and the mahogany back from a dumpster dive.
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Truss Rod Looks like I need to recut the angle of the head surface.
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After using milling machine 30 years ago I felt I couldn't live without one and bought one in the 80s. It's great for so many jobs, You guys make great guitars with hand tools, so I feel like this is cheating.
