What's on your workbench?
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Navid
Chicken Kicker
So good.
skeels
..to pay the beels
Right now, I am working on taking a neck apart.
Kind of the opposite of what I would like to be doing, but I am learning a valuable lesson. Be very, very careful or you will have to tear things apart in order to salvage what you can!
And I was so happy with the way this volute was coming out!
Truss rod rout went a mm too deep towards the scarf and being so thin, cracked while I was shaping the profile.
Saved the fretboard, rod and headstock- I think - but the neck may be destined ffor the burn pit in favor of a new one.
We see all these nice pics of beautiful, well crafted instruments, I thought I would switch it up a bit and show the ugly, train-wreck side of luthiery.
If I can't be a shining example, I can serve as a horrible warning!
Kind of the opposite of what I would like to be doing, but I am learning a valuable lesson. Be very, very careful or you will have to tear things apart in order to salvage what you can!
And I was so happy with the way this volute was coming out!
Truss rod rout went a mm too deep towards the scarf and being so thin, cracked while I was shaping the profile.
Saved the fretboard, rod and headstock- I think - but the neck may be destined ffor the burn pit in favor of a new one.
We see all these nice pics of beautiful, well crafted instruments, I thought I would switch it up a bit and show the ugly, train-wreck side of luthiery.
If I can't be a shining example, I can serve as a horrible warning!
mikenothing
Well-Known Member
Ibanez RG7421 with a RG7621 Neck. I am carving the horns. Body + headstock will be painted flat white and will have all black hardware and white pickups.
mikenothing
Well-Known Member
Agile Interceptor pro 727 I bought for 80 bucks. Needs refret and had a botched stain job. I sanded it down and reshaped the headstock. Still needs new frets, maple cap for the headstock, and will be finished with danish oil.
Truss rod rout went a mm too deep towards the scarf and being so thin, cracked while I was shaping the profile.
That sucks! Thanks for showing. It reminds us to leave at least 3-4mm of wood between the back of the neck and the truss rod....
I got some work done too - finished my first set of pickups:
Wired and wax potted:
I made them from sratch, because I couldn't find 7 String bobbins with the right string spacing and they are slanted which made thinks a little more complicated...
Test fit:
The guitar got 2 coats of oil, next is some wet sanding and another coat, hopefully the last one.
OfArtAndArsenal
Well-Known Member
What kind of oil are you using, Walt?
Some trade secrets need to be kept....
But I'll give you a hint: it's an polymerising hard oil used for the sealing of floors normally. It dryes/polymerises within 24hours, builds a film very fast and becomes quite hard. It's almost like a lacquer...
This isn't really on my workbench unless virtual workbenches count, but a fanned 7 string I've been planning for a while.
nodc fanned 7 by rob_dux, on Flickr
nodc fanned 7 render by rob_dux, on Flickr
I still need to work out a headstock I like but I should be able to start on it once I've finished off a single cut and Tele I'm making.
Untitled by rob_dux, on Flickr
sym sc2 hh by rob_dux, on Flickr
Untitled by rob_dux, on Flickr
floyd tele by rob_dux, on Flickr
nodc fanned 7 by rob_dux, on Flickr
nodc fanned 7 render by rob_dux, on Flickr
I still need to work out a headstock I like but I should be able to start on it once I've finished off a single cut and Tele I'm making.
Untitled by rob_dux, on Flickr
sym sc2 hh by rob_dux, on Flickr
Untitled by rob_dux, on Flickr
floyd tele by rob_dux, on Flickr
OfArtAndArsenal
Well-Known Member
Some trade secrets need to be kept....
Ohhh so that's how you're gonna be...
Fine then I'll just keep all my...uh...secrets to myself too. Yeah. Take that...
skeels
..to pay the beels
This is my secret.
Ok. I don't have any secrets.
That's not even my shop....
Ok. I don't have any secrets.
That's not even my shop....
Almost done.... the nut / nut slots need some more tweaking and I'll have to work on that neck pickup, the lower bobbin needs to be moved a little towards the bass strings.
This is/was my most complicated build so far. I need to build something easy now to relax... another Blackmachine copy maybe?
just kidding....
Almost done.... the nut / nut slots need some more tweaking and I'll have to work on that neck pickup, the lower bobbin needs to be moved a little towards the bass strings.
This is/was my most complicated build so far. I need to build something easy now to relax... another Blackmachine copy maybe?
Beautiful . I used to hate these guitar shapes but now I just get the whole idea.
This is the last "workbench" pic I posted on my facebook page. Seems I need to shoot an updated one
Started a new Build.... made a neck blank yesterday.
Enough clamps?
I did some planing to day and damped the wood a little for the picture:
Ovangkol has some crazy grain lines.... I'll let this blank settle for a while. It's thick enough for two 7 String guitar necks with scarf joints.
Enough clamps?
I did some planing to day and damped the wood a little for the picture:
Ovangkol has some crazy grain lines.... I'll let this blank settle for a while. It's thick enough for two 7 String guitar necks with scarf joints.
AwDeOh
Well-Known Member
Can't wait to see what you come up with this time. What's the plan for it?
UnderTheSign
Well-Known Member
Elm table... Special project, all from the same log which has been watered for ~ a decade and lumber has been cut by a 17th century style wind powered mill. The top is prettier than the underside, I promise... Hah.
Webmaestro
Ibanez Fanatic
Dammit, screw this apartment-living crap. I want a workshop >.<
