What's on your workbench?

[Omzig]

https://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-tt...gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CLCa6P3D59wCFcaLUQodOCkPHw

Superb saw for the cash

Cool thanks for the heads up,I did look at this in a Screwfix leaflet a while back but the fence ending 2/3's of the table seems a bit strange,seems a lot of YT'er have remade/replaced there fences on this and saws like them.

I've seen a few other cheap TS's on ebay that look pretty much the same as the titans but seem to have better stock fences + a small boost to 1800watt @about £120 delivered (VonHaus & lumberjeck) Ive always ripped blanks down using a rip saw/jig and squared up on a joiner/thickness'er
but i think it's time to make some space for a tablesaw somewhere as im getting neck laminate envy lol

 

[Walshy]

Dam wish i could find some nice Black limba over here in the UK at a honest price,Last (quite plain) blank i saw pop up on ebay was £100/$130,ive seen some Eu sellers with boards that could be OK but they want stupid shipping costs £30+ mad.....

looks like i'll have to use the black limba a tops i do have with some white limba (idigbo)

Yeah, no idea what happened to UK black limba prices in the past couple of years - everything basically doubled in price. I watch so many guitar blanks on eBay so have a good feel for it. Very surprised to see you got a single piece for £60 recently, J_Mac! Somehow missed that one. By the way, can't wait to see what you do with those lovely blanks you've got ready. Also, I agree that FGW is a great seller - had a few off him in the past few years.

 

[J_Mac]

Yeah, no idea what happened to UK black limba prices in the past couple of years - everything basically doubled in price. I watch so many guitar blanks on eBay so have a good feel for it. Very surprised to see you got a single piece for £60 recently, J_Mac! Somehow missed that one. By the way, can't wait to see what you do with those lovely blanks you've got ready. Also, I agree that FGW is a great seller - had a few off him in the past few years.

£60 BL plank, approx 100cm x 15cm x 5cm (there’s a couple more from this seller too. Be quick though I might grab this one!
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/263829331617

£75 single piece from FGW
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/272630196510

 

[Walshy]

Cheers, mate. I saw them earlier but misread the widths. FGW FTW lol.

 

[Nick1]

I pretty regularly am asked to work on odd and interesting guitars and other instruments.
This is the most recent one.

It’s an 8 string with emgs. What’s so weird about that you ask?
Well attached are some pics of the monstrosity.
Apparently it was left in an attic for years and it must have been used as a cat litter box because it reaked of cat piss. the wiring/pots were all corroded. Holes were drilled into the bridge to accommodate more strings.

After a few hours and some new piss free parts it’s ready for a setup. I can already tell intonation is gonna be a pain in the ass.

 

[Lemonbaby]

Found some time to continue my new headless 7 this weekend. Walnut body w/ Maple top and black veneer in between. Maple neck, Pao Ferro ferret, 26.5“ scale. C-Pig w/ burnt chrome cover, Mera Sub III hardware. Did a quick mockup assembly to get a preview of the final guitar. One minor problem I noticed: string spacing of the bridge (66mm) is wider than standard 7-string PUs (63mm). Not critical, but a little unfortunate...

 

[Soya]

Whipped up a pedalboard over the weekend from some leftover materials for my upcoming build, kinda rushed through it so didn't turn out so great but I don't really care heh. Tried to practice my chiseling on the power jack on the back but apparently I need more practice since I tore out a big chunk

 

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[Ordacleaphobia]

Whipped up a pedalboard over the weekend from some leftover materials for my upcoming build, kinda rushed through it so didn't turn out so great but I don't really care heh. Tried to practice my chiseling on the power jack on the back but apparently I need more practice since I tore out a big chunk

Just posting to say that looks totally bitchin' and it looks like an absolutely top-shelf board.

 

[Soya]

Just posting to say that looks totally bitchin' and it looks like an absolutely top-shelf board.

Thanks friend
Sucks that I only have a tuner and the power amp so it's not much use at the moment

 

[Taylor]

Haven't posted in almost a year, been busy finishing up my degree, but I finally found some time to work on my projects. Working on my first bit of inlay.



Most of the pieces fit great so far, with one exception that will have to get filled in later.



You can see the gap better in the pic below




Other than that I've got the body and headstock wet sanded, but it still needs a bit more to get the completely leveled.



Excuse the messy workshop

 

[Soya]

It's a workshop, it's supposed to be a mess.

 

[Taylor]

It's a workshop, it's supposed to be a mess.

True enough I guess!

Some more progress pics:









For my first inlay I'm pretty happy with it, though I probably should have practiced on some scrap first

Starting putting the frets in, have a chip to fix on the edge of the fretboard. I've made more progress in the past two days than I have in the past year

 

[KR250]

Finally dug into a piece of Rosewood I've had for a while. Had a bad crack through it so was trying to figure out the best way to make cuts and retain the most wood. Also it was flat sawn, so flipped the pieces 90 degrees after cutting to get quarter sawn(ish). I was able to get one more piece out of it (not pictured) so I think I can do two full set necks, and cut two thin stringers for the Wenge neck on the right.

Set aside the pieces for now to ponder how best to lay it out for 5 piece neck.

Before picture, you can see the crack on the bottom.

 

[Soya]

Finally dug into a piece of Rosewood I've had for a while. Had a bad crack through it so was trying to figure out the best way to make cuts and retain the most wood. Also it was flat sawn, so flipped the pieces 90 degrees after cutting to get quarter sawn(ish). I was able to get one more piece out of it (not pictured) so I think I can do two full set necks, and cut two thin stringers for the Wenge neck on the right.

Set aside the pieces for now to ponder how best to lay it out for 5 piece neck.

Before picture, you can see the crack on the bottom.

What do you use for a photo hosting site? Your pics never show up on mobile.

 

[KR250]

Weird, I've just copy and pasted them directly into the message lately from my Google Drive, sync'd from phone. I used to use my own website for hosting after cropping them down. Maybe image size issue? I'll try on mobile next time.

 

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Its painted.Waiting to dry the painting for good and then i will assembly the parts

 

[Soya]

Gnarly. What's the scale length?

 

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47-44"

 

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Vig cobra long scale (34") & navarone colossal scale (47-44")