Robin
Robin
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Topics: 13 / Replies: 1075
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RE: First practice build

@david-johnson09 Thanks Deej, and thats my entire collection of clamps.

6 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

Hi Darren I'm not ready for printing yet, I've been distracted by my practice build that iv'e drawn on paper. I'll add the 1000mm x 100mm rectangle ...

6 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

@darrenking I'd be interested in a full size paper print. Iv'e been drawing my next guitar using SolidWorks, but I only have an A4 printer. Can you w...

6 years ago
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RE: First practice build

And a preview, with the neck template and bridge sitting in place, of what it might look like.

6 years ago
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RE: First practice build

Another step forward, thats the cap glued and clamped.

6 years ago
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RE: First practice build

@tv1010101 Iv'e just found this template on my internet pop up adverts, looks like I'm not the first to have done out of alignment f holes. I didn't ...

6 years ago
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RE: First practice build

@tv1010101 The bottom one is smaller, there's a few reasons why. I originally hadn't intended to have f holes at all. The top one is there and is s...

6 years ago
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RE: First practice build

Iv'e started on the cap for my under the caravan scrapwood guitar. I'd tried unsuccessfully to disguise the black stained nail holes. So with a bit of...

6 years ago
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RE: Tidying Up

@frocesterbill Yes it's great for the well being. As I'm working outside a lot of the time, so as not to fill my hut and lungs with dust, my guitar ha...

6 years ago
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RE: Whoopsie

@tv1010101 I had thought that your scratch plate was another clever peice of wood. So you've answered your own question, having the photo printed on ...

6 years ago
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RE: Whoopsie

@tv1010101 I've just been reading about inkjet waterslide transfers. Someone had made woodgrain effect transfers, I think it was for a model railway w...

6 years ago
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RE: First practice build

@darrenking Yes, I can relate this to sailing again, my time hasn't been totally wasted, the same principal as making a wooden mast or spar.

6 years ago
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RE: First practice build

@darrenking Thanks for the advice Darren, I'll certainly check the grain. All I know so far is that it's 144x33.5x1880mm, so I should get something u...

6 years ago
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RE: Tidying Up

@darrenking Learning to play guitar and watching Mark's livestreams was only supposed to to pass the time while I was in lockdown and shielding, now ...

6 years ago
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RE: First practice build

@tv1010101 I'll give it a go and time will tell. It'll be a couple of weeks before I can go to collect the mahogany, I should be ready to start the ...

6 years ago
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RE: First practice build

A freind has offered me a piece of mahogany that has been laying in his farm workshop for 15 years. He reckons I could get four necks out of it. It's ...

6 years ago
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RE: First practice build

@johnnierox-boo Thanks John, my router was falling into the cavity doing the larger bit, I'll need to make a wider router base plate soon.

6 years ago
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RE: Tidying Up

You're all so lucky to have so much cluttered space. I'm working in a 8' x 6' hut that also stores my sailing gear, outboard motors, lawn mower and an...

6 years ago
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RE: First practice build

I've moved on a bit today and got some body cavities routed.

6 years ago
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RE: First practice build

In the spirit of building my fisrt guitar from scrap wood, I'm still searching for a bit of suitable neck timber. In my past working days we used a wo...

6 years ago
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