This might be the most exciting stage of a new build for me. Once the paper stage finally has all the kinks worked out and it's finally time to start making it a 3D thing out of wood.
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5 string Ricken-Musicman Bass.
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Is that why you never go further than that?
Kidding...kidding! But seriously tho, how's that WBO build coming along?
Heh. My builds are averaging 2.5 YEARS. You Build-Off people make me look like ice in a glacier.
Is that why you never go further than that?
Too many excuses to list.Kidding...kidding! But seriously tho, how's that WBO build coming along?
I literally laughed out loud.
Love ya' man!
You know I only joke because I like you.
And that's why I know you ain't right.
As the founding member of the Glacial Progress Club, I suggest a "not so hasty" approach, with plenty of Rumination, Sloth, and Indecision. Slow parts delivery alone is worth weeks of excuses.
So, I've never made templates before. So making the second headstock template was shockingly easy! I'm really looking forward to seeing how this works out.
I do need a smaller top bearing bit. As the 1/2" bit is too big for some of the details in the headstock. But it will work great for the body!
I do need a smaller top bearing bit. As the 1/2" bit is too big for some of the details in the headstock. But it will work great for the body!
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Oh, and if you’re going to drop something, drop it as early as possible.
Preferably while it’s still a template!
I love making templates!
Finding a top bearing bit smaller than 1/2" is tough. I have this 1/4" guy -
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EBZGPMC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
and this 3/8" guy -
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001PTTREU/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
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Templates are great. I need make some decent ones for the next build.
I would like to not be in that club. Unfortunately I believe I am qualified And belong there. Some of that is LC member responsibility, reading entertaining build threads is time consuming. I just found this one today and have read the whole thing, I could have arched my top in that time, or finished the bathroom floor, or...
Welcome aboard! I'm hoping this one proceeds faster than my EUB build (which took almost exactly 14 months, and still has some finishing touches to make it done, done. )
The biggest issue for me is the free time to play in my workshop. Between work, an active pre-teen, and family time, I usually only get a few hours a week, and sometimes not even that much.
For example, I have a 90 minute presentation in a couple weeks, that I probably should spend some quality time finishing my PowerPoint (the presentation is at least written) , but I love playing with power tools and making sawdust too much!
Thanks for the welcome. This build is interesting and I think my next will be a neck-through 5 string so I’ll be paying attention.
re presentations
thanks for the reminder.
Now I remember I have to work up some presentations for the not too distant future, and I’ll be backpacking with my daughter in the sequoias for a couple weeks in between (if I weather this hurricane ok). When I get back home and on the grid there will be a lot of building and build threads to catch up on. Somehow I need to find time to get those presentations done. And the bathroom.
re presentations
thanks for the reminder.
Now I remember I have to work up some presentations for the not too distant future, and I’ll be backpacking with my daughter in the sequoias for a couple weeks in between (if I weather this hurricane ok). When I get back home and on the grid there will be a lot of building and build threads to catch up on. Somehow I need to find time to get those presentations done. And the bathroom.
For those of us in the slow ice club, we should organize a 2020's build off, so we have a full decade to finish. Maybe I could manage that
Speaking of dropping things. The maple for this drop top is much harder to cut than the mahogany I did for the EUB...
But the grain looks fantastic!
But the grain looks fantastic!
Well,....um,.....yeah.
My shoulders hurt just looking at that pic.
I think I started to sweat a little too.
That grain is pretty fantastic though.
Hey, I claim credit as the founding member of the Glacial Progress Club! My customers typically wait 2-3 years for new Scroll Basses. And I've done Ampeg restorations that have been completed 12 years after they arrived here! They've watched the glaciers speed by. But I do eventually finish my projects, and my customers are happy with them.
Weeks of excuses, meh. I've got a beautiful Ampeg here fully restored and finished painting....more than a year ago. I still haven't gotten to assembling it and shipping it to its owner......
