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What's On Your Workbench?
- Thread starter HaMMerHeD
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- Apr 18, 2008
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- I'm highly opinionated and extremely self-assured
I’m gonna have to learn how to make pickups.
Nah, I’ll just throw money at @dwizum.
Nah, I’ll just throw money at @dwizum.
How about notdoneyet?
Aircoil? What's the best zero turn pickup for metal?It has copper and lead wires now.
How about notdoneyet?
Fishman Fluence.
What's standard procedure for potting those things in a wooden cover?
Is it epoxy and they are permanently glued in? Wax? No potting and a few dabs just to hold them in?
Is it epoxy and they are permanently glued in? Wax? No potting and a few dabs just to hold them in?
I usually wax pot the coil and then fit in the cover after potting, with a dot or two of hot glue to hold it in. That leaves everything fully reversible for repairs.
I'm getting ready to swap parts on these two Strat mini 23" scale guitars. A few years ago I had one converted to a bass, I specifically chose it because it had the jack on top like standard Strat, but since I changed from a Sony wireless transmitter with a cable that goes to the jack, to a small Lekato pod style that is awkward in the top jack, I bought an open box Strat Mini guitar with the jack on the lower edge. I'm swapping all the parts as soon as I receive the Kala/Galli 23" flatwound nylon core I always use (yes, they work with magnetic pickups).
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So far, I've always used mainly unpowered tools. My only power tools have been a drill and an orbital sander. Both handheld, although I have on occasion roped the sander onto the workbench.
But today I bought a router.
Yesss!
But today I bought a router.
Yesss!
Routers are the gateway drug. They will become your most important tool. Sometimes I think "Luthier's Corner" should be renamed to "People Doing Things With Routers"
Ferm is Dutch? I have a Ferm tablesaw. Of course Ferm is not in the league of Mafell or Sawstop. In fact it is a barely working saw.
Maybe I'll install a red light to make it look more like it comes from Amsterdam.
Maybe I'll install a red light to make it look more like it comes from Amsterdam.
Ferm is a Dutch word meaning firm, robust, sturdy.
So I have high hopes for my router.
According to truth in advertising laws, my router should be called Crap 
My Craftsman has been going strong for over 45 years.According to truth in advertising laws, my router should be called Crap
Speaking of fancy tools you don't need. I added a dust collection shroud to my 1950s jointer -
For those interested, the video is up on my woodworking YouTube channel. For those who don't care about YouTube;
So that is my super mega fancy 1950s 6-1/4" "Power-Kraft" jointer. For those who may not know, these were manufactured by Rockwell-Delta specifically for Montgomery-Ward. I got this thing used for $80 with the equally super mega fancy portable stand. What matters here is, the tables are dead flat, the fence can be set to a perfect 90 degrees and everything works. It had plenty of surface rust when I got it, but it cleaned up well enough for my uses. I don't use it a ton for guitar building (in fact, I have yet to use it at all for that) but I do use it for general woodworking projects.
I do enjoy these kinds of projects.
For those interested, the video is up on my woodworking YouTube channel. For those who don't care about YouTube;
So that is my super mega fancy 1950s 6-1/4" "Power-Kraft" jointer. For those who may not know, these were manufactured by Rockwell-Delta specifically for Montgomery-Ward. I got this thing used for $80 with the equally super mega fancy portable stand. What matters here is, the tables are dead flat, the fence can be set to a perfect 90 degrees and everything works. It had plenty of surface rust when I got it, but it cleaned up well enough for my uses. I don't use it a ton for guitar building (in fact, I have yet to use it at all for that) but I do use it for general woodworking projects.
I do enjoy these kinds of projects.
Can you link this? Or give the name of the channel? Anything else that makes it possible for us mortals to find you there?
I have a couple channels, and usually I hesitate to promote them here, because I fear the wrath of the mods.Can you link this? Or give the name of the channel? Anything else that makes it possible for us mortals to find you there?
That being said, for my woodworking stuff, search for "Bad Apple Woodwerx"
And for my guitar stuff, search for "Bad Apple Guitarwerx"
The jointer thingy was on my woodworking channel. There's also a third channel where I keep all my racing adventures and in-car footage of races. Just search for "Tim McDougald" if you're at all interested in that.
And yes, I do all my own video editing. It, much like me, is a work in progress.
