I machined them out of ebony. The neck one broke screwing in the pickup. Gotta get more 1/4" ebony and make a new one.
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What's On Your Workbench?
- Thread starter HaMMerHeD
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Am I the only one who’s only seeing some of these photos?A friend of mine sent a Telecaster body to me for some customization. He wanted a humbucker routed in the neck position and some checkered and white binding added.
Here I have the humbucker placement marked. The route ended up looking a little funny due to the overlap with the single coil route, but the pickguard will cover all of that.
Here I've routed for the bindings. The checkered stuff was quite a lot shorter than the white binding. So, I routed 2 steps so that the entire height of the white binding would be utilized.
The checkered binding just after installation. I use acetone only to weld the bindings into place. It works great and doesn't make a big mess. It also lets me work on small areas at a time at a pleasant pace.
After the checkered binding dried overnight, I used a scraper to ensure that the space for the white binding was nice and square. Then the white binding was installed the same way with acetone. After everything dried overnight, everything was scraped flush and the body got a quick light sanding.
I'm not sure where he got the body, but it is really beautiful. It's also chambered and super-lightweight, just a few pounds. It's now on its way back to the owner and he should have it on Monday.
It is, indeed. Nice work!
Do you just wick the acetone into the gap between the body and the binding with a dropper of some sort?
Thanks! Yes, exactly. I just use inexpensive pipettes and work a few inches at a time taping as I go. Once it has dried for an hour or so, I generally remove the tape and then wet the entire joint a couple more times with acetone to let it wick in anywhere that was missed in the first pass. It works great for me.
Thanx, it was a '96 Carvin 6 string fretless. I rounded the body, trashed the preamp, replaced the pickups with Bartolini in the neck and a Nordstrand in the bridge, stained the maple black and finished in oil. The polymerized oil darkened the Koa a fair amount.
Yesterday resulted in the neck being made and glued to the body for my daughter's bass. This thing is flying together. Two long days and the woodworking is nearly done.
Workbench set up in my new shop zone where I can make plane shavings and rasp dust .
It’s pleasant to work out by the pond, and it’s even nice in the rain.
It’s pleasant to work out by the pond, and it’s even nice in the rain.
That looks comfortable and enjoyable! Do you have 3-phase power out there for your pin router?
It is!
Actually I took a neck out there yesterday, set it on the bench and sat down sipping coffee and watched the birds. I forgot to work, but the day job has been crazy lately so a break is nice.
Actually I took a neck out there yesterday, set it on the bench and sat down sipping coffee and watched the birds. I forgot to work, but the day job has been crazy lately so a break is nice.
Yeah, not sure what's on my workbench because I am trying not to work out there! I am a bit lucky that I have a heated room over my garage so I'm still in the positives Celsius territory:
3.1 C is 38 F
Still, I am hoping to get some time after Christmas out there to work on bass stuff
3.1 C is 38 F
Still, I am hoping to get some time after Christmas out there to work on bass stuff
- Apr 18, 2008
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Yeah, I had to set up a small space heater in the garage. It's that time of year. We're hovering just above freezing and that typical Seattle area misty rain that doesn't end for 4 months. 
But hey, it's nice weather, millions of slugs can't be wrong.
But hey, it's nice weather, millions of slugs can't be wrong.
Where I am in NC, the temps are usually right around freezing in my garage. I use a small space heater when I go in there to work, but I don't want to run it all night, so I have to bring parts into the house while finish is curing.
Just below freezing point here in the Netherlands. Today I traded couches with my ex-wife, so it was a day of driving with the trailer, and heavy hauling in the cold. Very satisfying.
On topic: she brought me some old leather, which is now on my workbench because I want to use it on my WBO build.
On topic: she brought me some old leather, which is now on my workbench because I want to use it on my WBO build.
