I ordered all the parts for “Butch”
this morning.
Life is good.
this morning.Life is good.
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What's On Your Workbench?
- Thread starter HaMMerHeD
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Too cold for contouring outside today.
Has anyone contoured the back of the bass on the lower bout? As a means of weight reduction and possibly comfort while sitting.
Has anyone contoured the back of the bass on the lower bout? As a means of weight reduction and possibly comfort while sitting.
Back at it today… Butch got softer around the edges.
Forearm contour is a little aggressive…but ok for me.
Tummy contour isn’t enough but will do for now…
Knowing me, I’m sure I’ll be doing mods down the road
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Sanded to 220 grit. Union break…for the rest of the day…
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planted onions…
Forearm contour is a little aggressive…but ok for me.
Tummy contour isn’t enough but will do for now…
Knowing me, I’m sure I’ll be doing mods down the road
.Sanded to 220 grit. Union break…for the rest of the day…
.planted onions…
Well, if you had a pronounced potbelly, and wore your bass very high...
I was speaking theoretically, not making assumptions about your appearance.
Of course…no offense taken
I resemble that remark…
I started a build thread….but I do love this thread!
Butch…another walnut build.
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An adjustable template for routing rectangular holes of arbitrary sizes, suitable for pickups and bridges, among other things. Did I make it far bigger than anything I will ever need it for? Yes. But if I'd made it smaller, I would have needed it bigger.
Hmmm
It may be 1/8” short of something.
That’s how I would build it.
Just to get even with some of my past issues with forms/ jigs I will be building my next acoustic instrument without a form.
It may be 1/8” short of something.
That’s how I would build it.
Just to get even with some of my past issues with forms/ jigs I will be building my next acoustic instrument without a form.
I like this. I was thinking about doing something like it, but hadn't thought through the design yet. I've seen similar jigs that people use for routing juice grooves in various size cutting boards, but it seems like they always have knobs sticking up and those would probably get in the way with a smaller route.
Can you do a tapered neck pocket with this?
Thanks. There are a few variations on this jig, mostly with the "stuff sticking up" problem. That's OK if you want to put the router base down in the hole and guide it with the edge of the router baseplate, but it interferes with putting the router on top and using a bearing-guided bit. I mostly stole the design from this video, but cut T-slots directly in the edges of the plywood instead of screwing on T-tracks.
Good question about a tapered pocket. By design the jig wants to be square, but you could probably fiddle it with pieces of veneer at the ends of the contact faces to introduce a small angle. You could probably engineer a more elegant solution with jacking screws to adjust the angle precisely.
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That's cool, Max! An adjustable routing template. I like it! You could even adjust it with an offset, to use a collar base on your router.
The big size is useful. It makes it easier to clamp it down, with room for the router to move around.
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Well... it's not technically *my workbench...
I'm just parked on it for now. Feeling the mojo from this piece of significant guitar industry history furniture.
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Since it's got a bass on it atm... a Rockhewer bass.
Imma post it here.
Anyone remember Katana?
Time to finish it up, get it out the way.
Probably going to be my last bass.
.. for a minute or two anyway. 
I'm just parked on it for now. Feeling the mojo from this piece of significant guitar industry history furniture.
.Since it's got a bass on it atm... a Rockhewer bass.
Imma post it here.
Anyone remember Katana?
Time to finish it up, get it out the way.
Probably going to be my last bass.
.. for a minute or two anyway.
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One of the guitarists in our band forgot his guitar on the way to rehearsal…so…he bought this on his way.(he drives 60 miles)
It has a dirty/broken jack. I do the light repairs on stuff for the guys…I can’t believe that they don’t know how.
And did this to my new build…
It has a dirty/broken jack. I do the light repairs on stuff for the guys…I can’t believe that they don’t know how.
And did this to my new build…
How do you forget your guitar on your way to rehearsal?!?!?
Also, @Rôckhewer that's the coolest bench ever.
Also, @Rôckhewer that's the coolest bench ever.
Kindred spirits.How do you forget your guitar on your way to rehearsal?!?!?
Also, @Rôckhewer that's the coolest bench ever.
Before I set up my home music space, this happened to me at least once a year. And I'd be punished by having to play our old guitarist's ancient 4 string Ibanez. I don't mind the Ibby, but only 4 strings? Yeesh. 
