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TerribleTim68 said:
Did you do the crackle? Or did you get it like that?
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JIO said:
What products did you use for the craqueleur finish?
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I did the crackle myself using a base coat of Montana Cans Montana GOLD Shock Red. Then used Montana Cans Montana Crackle in Traffic Black over the top of it. The crackle paint is designed to crackle on its own as it dries. I got both items from Amazon. :cool:
 
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JC BASS 91 said:
I did the crackle myself using a base coat of Montana Cans Montana GOLD Shock Red. Then used Montana Cans Montana Crackle in Traffic Black over the top of it. The crackle paint is designed to crackle on its own as it dries. I got both items from Amazon. :cool:
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Thanks, yeah I'm pretty familiar with the Montana Brands stuff. I've watched a TON of videos on it and found it gives varying results depending on a LOT of factors that may or may not be out of your control. :roflmao:

Props on pulling off the crackle. I'm planning to do a couple so I'm always curious when I see one. Appreciate the info! :cool:
 
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Went to one of my local wood stores this morning and came back a happy camper! Picked up a beautiful piece of katalox that measured 4" x 86" x 1" (planning to cut it up Into neck stringers). Then I was looking through a bin full of mahogany cut-offs... the guy working there says to me "we get it from this company down in Athens OH"
I said "Stew MacDonald?"
He said "yea, that's it... we also have maple from them. Want to come in the back and see the rest?"

Wowezers! I picked up a 14" x 22" x 2" thick body blank, two neck blanks (both over 50" long) and another piece to use in a multi lam neck. $3.00 a pound, can't beat that. :hyper:

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JIO said:
Did you design it from scratch?
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Yes I did. I took inspiration from many others' devices for lifting marbles, YouTube is a great source for this. Then I designed my own. And yes, it is rather heavily built. MDF is still somewhat unfamiliar to me.

By the way, there's a surprising number of ways to lift marbles mechanically. There are rotating spirals, ladling spoons, columns that move up and down, catapults, conveyors, ...
 
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mapleglo said:
I made a couple of dollies so I can easily move around some equipment.

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If it’s working, great, but if you have any issues moving equipment around try putting bigger wheels on the dollies. I’ve been quite surprised a few times the difference in moving the same piece of equipment around the shop on different dollies with smaller or larger wheels. You probably already know that but just in case… :D:thumbsup:
 
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Matt Liebenau said:
If it’s working, great, but if you have any issues moving equipment around try putting bigger wheels on the dollies. I’ve been quite surprised a few times the difference in moving the same piece of equipment around the shop on different dollies with smaller or larger wheels. You probably already know that but just in case… :D:thumbsup:
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I went back and forth between getting 2" or 3" wheels. I have another amp stand that has 2" wheels, and it has worked fine, especially for around the house. So I went with 2" wheels.
 
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Matt Liebenau said:
If it’s working, great, but if you have any issues moving equipment around try putting bigger wheels on the dollies. I’ve been quite surprised a few times the difference in moving the same piece of equipment around the shop on different dollies with smaller or larger wheels. You probably already know that but just in case… :D:thumbsup:
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mapleglo said:
I went back and forth between getting 2" or 3" wheels. I have another amp stand that has 2" wheels, and it has worked fine, especially for around the house. So I went with 2" wheels.
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This is why most of the commercial kitchen equipment we specify has 6" casters. :thumbsup:
 
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Sooooo......I'm hopeful that I'm done with my non-guitar related projects for the time being.
The truck seems to be running well, shifting fine and all that. It got me to work all last week without issue, drove it around most of the weekend and back to work today. We seem to be in good shape, which is helping the wife feel better about that stupid truck too, so that's an additional win. :roflmao:

I spent all day yesterday finishing up the ginormous hillside garden bed project. Got the last planter bed finished, I just need to fill it with soil now and it'll be ready to plant things in it. -
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I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. It's not perfect, but it's a garden bed, it doesn't need to be. I'm literally gonna throw compost in this, it just needs to hold it from sliding down the hill. :woot:
So that completes the heavy construction. We're still debating how we want to trellis things and all that, and I'll probably go get a load of soil/compost this coming weekend now that the weather seems to be trending more towards sunshine around here.
I also planted my first batch of plants outside in the lower beds -
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The bottom bed (at the bottom of the hill) has Snap Peas around the green trellises and Cucumbers along the net. The middle bed has Tomatillos in the center and I have yet to plant things around the green trellises. I'm still debating what will end up there, I've got some more tomato starts that could live there, but I've also got some Mexican Sour Gherkins that I think would be a better fit there.
For those that will ask, the grow bags chillin' in the upper bed have Potatoes in them. I just set them there so they are out of the way and help to keep weeds from growing.
The greenhouse is poppin'! (not shown in these pics, but to the left of the first pic) I've got Tomatoes, Lettuce, Pole Beans, Herbs, Jalapenos, Poblanos and Strawberries growing in there. :cool:

All that to say, now that I'm done with this silly project I can hopefully get my garage space organized back in a manner that may actually allow me to build guitars again. :eek:
I really need to start showing some progress on that Tele build. :meh:
 
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TerribleTim68 said:
This is why most of the commercial kitchen equipment we specify has 6" casters. :thumbsup:
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Different application.., this cart has 4"x1-1/8" roller bearing wheels. Best money I've spent for loading gear in & out of clubs. I fabbed the aluminum gate so a 4x10 cab stays put.

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Posted already, but figured why not in Luthier. Im no luthier for sure but I did make a pickguard this weekend for the first time in my life. Came out pretty cool. Glad I already had the shape to use and modify from another bass.

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Here’s a 50second video
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there’s a 15 min video too if you really wanna see the whole thing lol.
 
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landrybass said:
Posted already, but figured why not in Luthier. Im no luthier for sure but I did make a pickguard this weekend for the first time in my life. Came out pretty cool. Glad I already had the shape to use and modify from another bass.

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Here’s a 50second video
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there’s a 15 min video too if you really wanna see the whole thing lol.
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Good start, but the edges can be emory-cloth sanded/fine-filed/and polished to a high sheen making for a clean look.
 
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