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What's On Your Workbench?
- Thread starter HaMMerHeD
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- Jun 30, 2010
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Not being versed in guitars, how is that unusual? Is that long? Like a baritone?
24.75" (Gibson) 25" (PRS) and 25.5" (Fender) are the common scales for electric guitars. Baritone guitars are anywhere between 27" and 30"
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I have only played it with the old (very old) strings so can't really say yet. I'm thinking this one wants flatwounds.
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I just installed some La Bella flats on a hollow-body - signed, sealed and delivered!
My fretted Cigar Box guitars are 26" the wound strings sound great but the plain strings get a little harsh. I use jazz light chromes because I can get them locally.
So I have eleventy hundred projects going on, but nothing has happened recently. Well, except, I bought this Bosch drill set on cyber monday for $100.00. The cheapest I could find just the drill, was $130, so I went for the extra drill and battery for $30 less. And of course, they're sitting on my workbench, waiting to be used.
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Finally made some progress on my footrest.
Sanded smooth, and rounded over the edges. Next up, either duratex or clear, then mount the hardware.
Sanded smooth, and rounded over the edges. Next up, either duratex or clear, then mount the hardware.
I'm interested to see how you get along with that impact driver. Mine confounds me. It's 20v and is very touchy, and has way too much power for me to be comfortable using it on a musical instrument.
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Spalted Alder resawn for headstock overlay.
Body wiped with wet washcloth
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I have a full sized hammer drill, a Makita, so I really saw no use for the impact driver. I can't imagine that a 12v unit will be powerful enough to drill through concrete, or gentle enough to use for anything having do to with use on fasteners for wood. But like I said, the regular drill alone was $130, yet with the impact driver and another battery, it was $100. Even if I never use the impact driver, the package was a bargain.
I work with some guys who use their cordless impact drivers all the time, almost exclusively in fact, but these guys also cross-thead a lot of screws and cam out the heads sometimes both on the same screw.
I have a Milwaukee kit that came with an impact that I almost never use. They are really only good for putting long screws or lag bolts in lumber. Definitely not a fine woodworking tool but then I am kind of old-school and still use a screwdriver to put screws in most of the time.
Foot rest is done.
New screw gun works great. It came charged, and easily drilled all the pilot holes and screwed in the screws, with plenty of juice left.
New screw gun works great. It came charged, and easily drilled all the pilot holes and screwed in the screws, with plenty of juice left.
From a career of pressing buttons all day, I have developed some wicked carpal tunnel syndrome and a touch of arthritis in both hands, so using a hand-screwdriver tends to be an excruciating experience. I get shooting pain from my palms, up my arms, and then my hands go numb. It's sucks.
So, I have a selection of various electric screwdrivers for various jobs. I have a 4v low-speed guy for delicate jobs like tuner and cavity cover screws, and a 12v non-impact one for things like bridge screws. Of course, sometimes only a manual one will do, so obviously I have a bunch of those as well. I just tend to avoid them unless it's completely necessary. If you use the right power level (4v, 12v, 20v, etc.) and adjust the clutch accordingly, they are very controllable.
That makes sense. I have had bouts of tendonitis and it does suck when even gripping a tool hurts.
I'm talking about young guys who come from the "bigger hammer" school who seem to think that the job of a craftsman is to dominate the material and beat it into submission.
Most carpenters at the job sites I frequent use only the impact drivers for everything. You can’t drive a Timberlok with a drill, but you can drill a hole with a driver, as long as you have a set of bits with a hex shaft. My son got an aftermarket traditional drill head that will chuck into the driver, easy! Having both is great, of course!
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I have that same Milwaukee combo - came with a full set of bits, two batteries and a charger in a red bag for about $200 with a trade in of my old MaKita. I rarely use the impact driver as well but it's there if I need it.
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