What's On Your Workbench?

[Will_White]

I was originally planning on mounting the pickups without rings, but I found an old take off tele bridge and decided to cut it down, and I had the neck pickup ring from a project that I decided put a humbucker in instead. I'm not sure where the knobs came from but they were in my knob box.

 

[ctmullins]

That looks awesome!

 

[Will_White]

When you guys do a zero fret, do you use taller fretwire?

 

[Beej]

Bruce has written widely on this, but I just don't level it with the others and that has always worked out well.

 

[Axstar]

When you guys do a zero fret, do you use taller fretwire?

I wouldn't. When you fret the string at the 1st fret it clears the second fret. I would simply take this approach back one step. A nice break angle over the zero fret and all should be good.

 

[Scoops]

While not on my workbench yet, some of it will be!
Visited a buddy of mine yesterday.
Six piles of wood like this one. Piles are made of Ash, Walnut, Maple, Cherry, Black Locust, and Honey Locust. All local hardwoods

The owner was going to rent a saw, but has now decided to buy his own, so I'm waiting for that.
Owner is looking for all clear wood for cabinet making. I get as much of the crotch as I want.

All I have to do is pay for "saw time"

 

[tubedude]

Walnut crotch, i'm so jealous

 

[postalflunkie]

Hopefully a piece or two added to this seasons prize vault

 

[ctmullins]

Super nice! Are they dry? (I’m guessing not)

 

[charlie monroe]

I can hear them splitting from here

 

[Scoops]

Anybody know how stable Locust is?

Hopefully a piece or two added to this seasons prize vault

That's a great idea!

Walnut crotch, i'm so jealous

You could win some if you enter the next winter build off

Super nice! Are they dry? (I’m guessing not)

1,2,3, and 4 year old logs. The stuff I'm really interested in, probably aren't dry, but I won't know till we get in there with a meter. The black and honey locust are 3 years old

I can hear them splitting from here

Some of the ends have already started to split.

Just wondering what this will get

 

[charlie monroe]

Just wondering what this will get

Probably $30-40/bdft

That has some real potential

 

[Jisch]

Considering it's not cut into boards, even after 2-3 years, it will still need significant drying. I love the whole concept if starting with loss and ending up with a bass. Keep us posted!

 

[Scoops]

Considering it's not cut into boards, even after 2-3 years, it will still need significant drying. I love the whole concept if starting with loss and ending up with a bass. Keep us posted!

Yes, it will be a while before this becomes dry enough to use
Part of what my friend is going to do is build a solar kiln to help speed up the drying process
There will be days when I go over for the afternoon and help cut and sticker. It's the least I can do

 

[Jisch]

I am strongly considering building a kiln in my attic. It's really not hard all you need is rigid foam insulation, a dehumidifier, heat lamps and a fan. From what I saw online you really just need the wood to be about 120 degrees.

 

[dwizum]

I've got some black locust slabs in my basement and garage that I cut last year. I don't know of anyone using them for instruments but I'm not sure why. It's super hard and very slow cutting. Let us know what you think if you cut any of it up.

 

[Scoops]

I've got some black locust slabs in my basement and garage that I cut last year. I don't know of anyone using them for instruments but I'm not sure why. It's super hard and very slow cutting. Let us know what you think if you cut any of it up.

I did some research on Black Locust. I found you are correct in saying it's super hard. It's got a very high Janka rating. Higher than Rock Maple, and probably one of the hardest North American hardwoods. But unfortunately, hard doesn't directly translate to stable

I'm mostly concerned about the stability. Most of what I have read says that it's "relatively" stable.
Well what the heck does that mean? Relative to what?

I'll entertain the notion of using it for necks as I tend to like harder woods for necks.

 

[Beej]

Hey @Scoops I googled "black locust lumber cupping" and got some results that included prepping, drying, movement in use, etc... I'm too lazy to cut/paste the threads but there's lots of woodworking experience out there with the stuff...

 

[Manton Customs]

Guitars on my bench at the moment, trying to get a couple ready for a show I’m doing next month. This ones a Black Limba body and 5pc Black Limba/Maple neck.

...and no my bench isn’t made of grass

 

[5tring]

Guitars on my bench at the moment, trying to get a couple ready for a show I’m doing next month. This ones a Black Limba body and 5pc Black Limba/Maple neck.

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...and no my bench isn’t made of grass

AstroTurf?