What's On Your Workbench?

[Jisch]

Cut offs are overtaking our small shop. We really need to address it somehow.

 

[Slidlow]

Cut offs are overtaking our small shop. We really need to address it somehow.

Anything instrument sized you can address to me

 

[TerribleTim68]

Anything instrument sized you can address to me

I was thinking the same thing!

 

[Beej]

Cut offs are overtaking our small shop. We really need to address it somehow.

Plaid tops?

 

[postalflunkie]

I keep thinking about a 3d top made with cutoffs
Like this

 

[5tring]

I keep thinking about a 3d top made with cutoffs
Like this
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Me too!

 

[Jisch]

My dad has made some bowls with that 3D effect, pretty cool! Maybe I'll start working on that

 

[Fat Freddy]

 

[5tring]

This is the effect I’ve been thinking of:

With a radiussed top like an aerodyne

 

[Fat Freddy]

This is the effect I’ve been thinking of:

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With a radiussed top like an aerodyne

Ooooh!.....

 

[TerribleTim68]

 

[Slidlow]

This is the effect I’ve been thinking of:

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With a radiussed top like an aerodyne

I've got a 1950s article from Popular Science about building a guitar with same 3D top but with bound edges.

 

[JIO]

 

[5tring]

I've got a 1950s article from Popular Science about building a guitar with same 3D top but with bound edges.

Consider it added

 

[dwizum]

Cut offs are overtaking our small shop. We really need to address it somehow.

I address it with a simple rule: If it's bigger than a fretboard, I save it.

...except fancy stuff like ebony, I save scraps bigger than a nut.

Oh and figured wood, I tend to save figured scraps. Might need it for a headstock cap or other little detail.

Also cherry, because I just love it so much I can't bear to toss it.

And maple, I save maple scraps because I can cut them up to use for binding.

...and walnut smells so nice!

Also you never know when you might need a weird shape clamping caul, so you might as well save those little odds and ends, too.

So yeah I guess I have a problem too.

 

[Gary_M]

I address it with a simple rule: If it's bigger than a fretboard, I save it.

...except fancy stuff like ebony, I save scraps bigger than a nut.

Oh and figured wood, I tend to save figured scraps. Might need it for a headstock cap or other little detail.

Also cherry, because I just love it so much I can't bear to toss it.

And maple, I save maple scraps because I can cut them up to use for binding.

...and walnut smells so nice!

Also you never know when you might need a weird shape clamping caul, so you might as well save those little odds and ends, too.

So yeah I guess I have a problem too.

Same problem here... about once a year I have a very frank conversation with myself and toss the stuff that will obviously never be used.

Except ebony scraps.

And rosewood.

and uh. Ugh.

 

[wraub]

I had much the same thought.

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[Slidlow]

This is the effect I’ve been thinking of:

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With a radiussed top like an aerodyne

This is on E-bay now.

 

[Scoops]

Ya know, all this talk about scraps....could be next years buildoff theme

 

[Gary_M]

Ya know, all this talk about scraps....could be next years buildoff theme

That's all I need! Yet another excuse for not getting rid of my scraps!

I'm in.