I won't let some silly thing like that stop me
I won't oil it super heavily, but it will get a couple coats to show it off and some wax.
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What's On Your Workbench?
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I won't oil it super heavily, but it will get a couple coats to show it off and some wax.
- Jul 1, 2005
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12 string 32" through neck weight reduction. After recontouring neck profile for the third time, time to lighten 5/8" thick headstock. Saw marks are just under 1/8" deep. WheelofDeath ready to go.
2 minutes later
Contouring heel with shinto rasp, .010 aluminum shield
Heel roughed in, body section of neck 'chambered'.
1/43" Birdseye veneered to headstock face.
2 minutes later
Contouring heel with shinto rasp, .010 aluminum shield
Heel roughed in, body section of neck 'chambered'.
1/43" Birdseye veneered to headstock face.
For some reason, maybe call it "cabin fever," I felt compelled to try and build a 51-style P bass in a day. Had a basic used neck, a poplar body blank, a sheet of tort, and random parts.
Unfortunately, it's going to be more like 4 days. And obviously, it's gonna look kinda janky ("relic" style, aka "I don't feel like making this look new, I don't have the painting skills for that or the patience, nor do I care."), but it's going to be a playable beast.
Had to go banana creme color and matching headstock (and weight reduction):
I didn't have a full bridge either, so I made saddles out of a bike axle and guitar bridge screws:
Hoping to be done by tomorrow.
Unfortunately, it's going to be more like 4 days. And obviously, it's gonna look kinda janky ("relic" style, aka "I don't feel like making this look new, I don't have the painting skills for that or the patience, nor do I care."), but it's going to be a playable beast.
Had to go banana creme color and matching headstock (and weight reduction):
I didn't have a full bridge either, so I made saddles out of a bike axle and guitar bridge screws:
Hoping to be done by tomorrow.
It was a Squier headstock... and now, it's a bit more "Sadowskish".
Looks really cool. I like the idea of using a single jazz pickup (if that's the plan) I'd be interested to see how it sounds.
So not ON the workbench, but now part OF a workbench...
A buddy of mine gave me a speed controller for a router. My newer PC router was a soft start, so it wouldn't work. But this older one I snagged years ago at a garage sale ($20 with a desktop router setup) has been gathering dust in a cabinet. It had a really shorty cable, so it was hard to use.
That all changed today!
Now I have speed control on the table. WOOHOO!!
And the other one can now be dedicated to NOT the table.
A buddy of mine gave me a speed controller for a router. My newer PC router was a soft start, so it wouldn't work. But this older one I snagged years ago at a garage sale ($20 with a desktop router setup) has been gathering dust in a cabinet. It had a really shorty cable, so it was hard to use.
That all changed today!
Now I have speed control on the table. WOOHOO!!
And the other one can now be dedicated to NOT the table.
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Whoever repaired this chair before used industrial strength epoxy to put it back together. So I am having to do everything without disassembling it. Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy.
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...all the same stuff that was on my workbench last week...
jor health issuesAw man....sorry to hear that....
But....
If you think that you're gonna leave that Deva...ish bass unfinished due to a few major health issues.........
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oh, it just keeps my goals in sight for when I’m done with treatment
...all the same stuff that was on my workbench last week...
You'll get back!
might do a couple “assemblies” while I’m being treated. Keep the hands and mind occupied and won’t have to use the dangerous tools ...
