Snakewood
I just got this shipment of fretboards, bridges, headstock overlays, backstraps, binding, and tuner buttons!
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5625da6f_c.jpg I can do a lot with a 30 inch long, 35lb half log of Snakewood! |
Not to be too nosey, but does switching to all hand tools also include sawing and milling that snakewood by hand as well?
I particularly endorse the q-tip dispenser in the background! |
..cool! Not only the snakewood log, this also nicely shows your new bench and how you set it up at a distance and with the tool board... hope your horror story with the Tree back/guitar has not happened yet and now will not ever happen ;o)
Looks great and the new seat will fit in very well, both practically and optically. Enjoy ! |
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I also know someone from our local makerspace that is an expert with Japanese saws. He has built large structures with these and understands the methods and saws for working timber. After we get through this pandemic I hope to spend some time with him to get a feel for what I can do using the larger Japanese tools. I built three little dispensers into that shelf: the Q-tip dispenser, one for pins and one for tooth picks. You've got to keep those critical high tech little hand tools in easy reach! Quote:
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Swing Away Stool Swung Away
I got the swing away stool arm and hardware last night and now have it all set up. It works wonderfully so please pardon me for a minute while I obsess:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...5ffd6fff_c.jpg Here the Swing Away is Swung Away: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...7cd6280d_b.jpg OK back to work! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ef074166_b.jpg Thanks for viewing! Mark |
Looks beautiful, Mark--what a sweet set-up!
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That's a mighty neat and clean workshop. Not a bad looking Woodsman either.
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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...27d8ed7e_c.jpg You also may notice the I am not drilling the holes straight down through the top but am coming at it from a bit of an angle. I ramp the back of my bridges and the bridge pins heads will sit flat to that surface. I also tilt the saddle back at an angle for several reasons. One is this relieves some of the forward pressure from strings wanting to pushing the saddle from behind. That forward pressure can cause a bridge to crack out after time. The second reason is the saddle is set at an angle is to help keep the guitar from loosing intonation when the saddle is raised or lowered. The higher the saddle the further back the string break point goes which helps offset the addition stretch on the strings when fretted from the greater height. Now neither of thee things are really vintage ideas but they are subtle changes and,well, better is better. I use my egg beater hand drill for this purpose now. It is remarkable how much easier it is to hold the angle correctly with this than a heavy powered drill. The egg beater is perfectly balanced and the handle is in line with drill bit. A power drill is faster while the egg beater is slower and more accurate. I'll take accurate over faster. Here are a couple initial pics of the guitar: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...ecfb61a9_c.jpghttps://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...e300e5cd_c.jpg |
That looks fantastic, Mark--the french polish finish really sets it off beautifully!
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Thanks for commenting! Mark |
I have one French polished guitar and I have to say, it is extremely responsive. Of course it had a very good builder behind it (David Wren), but it is a sweet guitar!
This Woodsman looks phenomenal and I feel like I can almost hear it already! |
The current Woodsman looks great Mark. I too love the way French polish yields a natural wood look and pops the grain.
Wish I was there to join you for a Padron. |
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Weekend Work on the Workshop
The weekend is here so it's time to work on the workshop. This week I started getting in my new upgraded layout tools. I'm building modular racks to hold tools to the 4' by 8' slatboard wall behind the workbench. The advantage of the slat board is I can move the rack units around and I can arrange the tools right to the slatboard until I have them organized in a way that works best with my workflow before committing them to a custom rack.
I have four racks done so far and two to go: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...97d2190c_c.jpg Top left is saws and drills and the shelf rack below is smalls including hex nibs and handles. The top middle is planes and scrapers. Below that is the handled tools rack which is mostly chisels. I now have the layout tools top right on the slatboard until their positions settle in. Below that will be another shelf rack with to-be determined tools. I am very pleased with how this is working so far and I am happy to see that using hand tools I can reach almost everything I need to make a guitar while standing at my bench. |
Schweeet !!! :)
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