guitarbuilder's 2012 Challenge Build Thread -- COMPLETED

[loopy reed]

Wow.

This thread is making my idea look really...boring...

Can't wait to see how this turns out.

[emoney]

It's a little "depressing" checking in on this thread......I'm just sayin'
(see what I did there? "depressing"....they're like tongue depressors...buwahaha)

[guitarbuilder]

Originally Posted by majorbugout

What next? the Baconcaster?

Pizza boxes....

I have a few areas I want to beef up before I start on the top.

[guitarbuilder]

Originally Posted by emoney

It's a little "depressing" checking in on this thread......I'm just sayin'
(see what I did there? "depressing"....they're like tongue depressors...buwahaha)

cute.... I think that was mentioned earlier in the thread...LOL.

[guitarbuilder]

Originally Posted by loopy reed

Wow.

This thread is making my idea look really...boring...

Can't wait to see how this turns out.

Nah....just different..... but thank you.

[guitarbuilder]

Originally Posted by RogerC

I just KNEW that my cement guitar would be the most inventive use of materials this year..... WRONG

Nope...I think Concrete breaks sticks.....you win....

[jpbturbo]

Originally Posted by guitarbuilder

Nope...I think Concrete breaks sticks.....you win....

I guess I need to make a guitar out of paper and scissors?

[PHawley]

Cut the shape out with scissors on each of maybe 1000 pieces of paper and then glue up to make an MDF-like body?

[sixstringhook]

Originally Posted by majorbugout

What next? the Baconcaster?

dibs

[nosmo]

That is amazing! I can't wait to see how this turns out.

Personally, I was hoping to finish in the top 100 or so.

[guitarbuilder]

Originally Posted by majorbugout

Hey I think I know what the dog biscuits are for, if you drill them out and put some magnets in there and wrap with wire you get some really crunchy tone.

I just re-read this....good one...LOL. The biscuit box was for the cardboard body in the event the sticks didn't make the cut.

[guitarbuilder]

Originally Posted by PHawley

Cut the shape out with scissors on each of maybe 1000 pieces of paper and then glue up to make an MDF-like body?

Paper Mache (sp) is a possibility, but I think it has been done on a classical already.

[tiskit86]

Wow. The CNC really cleaned that up nice!

[guitarbuilder]

I went slow with it and only increase depth .25 at a time. The old allparts body I used to trace my line on the wood was shaped a bit different than the tdowns drawing I used for the perimeter, so It left areas a bit thinner than I expected... I'll add some sticks there to bulk them up.

Two layers of top sticks are now drying.

[flatfive]

Neat! There appear to be a couple of places around
the perimeter where there is a gap. Are those strategic
or to be filled in?

[guitarbuilder]

The plan was to cut miters and fit the pieces together tightly. After gluing them directly to the back, having some slippage and irregular ends, I thought I might drill between them and put in a post, like a keyway. That may or may not happen. I'll fill the gaps with something though....the gears are continually turning as this thing evolves. If I end up putting a layer of vertical sticks on the outside as a veneer, none of that would be seen.

[crazydave911]

Originally Posted by guitarbuilder

The plan was to cut miters and fit the pieces together tightly

You could cut your "keys", then cut the ends off a few sticks to square them, and stand them up vertically, so there's no endgrain. Just a thought

[flatfive]

Originally Posted by guitarbuilder

If I end up putting a layer of vertical sticks on the outside as a veneer, none of that would be seen.

That sounds pretty slick to me.

[guitarbuilder]

Originally Posted by crazydave911

You could cut your "keys", then cut the ends off a few sticks to square them, and stand them up vertically, so there's no endgrain. Just a thought

I didn't do anything today on the gaps....the shed is like 90 inside. Today is supposed to get close to a record high again.

[guitarbuilder]

Here are the top 2 layers. I went a different route. I glued the sticks to posterboard and then another layer directly on top of them alternating the gaps. I then peeled off the posterboard leaving a layer of paper that I will sand off. The yellow glue sets up nicer than the white glue but the sticky aerosol adhesive held them in place better I think.