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chillman · January 30th, 2012, 03:22 PM

I grew up as the son of a furniture craftsman, and didn't appreciate my dad's work until I was an adult. Of course now that I'm into learning luthiery, he has retired and I don't have access to his incredible shop or tools anymore.

I get a lot of inspiration on this forum, and I bet some of you making beautiful guitars are making other beautiful objects too, so let's see 'em!

fretman_2 · January 30th, 2012, 03:25 PM

I also build these...

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Originally Posted by chillman

I grew up as the son of a furniture craftsman, and didn't appreciate my dad's work until I was an adult. Of course now that I'm into learning luthiery, he has retired and I don't have access to his incredible shop or tools anymore.

I get a lot of inspiration on this forum, and I bet some of you making beautiful guitars are making other beautiful objects too, so let's see 'em!

fretman_2 · January 30th, 2012, 03:28 PM

And these too..

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Originally Posted by chillman

I grew up as the son of a furniture craftsman, and didn't appreciate my dad's work until I was an adult. Of course now that I'm into learning luthiery, he has retired and I don't have access to his incredible shop or tools anymore.

I get a lot of inspiration on this forum, and I bet some of you making beautiful guitars are making other beautiful objects too, so let's see 'em!

jkingma · January 30th, 2012, 03:35 PM

I've built a lot of these. Short women find them handy in the kitchen.

I've built 2 of these for my daughters when they were pregnant with their first kids..

Some plastic scaled models, way back when...

And recently, this mirror/shelf so I would have a spot to keep all my whisky and whiskey.

Jack Wells · January 30th, 2012, 04:08 PM

I make these.

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jkingma · January 30th, 2012, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Wells

I make these.

WOW Jack. Those are beautiful.

chillman · January 30th, 2012, 04:28 PM

This thread is already full of cool unexpected stuff! Keep em coming!

southwoodgtars · January 30th, 2012, 05:17 PM

Wow! For sure! So much talent on this forum!

Jack Wells · January 30th, 2012, 06:02 PM

I built this bathroom cabinet, and made the sink and tiles.

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Built kitchen cabinets and tile. Never again on the tile. In my current house I used Formica.

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BritishBluesBoy · January 30th, 2012, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Wells

I make these.

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Originally Posted by jkingma

WOW Jack. Those are beautiful.

Beat me to it...

Beautiful indeed!

Jack Wells · January 30th, 2012, 06:18 PM

Thanks guys. I do my best.

mlp-mx6 · January 30th, 2012, 06:25 PM

Jack - gorgeous!

Batman · January 30th, 2012, 06:35 PM

I love the mirror shelf for the whisky. That's awesome!

Colt W. Knight · January 30th, 2012, 06:40 PM

Looks good Jack. I like doing pottery as well, but I am I not setup to do it on my own.

Here is some of the other stuff I make:

The Chair and guitar

Telenut62 · January 30th, 2012, 06:48 PM

A gun next to a light switch?????

Jack Wells · January 30th, 2012, 06:53 PM

Not in Australia but it's OK here. Looks like an unloaded Mark II to me.

mattdean4130 · January 30th, 2012, 07:01 PM

Wow some of these things are amazing! Make building guitas look like childs play!
I make these at work, and as a hobby i work on side projects...

Not sure what YouTube's done to that one's thumbnail /\

When i was a kid i used to be crazy about planes, and built heaps of scale models etc. They're all gone now, and i repressed my fascination with planes for a long time but it's coming back! I just ordered some scale models from the net to get into :)

Surprising actually, how hard it is to find model kits these days! When i was a kid i remember them being everywhere, i had to order online because i couldn't find one in my town! Crazy!

jipp · January 30th, 2012, 07:04 PM

i built custom knifes and have a nice stash of wrought iron.. which i may try to incorporate into a guitar some how.. maybe a bridge, and etch it.. doubt a wrought iron nut would sound very good. but they stop making wrought iron in the 1800's.. i have about 100lbs of the stuff.. have given some away to knife making friends.. i have found that hand forging knives in the desert is not really a all year hobbie ( beating red hot steel over a anvil with the forge going when its 115f out side just is not my idea of a relaxing hobbie ) so i sorta stop making knifes.. but have my forge and all my leather working tools still ( i hate trying to sell stuff, its such a hassle.. and i am not good at putting a price on things, i practically give stuff away.. makes me feel good.. but being a crippled and poor thats not very good logic o well.. safe to say ill never be that guy in wall street bending good people over for a buck and f feeling good about it )..... and of course traditional archery, long bows, and recurves.. i love longbows so i pretty much just built try-lam reflex delfex bamboo backed long bows.. im sorta of a jack of trades iv tried so many hobbies.. been tying flys since i was a boy but cant fly fish any more so i sold off all my fly tying stuff to some guy in Aussie some years back.. i did hang onto my fly rod that my x girl gave me and my travel fly tying kit.. hey you never know maybe one day ill get to fly fish again.. and im still great friends with my x girl friend.. just distance broke us up.. so it makes her smile when i tell her i still have the fly rod she got me ;) moving sucks.. stupid doctors.. desert be good for your health blah. i miss the green damn it.
chris.

gtrguru · January 30th, 2012, 07:06 PM

There is a lot of talent here. I'm impressed.

jwj4856 · January 30th, 2012, 07:11 PM

Did not actually build these but did a lot of taxidermy, sort of like building.

January 30th, 2012, 03:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
chillman Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 1,386 3 Photos	Show us what you build besides guitars I grew up as the son of a furniture craftsman, and didn't appreciate my dad's work until I was an adult. Of course now that I'm into learning luthiery, he has retired and I don't have access to his incredible shop or tools anymore. I get a lot of inspiration on this forum, and I bet some of you making beautiful guitars are making other beautiful objects too, so let's see 'em! __________________ http://deputy.bandcamp.com/

January 30th, 2012, 03:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
jkingma Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: N 44° 59.564 ~ W 079° 35.317 Posts: 10,086 18 Photos	I've built a lot of these. Short women find them handy in the kitchen. I've built 2 of these for my daughters when they were pregnant with their first kids.. Some plastic scaled models, way back when... And recently, this mirror/shelf so I would have a spot to keep all my whisky and whiskey. __________________ -Creator of Fine Sawdust and Expensive Kindling.

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Jack Wells Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 69 Posts: 18,380 101 Photos	I make these. ...... ...... ...... ...... __________________ . Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person. I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea.

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chillman Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 1,386 3 Photos	This thread is already full of cool unexpected stuff! Keep em coming! __________________ http://deputy.bandcamp.com/

January 30th, 2012, 06:02 PM	#9 (permalink)
Jack Wells Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 69 Posts: 18,380 101 Photos	I built this bathroom cabinet, and made the sink and tiles. ...... Built kitchen cabinets and tile. Never again on the tile. In my current house I used Formica. ...... ...... __________________ . Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person. I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea.

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January 30th, 2012, 05:17 PM	#8 (permalink)
southwoodgtars Tele-Holic Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: north carolina Posts: 574	Wow! For sure! So much talent on this forum!

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Jack Wells Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 69 Posts: 18,380 101 Photos	Thanks guys. I do my best. __________________ . Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person. I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea.

January 30th, 2012, 06:25 PM	#12 (permalink)
mlp-mx6 Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Atlanta Age: 50 Posts: 498	Jack - gorgeous!

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January 30th, 2012, 06:40 PM	#14 (permalink)
Colt W. Knight Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tucson, AZ Age: 29 Posts: 18,923	Looks good Jack. I like doing pottery as well, but I am I not setup to do it on my own. Here is some of the other stuff I make: The Chair and guitar __________________ the now mandatory =====>

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Telenut62 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Eugowra, Australia Age: 52 Posts: 2,819	A gun next to a light switch????? __________________ .....I love the sound of distortion in the morning!!

January 30th, 2012, 06:53 PM	#16 (permalink)
Jack Wells Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Albuquerque, USA Age: 69 Posts: 18,380 101 Photos	Not in Australia but it's OK here. Looks like an unloaded Mark II to me. __________________ . Disclaimer: When I say something.... always ask yourself ..... "What the hell does he know?" I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person. I'm a PC and Windows 7 was my idea.

January 30th, 2012, 07:01 PM	#17 (permalink)
mattdean4130 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Coffs Harbour, Australia Age: 26 Posts: 1,431	Wow some of these things are amazing! Make building guitas look like childs play! I make these at work, and as a hobby i work on side projects... Not sure what YouTube's done to that one's thumbnail /\ When i was a kid i used to be crazy about planes, and built heaps of scale models etc. They're all gone now, and i repressed my fascination with planes for a long time but it's coming back! I just ordered some scale models from the net to get into :) Surprising actually, how hard it is to find model kits these days! When i was a kid i remember them being everywhere, i had to order online because i couldn't find one in my town! Crazy! __________________ mattdeanmusic.net

January 30th, 2012, 07:04 PM	#18 (permalink)
jipp Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: apache junction az Posts: 1,095	i built custom knifes and have a nice stash of wrought iron.. which i may try to incorporate into a guitar some how.. maybe a bridge, and etch it.. doubt a wrought iron nut would sound very good. but they stop making wrought iron in the 1800's.. i have about 100lbs of the stuff.. have given some away to knife making friends.. i have found that hand forging knives in the desert is not really a all year hobbie ( beating red hot steel over a anvil with the forge going when its 115f out side just is not my idea of a relaxing hobbie ) so i sorta stop making knifes.. but have my forge and all my leather working tools still ( i hate trying to sell stuff, its such a hassle.. and i am not good at putting a price on things, i practically give stuff away.. makes me feel good.. but being a crippled and poor thats not very good logic o well.. safe to say ill never be that guy in wall street bending good people over for a buck and f feeling good about it )..... and of course traditional archery, long bows, and recurves.. i love longbows so i pretty much just built try-lam reflex delfex bamboo backed long bows.. im sorta of a jack of trades iv tried so many hobbies.. been tying flys since i was a boy but cant fly fish any more so i sold off all my fly tying stuff to some guy in Aussie some years back.. i did hang onto my fly rod that my x girl gave me and my travel fly tying kit.. hey you never know maybe one day ill get to fly fish again.. and im still great friends with my x girl friend.. just distance broke us up.. so it makes her smile when i tell her i still have the fly rod she got me ;) moving sucks.. stupid doctors.. desert be good for your health blah. i miss the green damn it. chris.

January 30th, 2012, 07:06 PM	#19 (permalink)
gtrguru Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: detroit Posts: 1,168	There is a lot of talent here. I'm impressed. __________________ -Music is only heard by those that listen.

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jwj4856 Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: shreveport, LA Age: 60 Posts: 583	Did not actually build these but did a lot of taxidermy, sort of like building. __________________ Have Twang, Cant Sang.

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