Let's build a black guard

[cjstcustom]

Nice saw jerk! Haha jk thanks for posting this stuff! You sweet builders are like the luthier school I never had and its really helping out my novice butt!

I need to build a planer bozx

[Guitar novice]

Great thread.

Always learn lots from your threads.

Cheers

[fretman_2]

Yep...great thread Colt!!!

[Colt W. Knight]

Originally Posted by dutchgoff

Thanks for the thread Colt. I'll be following for sure. Hows it feel to be back home?

Feels good. I love seeing the lush pastures, green grass, running water, tall trees and the mountains.

I think I will go fishing tonight.

[Colt W. Knight]

Went down to the shop this morning, and had to get past the guard donkeys.



Ripped the glued up boards on the TS so they would fit in the planer



I cleaned off excess glue with a sharp chisel. Sharp being the key word.

[Colt W. Knight]

Ran the boards through the thickness planer.



Inspected the glue joints.



Looking good!

[Colt W. Knight]

Trimmed the perimeter with the bandsaw





Layed out the area for the chambering. This Ash was cut in Kentucky, not a swamp in Southern Louisiana, so its not super light



Chamber the body leaving ¼” of material on the bottom. I route using several shallow passes.

[63dot]

Originally Posted by Colt W. Knight

Went down to the shop this morning, and had to get past the guard donkeys.

Your studio is so excellent, clean and properly appointed, it has no mojo but when I saw the guard donkeys, I was hooked.

I am headed to a local farm today to show big city girl our local donkey who is the real lonely donkey before the Shrek series.

[Colt W. Knight]

PPE



Nice and light now.



This is how I glue laminate joints.



I put some streamers of glue, then even them out with a paint roller. It is important not to slather the glue on in laminate joints. Just a nice even thin layer. Too much and the pieces will slide everywhere when clamping, and the squeeze out will be an extreme mess.

Then some clamps. Checking for even squeeze out, all the way around. If you look close, I don’t have excessive squeeze out.

[jkingma]

Originally Posted by Colt W. Knight

Too much and the pieces will slide everywhere when clamping,

If you're worried about the pieces slipping, just use a couple screws first... in the area of the bridge and the neck pocket... then clamps.

No slip then.

[Colt W. Knight]

Originally Posted by jkingma

If you're worried about the pieces slipping, just use a couple screws first... in the area of the bridge and the neck pocket... then clamps.

No slip then.

Im not worried about it slipping because I use a nice thin even layer of glue. Stays put just fine, plus its not as messy because there is not a bunch of squeeze oozing all over.
But the screw trick does work well. I do that or use line up pins when im glueing some of my furniture projects where I'm glueing finish shaped pieces together.

[helectrix]

Great thread!

I use hard ash for most of my builds. Availability. Swamp ash obviously quite expensive here in Europe. That's why I designed my main model as a thin line. full ash body just too heavy. Once did a full body tele though: sustain=huge, compensates for the back aches :)

[Colt W. Knight]

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[Jdelys]

Off topic a litte here, but what do you think about that Grizzly jointer? Did you have any problems getting the beds setup even? Does it have a helix head or knives?

[Colt W. Knight]

Originally Posted by Jdelys

Off topic a litte here, but what do you think about that Grizzly jointer? Did you have any problems getting the beds setup even? Does it have a helix head or knives?

The fit, finish, quality, and sturdiness of that Grizzly jointer are top notch. I'd compare it side by side with Powermatic or Delta.

The blades and tables came setup Dead Nuts accurate. After it was assembled, I simply squared up the fence with my machinist square, and set the height of the infeed table by running a board across the knives a few times.

I was so impressed with that machine, that I intend on buying a big Grizzly Bandsaw, drum sander, table saw, and spiral cutterhead planer as money allows.

Mine is equipped with 4 straight knives

[tiskit86]

Bet it's nice being back home and in your own shop again! Although, you may still be of an age where being home isn't as awesome as it will seem in about 20 years. I grew up on a farm in Ohio, and miss it more and more as I get older.

[Jdelys]

Glad to hear about the happiness with the jointer. I need to buy a bandsaw first but will probably buy that same jointer with the spiral cutterhead afterwards. Do you like the parrallelogram adjustment?

[Big Tony]

Very much appreciated. Thanks, Colt!

/ Tony

[JeffPBlues]

Thanks Colt, yet again, for all the great information.

[avf925]

Awesome stuff Colt - if your Masters isn't in Education, it should be. Your an excellent teacher - thanks for doing this.