What's on your workbench today?

[Jim_in_PA]

Gonna try and get all the wiring terminated in the new shop panel today so I can move forward with drywall once the mini split is installed and operational. I'm doing that first so I have access to the inside of the wall as with post frame construction, the lineset can be entirely hidden inside the wall, eliminating the cost and time to install a lineset cover down the wall on the outside.

Looks like I may be CNC cutting a Tele type body for a friend in the near future as his son wants to build one...a partscaster situation but with locally sourced wood for the body.

 

[RnB]

I’d like to put this 21 fret Bound Strat neck on this Tele body. Not quite sure how to go about making the gap (tween body, neck & pkgd) go away. Suggestions welcome…
I’m going to be binding the body as well.

 

[Meteorman]

Gettin the homebrew B-bender finalized.
A few minor tweaks left to address, but it seems to work well in initial trial. Many thanks to Chase at Shoals Benders (no affiliation) for the custom string-through B-saddle and misc advice.

 

[emptyminded42]

I’d like to put this 21 fret Bound Strat neck on this Tele body. Not quite sure how to go about making the gap (tween body, neck & pkgd) go away. Suggestions welcome…
I’m going to be binding the body as well.

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Custom pickguard is my vote. Even if you filled it with wood or filler you’d still want something to cover up the mess.

 

[RogerC]

Custom pickguard is my vote. Even if you filled it with wood or filler you’d still want something to cover up the mess.

Trying to fill it with wood filler would be the worst idea ever.

 

[Freeman Keller]

I’d like to put this 21 fret Bound Strat neck on this Tele body. Not quite sure how to go about making the gap (tween body, neck & pkgd) go away. Suggestions welcome…
I’m going to be binding the body as well.

While tele and strat necks do have the same dimensions, strat necks are curved at the end while tele are square. This means that you cannot put a tele neck in a strat but you can do as you want and put the curved neck in the square pocket. It just leaves the gap as in your picture. A 22 fret neck would hide the gap as would a well fitted pick guard. The scale is correct and is should intonate fine.

Binding doesn't change anything but I think I am seeing a tiny bit of a round over on that body. Be sure to choose your binding to be thick enough to cover that

 

[RnB]

Custom pickguard is my vote. Even if you filled it with wood or filler you’d still want something to cover up the mess.

Found that Warmouth will do Hybrid Tele pkgd that has a strat cut pkgd for the neck pocket on a Tele body…
I’ve put a few Strat necks on Tele bodies, but always used a 22 fret neck.

 

[telepraise]

Help. Plug cutters.What are the two different sorts for? Thanks.

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Never seen the first type before. Be aware that plug cutters cut a tapered plug with a bevel on the small end to ensure a totally tight fit when plugging a hole.

 

[guitarbuilder]

I’d like to put this 21 fret Bound Strat neck on this Tele body. Not quite sure how to go about making the gap (tween body, neck & pkgd) go away. Suggestions welcome…
I’m going to be binding the body as well.

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Learn how to make a pickguard that will cover it. It's no harder than binding the body...in fact...it is easier. You could probably get away with a pattern bit and a scraper to achieve what you have there. A laminate trimmer will do, although a router table is better for control purposes.

Make the template.
Attach the pickguard material. ( I'd use double sided carpet tape or double sided duct tape)
Rout the shape and cavities.
Scrape the edges.
Drill and countersink the holes.

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[bladeswitcher]

While tele and strat necks do have the same dimensions, strat necks are curved at the end while tele are square. This means that you cannot put a tele neck in a strat . . .

Hold my beer . . . (while I take a file to the corners of my tele neck)

 

[RnB]

Binding doesn't change anything but I think I am seeing a tiny bit of a round over on that body. Be sure to choose your binding to be thick enough to cover that

Yes, does have a roundover. If I measured right, with binding & multi-layered purfling. I should be ok?
The roundover is .125” (approx) & I came up with a close match…

 

[Freeman Keller]

Yes, does have a roundover. If I measured right, with binding & multi-layered purfling. I should be ok?
The roundover is .125” (approx) & I came up with a close match…

Looks like that should work. Don't forget to watch out for the jack hole when you route the channel.

 

[RnB]

Don't forget to watch out for the jack hole when you route the channel.

Thx…!
I do forget about that sometimes when routing channels Think I’ll put a temp plug in place…

 

[TN Tele]

New workshop update @ 11months in: Power to my new workshop is on . Middle Tennessee Electric added a new transformer to my pole, 400 amp service with 100 amps to the original barn, 100 amps to an electric vehicle charger, and 200 amps to the new workshop. I now have power and lights including (4) 220v 30amp outlets, (2) 220v 20amp outlets and aprox (50) 110v outlets. I might have over done the ceiling led lights and might have to put a dimmer in to keep from going blind. The french cleat walls are done, tv hung on the wall, internet is working and I am now installing flooring, cabinets, and starting moving tools into the new space. I will take some new photos and post them this coming week.

 

[crazydave911]

Hold my beer . . . (while I take a file to the corners of my tele neck)

I LOVE a Strat with a Tele neck

 

[Bendyha]

Snooker cue.
My wife and I have been playing snooker together, on and off, for the last 35 years. I am still using a cheap maple cue I purchased back in 1979, my wife has a much nicer cue made from ash, that I gave to her about 10 years ago. Ever since then I have toyed with the idea of making one for myself, and now I've taken a few steps closer to doing just that.

About 3 years ago, I sawed the initial raw blank out of an ash beam that had been lying around in the attic here for the last 100 years or so (my house has been a carpentry workshop since my wife's ancestors built it in 1802), and I've finally got around to knocking up a jig and planing the blank to a tapering octagonal. I will now leave it for a while, to move and settle any inner tensions again, hopefully I will manage to get the spliced hardwood butt glued onto it this year..... I'll keep you informed.

 

[Laren]

A day transferring the measurements/layout from the front to the back and working out the routing order. But the pots fit and I've got 15mm under the 5-way switch inlay which will hold it. A good result, I feel much happier now.

 

[Powdog]

Rainy day project, converting a 60s Newcomb tube radio into a guitar amp. The cobwebs are left over from Halloween.

 

[Jim_in_PA]

Well, the last big piece of the new shop puzzle arrived today...the "make heat or make not-heat" thingie. I'll be getting this installed over the next x number of days and then can move on to drywall and the final steps before I can move in and get cracking on projects including some git-fiddle type things.

 

[Jsil13]

Chambered the sapele star guitar body. I don't have a small scale, so I had to weigh myself then weigh myself holding the body so I couldn't get an accurate measurement. Before the chambering this body was somewhere around 5-6lbs. It's now around 4lbs. I probably could have chambered more on the bass side, but I didn't want to interfere with the rear contour. The rounded parts in the routes are for the strap button on the lower part and the heel access contour on the treble side.

Then I rough cut the top and busted out the clamps. There's an 1/8" or so overhang that I'll spindle sand as close as I can and then route to the body.