What's on your workbench today?

[old wrench]

Not on the bench, but in the sky at my house.
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A shot over the sauna & the lake.
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The phone exposure shows better than you can see with the naked eye.

The beauties of the north.



Scott

My closest neighbor was about a 1/4 mile south of us on the lake

One night his old sauna house burned down - it was just a smoking ruin the next day

He was a nice old fella, so I didn't hesitate to offer my assistance to help him build a new one

He said that gave me perpetual sauna (banya) rights - what a fantastic deal !!!

Nothing quite like it -

-20 or -30 F. below with the ice on the lake cracking and booming and the temp in the sauna +180 F. and the northern lights blazing in all their glory as you drop into the lake through the hole in the ice

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[RickyRicardo]

This was taken by a friend last night about 30 minutes south of the city.

 

[hopdybob]

It's rare for someone as young as her (27) to get a knee replacement, but it was either that or not be able to walk and go back to work. She's a disabled American and has good benefits, but cannot afford to live independently unless she can get back to working. Her knee was pretty much without any cartilage (bone on bone) and also crooked from injuries from abuse in the country she was born in and from a subsequent injury as a young teen. It had deteriorated so badly over the past year that she had to stop working last September due to the pain...and to her credit, she abhors pain medications beyond ibuprofen, etc.

a very great blessing that she will walk again without pain.
i wish here a fast and smooth recovery

 

[Jim_in_PA]

a very great blessing that she will walk again without pain.
i wish here a fast and smooth recovery

Thank you, hopdy'!! She's doing better now, especially after the PT person showed her how to hook a cane under her foot to help with getting in and out of bed. Because of the additional ligament work required and unlike with a normal knee replacement, she has to wear an immobilizer other than when doing PT, and that makes things difficult for her...she's a "big girl" and that adds to the fun.
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And today, I'm going to spend some time in the shop for sure.

 

[Powdog]

Starting to put together parts for a 5E9-A Tweed Tremolux build.

 

[BCS1980-UK]

Not guitar related…
The twins are 7 months old today and a couple of weeks ago we moved them to their own bedroom. I was not happy with a electricity socket at their reach and started thinking how to protect them but still have access to it.
Well, things snowballed from there:

 

[telemnemonics]

My workbench is not a happy place today.
Hung this up in a wndow sliding door yesterday and my wife moved something that knocked it down. Fell 5-6 feet on end.
Almost felt worse forbher than me initially.
Feeling it more now though.
Between some crush and all the end grain tearout I doubt it goes back together nice. Leaving it for now.

 

[Asmith]

My workbench is not a happy place today.
Hung this up in a wndow sliding door yesterday and my wife moved something that knocked it down. Fell 5-6 feet on end.
Almost felt worse forbher than me initially.
Feeling it more now though.
Between some crush and all the end grain tearout I doubt it goes back together nice. Leaving it for now.
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Any chance of converting it to a 21 fret neck and making it look like it was supposed to be all along?

 

[telemnemonics]

Any chance of converting it to a 21 fret neck and making it look like it was supposed to be all along?

Not sure, damage may still reach in far enough to be visible.
Better to live with a bit of visual flaw and keep the last fret, I am too used to 22 to not screw up phrases with the odd 21 fretter.
I have some on old Fender necks but seldom play those any more.

 

[Wheelhouse]

Getting started on project #2.

 

[hopdybob]

Not sure, damage may still reach in far enough to be visible.
Better to live with a bit of visual flaw and keep the last fret, I am too used to 22 to not screw up phrases with the odd 21 fretter.
I have some on old Fender necks but seldom play those any more.

why just not glue it on back again?
now you still have the original piece with grain etc.

 

[Phaedros]

On my workbench today is…

a bloody mess.

Had myself worked into a frenzy yesterday trying to force the fretjob. Threw everything down at 11pm when I realized it wasn’t going too well.

So in order to get anything done in any given time soon, I’ll have to clean up today.

First I need to find my glasses - which is exceptionally hard to do without my glasses on

 

[betocool]

Off the workbench today.

Not-Rosewood-but-Jarrah Telecaster inspired by George Harrison, or my Beatles Build #1.

It's got the sandwich stripe and all. Pine and Jarrah combination, the pickguard is pine sprayed with black and gloss, with the "sandwiched" layer a thin mask with masking tape.

PUPs from Mr. Fabulous in Melbourne, man, the sound is beautiful! Simple Bridge - Both - Neck combo with tone and volume.

Finish is tung oil, has a smooth feel to it, but it will need subsequent coats over the years.

The neck is a bit wonky, but just enough to be playable ok, actually, it does play quite nice, but the bridge end of the neck should have been a smidge wider. The neck pocket could also have been a smidge deeper, the saddles are really on the upper end of their high setting. You live and you learn, right? It has a kind of rough look to it, but I'm just gonna go and say that's my style

All in all, I'm pretty happy with it, it has the killer looks (IMHO) and it sounds and plays very well, at least the hour or so I was playing around with it.

I need a new stand for my guitar. It's a good problem to have.

Cheers,

Alberto

 

[Jim_in_PA]

Well, things snowballed from there:

Totally worthy upgrade to that room, not just for safety, but for function and a pleasant environment!

 

[Meteorman]

Hometown friend said he had something for me “that I might like”. Drove up to meet him and he handed me a piece of wood about 72” long, 7”wide and maybe 1/8” thick. Sawmarks both sides. What’s this, says I. According to my friend, it was a piece of Brazilian rosewood given to him by a friend, 30+ years ago, who claimed he got it out of the “reject” bin at the Martin factory in Nazareth PA.
I can neither confirm nor deny this provenance, but I wasn’t looking a gift horse in the mouth.

Had to run it through my planer, and it was so dry and brittle, much of it just kinda broke apart. Ended up with a couple intact pieces big enough to cap a pine-bodied tele, if I cheated a little by inserting some maple racing stripes.

Homewound Firebird in the neck and Alnico 5s in bridge.
Sounds pretty decent

 

[Moodivarius]

Had to tweak the Moodivarius fiddle this aft.
I’m playing next weekend at Kicking’ Country. A fundraiser for our local high school music association. Hopefully see 400-ish spectators at at The Centre in our local city.
I had some buzzing on A string while sawing hard.
Scraped the fingerboard, near the nut, sanded with fine grit, then oiled.

When took the strings off, the sound post fell over, so I had to reset it as well.

Ready to Rip!


Scott

 

[Kixx]

Now justto finish unique natural ebony nut and to solder wires...

 

[Kixx]

In progress, restoration of severe injured '95 jazz bass with badly twisted neck..neck is repaired and ready to bolt. Originaly body was black, but owmer wanted "something different", and I decide to make this...fully bleached tiger maple veneer with "frozen" margines. I call it ghost wood. Also I made peer wood pickuard and tone it.. I wish final product to be elegant and have nonpretencious look.

 

[lowatter]

My workbench is not a happy place today.
Hung this up in a wndow sliding door yesterday and my wife moved something that knocked it down. Fell 5-6 feet on end.
Almost felt worse forbher than me initially.
Feeling it more now though.
Between some crush and all the end grain tearout I doubt it goes back together nice. Leaving it for now.
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Just glue it all up with Titebond original and add some maple sawdust as needed. No one would ever know and it's beyond any finger pressure on the fretboard. Nice build.

 

[fenderchamp]

1 piece pine, linseed oil under nitro, oc duff plankster and p90, Logan bridge, Glendale saddles. It’s to be gift to my son age 25. It should be a nice stablemate for his strat. Saddles and pickups both purchased here via the classifieds!