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Built my motorized sanding dish thingy - other than the cost of the dish itself, I spent $20 on the motor, $18 for the belt and $6 for the lazy suzan bearing. Everything else was already laying around in the shop.

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Andy, looks cool, and a good looking guitar in progress. Are you going to fashion a guard? That thing looks like it'd eat fingers and grab at clothes. I was just turning a belt/pulley by hand yesterday and pinched mine.

It will be way nice in cutting down your sanding of the profiles, etc.

Darrin

Thanks Darrin,

I wasn't planning on a guard but now that you mention it, I probably should at least cover the drive pulley and the, er, pinching side of the rotary table. If I was really ambitious, I'd make a combo guard/dust collector for the whole belt. Amazing how much dust there was from just a little sanding.

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Hesh - Wow! your new shop is coming together nicely! I love the nice clinical white look personally - it bounces the light everywhere and makes working more pleasurable IMO. I don't see any guitars being built in it though - when do you think you'll be ready to start building again?

Andy - I like your motorized sander - I'm going to have to make one myself sometime - it's one of the last "chores" of guitar making I'd like to motorize (I love chiseling/planing braces - don't think I'll ever want to mechanize that process!). What's the best rpm for the dish?

I like these weekend accomplishment threads....kind of spurs me on to do more and spend my workshop time more productively. Keep 'em coming!

Cheers,
Dave F.

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I don't know what the "best" RPM is but I can tell you that I like the RPM mine is spinning at. I have a home made pulley on mine which is roughly 1" in diameter and the dish itself is roughly 24" in diameter which gives a dish speed of between 70 and perhaps 90rpm (a range because my measurements are very rough).

At that RPM, the sanding was fast but not too fast that I lost control. There was definitely some torque on the guit while I was holding it. If I ever decide I want it faster I can always spring for a factory made pulley of 1.5 or 2" diameter

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I built 2 SJ rims. one back, one top, braced them both, tuned and attached the back and tuned the top. I built a new saddle slotting fixture and caught one heck of a head cold

That is a good picture of something I was asking awhile ago. It appears that the side being sanded, at the waist is not profiled perfectly yet. Is the kerfing installed on the side being sanded?

Mike

Bluebirds typically migrate south, even south of Arkansas. We have some right now but they thin on out and most head further south than here.

WE get them back about February every year. Some gluttons for punishment stay year round here in Arkansas. As long as the boxes are up for the scouts that come early you'll be fine.

Way to Go Mike, good luck on getting all your tools in with no shipping hassles.

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Hey hesh , the shop is looking Grand ! way to go ! I bet your anxious to get back to workin on gee-tars ! Jody

If a cluttered shop is a sign of a busy mind, what is a clean shop a sign of?

Mike

Not putting them up now... still want to seal them good. Built them out of nice poplar. Want them to last a while. I wen to Lowes to buy pine boards. What a LOAD of crap! They should just put a sign in front of the stuff: "Fire Wood"

Thanks on the tools thing. I am driving up to Nashville. Friday to inspect and take home. May have to stop at some of the oh so sweet guitar stores too.

Hesh, you are giving me a bad case of shop envy.

The weather was perfect this weekend, so I managed to finish the back for guitar #4 and glue it onto the rim.

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I've got a IRW.Lutz parlor and a Mahogany/Sitka OM going as well as a IRW/Italian Spruce OM back from finish and in setup. My shop is pretty full right now. And Oh Yeah I fixed a picture frame for my wife.
Terry

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Terence,

I long for a shop like yours every time I see a shot of it!

Pat

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Check out this thread: viewtopic.php?f=10101&t=19343

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A little late, since it's no longer the weekend. But I just finished this rather big non-guitar project tonight and brought it upstairs. I made this for dear friends who helped us out last year in so many ways when my wife was recovering from cancer treatments. We could never have made it through the year without them. The cherry is about 35 years old, from my Mom's farm and air dried in three inch thick rough cut slabs in a barn for about 20 years. The depth to this wood under a finish is unlike anything I have ever seen and the pics don't begin to do it justice. Oil/Varnish blend, rubbed with pumice and then 2 coats of wax on top. Thought I would share.

Steve, your table is gorgeous.
Are those vertical slats walnut?

Steve

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Closed the box.

Thanks Steve and Filippo - it was a labor of love truly.

The vertical slats are shedua, a bit splintery, but the colors are wonderful, like chocolate.