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SnowManSnow
PostPosted: Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:31 pm 
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Ever snap an interesting pic of your build process?
Let’s see it!
Here’s a pretty neat one I took
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This isn’t really a “build process shot” but I was finishing two guitars at the same time recently. My shoulder started getting tired so I sat down to take a break and the way they were setting on the bench in relation to the light made for a cool shot. I wish I had gone back and staged a similar picture with descent background.
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Bryan Bear wrote:
This isn’t really a “build process shot” but I was finishing two guitars at the same time recently. My shoulder started getting tired so I sat down to take a break and the way they were setting on the bench in relation to the light made for a cool shot. I wish I had gone back and staged a similar picture with descent background.
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Cool “moment” photo!


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J De Rocher
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Build photos are a bit like country-western songs: include beer, summer, trucks, a girl, a dog, a divorce, and mom and you're good to go.

All you need to compose a classic close-up build photo is some nice wood with a bunch of shavings (must have) and plane, a chisel, or a scraper (preferably all three). For a middle-distance shot, you need something large like a set of ribs, or a top with carved braces (with shavings of course), or a neck being carved (shavings) in a red vise. And don't forget a wall in the background covered with a multitude of chisels and/or clamps or shelves full of various planes.

Sound hole binding and purfling ready to go in rosette:
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Guess what this is:
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Some cool shavings from scalloping braces:
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Kind of a swimsuit calendar vibe.... Sorry about that!


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I finished carving a neck, bolted it on, then stood the guitar up on a window seat with the sun setting behind it

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here's one of my build pictures I like.
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"Guess what this is"...

Dust from sanding ribs for top on a cylindrical dish.

One of my favorites...

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Michaeldc wrote:
Kind of a swimsuit calendar vibe.... Sorry about that!


What ethnicity is the model on the right?


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Revealing the crescent moon heel.
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All the intersecting pieces underneath a bevel.
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Nothing special, but I like this photo.
My work bench is under a window.


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Nice photo to illustrate a binding ledge.


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Haans wrote:
"Guess what this is"...

Dust from sanding ribs for top on a cylindrical dish.



Correctamundo!

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Top bracing a la Trevor Gore and early stage neck carving. Dave


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Boone plane doing its job.

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Carving A5 back

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Dan, I really like the carving on that electric!

Two photos that show the great pain I went through to turn regular herringbone into Holzapfel 12 string reverse herringbone. Try removing both black strips of the herringbone without disintegrating the center part sometime.

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Thanks Haans!
I am teaching myself how to use hand-held cutting tools.
I finally figured out how to put a burr on a scraper, I bought a real burnisher.
Always a treat to see your work!
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A photographer friend likes to do projects with local craftsmen for his portfolio and approached me for a shoot. I thought this picture was pretty cool. The guitar was a gift for Robert Earl Keen and the copper plate on the neck block got an engraving of his scriptorium. He even played it for me at the Georgia Theater when I gave it to him!Image


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dzsmith wrote:
Nothing special, but I like this photo.
My work bench is under a window.


I would REALLY like to see more that! That is awesome work!


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here's another one I like.
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Roping pictures are always nice IMO.

Nice pics, everybody.


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In collaboration with my artist brother-in-law.


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Casey Cochran wrote:
A photographer friend likes to do projects with local craftsmen for his portfolio and approached me for a shoot. I thought this picture was pretty cool. The guitar was a gift for Robert Earl Keen and the copper plate on the neck block got an engraving of his scriptorium. He even played it for me at the Georgia Theater when I gave it to him


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Just mocked up for the picture, still needs a little work but other projects are at the top of the pile. It was a cigar box contest, use a paint can lid for a resonator, otherwise you are free to build what you will.

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I always love the look of plane shavings...


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