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Congrads to you Hesh . Now have a beer or two. I'll be working on a spray room for mine in about a month. Not looking forward to it but looking forward to when it'll be done. But do you ever really get done???
Looks great!

Hesh--

Your new shop is just fantastic! You have picked up house building skills in just an incredible way. Congrats on the shop and your new house!

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Jim Howell
Charlotte, NC

Nice looking shop Hesh! Looks like a pleasant place to build in.I like the roomy layout with everything at hand.Real Nice!

Ya but are you done the deck yet?





Seriously Bro, great job. You are sooooooooooo going to enjoy working in there. Well done.

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Gabriel Regalbuto
Carlsbad, California
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So much space! And so well organized and clean! I'm green with envy Hesh - it looks great - you've done yourself proud sir!! Now get to work...

Dave F.

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Cambrian Guitars

"There goes Mister Tic-Tac out the back with some bric-brac from the knick-knack rack"

Two questions Hesh. When is the Flushtone World Headquarters get-together? Where is the toilet?

Vince

Hesh,

Great job! I know you will spend many happy hours there...and create some more great instruments.

Best,
Max

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Max Bishop
Brighton, Michigan

Many thanks everyone!

Peter I would love to visit your shop - thanks for the invite!!

Mark and everyone else look for an open house after the first of the year. We need to break in Flushtone Guitar works properly with lots of music and shop talk! And I am looking forward to the Fat boy plans too - thanks!

Arnt When I get the new guitar vice built I will not be able to show you or I will have to kill me..... It's someone else's design so I have to honor the IP. You are right about the island bench. I thought it would be a good place to work on set-up but planned on building at another bench. So far the island is the only bench that I seem to want to use.

Chris P. - you are right shops are never really done and are always a work in process. Good luck with your spray booth.

Jim my friend yeah this construction stuff is easy..... I plan on finishing the entire basement but will wait until next fall to tackle the last 40% of the basement. I sure learned a lot and I also learned and it was all very fun.

Rod bro it is so very comfortable down here that I have been eating my meals down here and seem to hang out here now every waking moment. My cell phone even gets 5 bars down here too.

Gabe my friend I am very sorry to report that the Alien from Serge did not survive the move. It was getting pretty ragged as it was in the old shop. But the spirit of Serge's alien is with me and always well be......

Vince watch for an open house next year. No bathroom down here but I have been eying my shop vac...... And it would not take much to install a roll of toilet paper on my spindle sander...... Building jigs never ends.....

Thanks again folks!!!!

Thats me green with envy cool shop , but you know they say a clean shop is a sign of an unhealthy mind. Or as my old boss would say not enough work. I'm messy but he took it to another level he moved in tempoary in 1946 and just moved his idea of fixing the roof was to chuck another sheet of corrugated iron over the old then another then a tarp and always says I'm too busy to tidy.

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Formerly JJH

I learn more from my mistakes than my successes

Congratulations Hesh!

Now I have to go give my shop a "guilt" cleaning.

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Horton, MI

Man Hesh! I am officially envious!

Nice place!

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Lance@LuthiersForum.com

Very nice Hesh. Looks well lit.

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Ron

Hesh, can I come work in your shop?
It's soooo nice!

Steve

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That is an awesome workshop... Congrats. I wish I had that much space.
As expected, it is very clean

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Andy Z.
http://www.lazydogguitars.com

Congrats Hesh...I know that takes a load off your mind. Now get in there and make a mess.

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Thanks guys! I spent the morning drywalling the "pink" table saw room so it is no longer pink....... And I am getting way faster at drywall too if I do say so myself.

Steve bro you have a standing invitation to come visit Flushtone any time you wish!!!

Ron - yes lots of light which I am enjoying and still tweaking here so that my own shadows are not on the benches. I am also working to not light up the places where I am not as well.

Lance, Kirt and everyone in the area or with an abundance of frequent flyer miles look for an open house in the future...

BTW something that I wondered about when I designed the shop was if I would be able to smell my BRW stash from my desk and the answer is a resounding YES!!!!

Congratulations Hesh!! As with the others I am green with envy as well.

As a few of our Canadian friends share shop space, I think we could do the same with a few of us. Wonder when we can move in???

Now, GET BUSY! please excuse the shout.......... We need to see more of those great lookin' and soundin' guits!

I now need to get busy on my shop......................

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Steve Walden
Aspiring Builder,
Bartlesville, OK

Stop it, Hesh. California is supposed to be the luthiery envy of the world

Thanks Steve and James!!!

James did you see my loud speaker thread (Off Topic)? I was wondering if you had any ideas for me when you check it out please?

Hesh,

Great looking shop. One of the things I miss most after living in Florida is having a basement.

Do you use anything other than Monica Festool and the Jet air cleaner for dust collection?

That would be a great band name, Monica Festool and the Jet Air Cleaners.

John

Hesh,

Congrats on the new workshop. It looks really nice. And very clean too. Congrats again! Can't wait to see the guitars rolling out again.

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-Rob Eckert
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Hesh - you da man fo sure !!!

I am always amazed at how neat your work environment is, and this is also reflected in your builds.

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"After forty-nine years of violin building, I have decided that the search for a varnish is similar to the fox hunt. The fun is in the hunt."
Jack Batts Maker and Repairer of Fine Violins

Nice shoppe Hesh, and GREAT looking benches you made there.

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"After forty-nine years of violin building, I have decided that the search for a varnish is similar to the fox hunt. The fun is in the hunt."
Jack Batts Maker and Repairer of Fine Violins