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Hey folks,
I thought it would be about time for another episode of "What's happening in your Shop?" !

Lately I have been busy making everything, but guitars.
Little projects like these oak/ash bench dogs.

An 8" long wenge marking gauge.

This 4" by 8" jewelry box for my wife. Wood is apple, mahagony, wenge and ash inside the case.


For a long time I wanted to have a "real" end-grain cutting block, but didn't feel like spending around $175. So these former walnut scrap pieces turned into a massive 12" by 16" by 1 2/3" walnut butchers block.

And in case you wonder: Yes! I have a "Fine Woodworking" subscription and love it. I think it is worth every single penny.

So let's see what's happening in your shop these days!

Regards & respect
Chris

Lots of finish work. These days it seems like it's lacquer, buff, repeat. As soon as I get caught up another batch of instruments shows up.

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Brian

You never know what you are capable of until you actually try.

https://www.howardguitarsdelaware.com/

I'm trying to joint the 2 soundboard pieces... on my first-ever build.

I personally just received my shipment today from LMI of all the pieces I need to build my first guitar. Kind of overwhelming actually, all these pieces to deal with in a hand tool oriented shop. Slightly intimidating.

My shop has been spitting out similar items as you just posted Chris. Mostly on a slightly larger scale though, tables, cabinets, chairs, boxes, etc. So this guitar making detour should be interesting.

French polishing 4 flamenco guitars and stringing up a new violin. The first is trivial and boring. The last is very exciting

I'm getting prepared to install some binding. Hopefully I can get it on this weekend.

I started a new guitar or two. No pics yet though.

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http://www.CostaGuitars.com
PMoMC

Ah the joys of jointing. I hate it so I cheat

Just finishing up a new Mahogany/Sitka archtop. This one is designed to be played plugged in with parallel bracing and a laminated back. Hopefully it'll be somewhat feedback resistant.

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It's not what you don't know that hurts you, it's what you do know that's wrong.

Making some rosette tiles...

The man's so busy he don't even know how many guitars he's building......

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Brian

You never know what you are capable of until you actually try.

https://www.howardguitarsdelaware.com/

I don't post alot here, although I visit on a daily basis. Thought I would share what I'm working on now. It's a uke bass. Hope to get some Zpoxy on it this weekend.

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Kyle

French polishing a Flamenca blanca after Barbero.

Getting ready to glue the fingerboard on a Romanillos style classical.

Researching on my next commission (a soprano uke).

But, to the distraction of everything else, I finally vowed to build the drawers for my 3 or 4 year old workbench!

No pictures of all this mayhem. I think the soprano uke is going to get a precursor done in walnut, but the real thing is going to be koa.

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Jim Kirby
kirby@udel.edu

I'm hoping to finish level sanding numbe three and cut the neck joint. Maybe working the rosette on my first commission guitar.

Waiting for wood to arrive for my first ever build: Tinozza Acoustic Bass. In the mean time I am building a home-made thickness drum sander.

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Doug

Don't let fear or common sense stop you from trying to build something

Working on a 4 string banjo my nephew found in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse he'd just moved his family into.

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"Act your age, not your shoe size" - Prince

Starting a Martin sized 00 for a niece of mine

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http://www.Harvestmoonguitars.com

I'm a regular reader, finally got up the nerve to show this rosewood "000" to be delivered end of Feb.

Y'all make me feel, well, SLOW. But over the last week I managed to finish my router tower. This is the binding jig I made to rout off the bindings on my first two and recut the channels, because the bindings ended up too thin in places. I finally got it dialed in, got four new pieces of ebony bent and ready for glue up, and only managed to break one this time. I'm making progress!

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Phil

http://www.oleninstruments.com

"Those who tilt at windmills are only considered insane by those who can't see the dragon."

Thinking about and designing my next guitar - sort of piccolo size I think.

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"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it."
Pablo Picasso

https://www.facebook.com/FenskeGuitars

Starting a couple D size and getting back to a OO thats been hanging for a while. Also grinning every time I hit a chord on my recently finished White Oak O

Thanks Filippo, wish I could take credit. Addam Stark did it. Tony Ferguson has done ones for me that are just as nice.

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It's not what you don't know that hurts you, it's what you do know that's wrong.

I'm taking a short break now that the challenge is over and that guitar is finished. I'm installing cabinets and doing finish trim on our garage renovation.

Next week I'll be back in the shop. I've a got a walnut 000 and a mahogany 0 that need neck carving, a '49 Gibson J45 restoration in progress, a '68 Martin O-16 that needs a neck reset, and a 60ish Aria dred that I need to evaluate to see if it's worth fixing - it has a poorly repaired headstock that suffered a bad break.

Lots to do.

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Steve Smith
"Music is what feelings sound like"

Just glued the sides to the top.

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Sen CL Goh
http://senguitar.blogspot.com

I have been working on the two Ziricote guitars I started in November. http://www.luthiersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10101&t=38584, The 00 is ready for closing the box and the OM is close behind. I have the neck ready for the 00 and the one for the OM rough carved. These will be my 1st bolt on necks with the 00 completely removable and the OM with a glued down fingerboard extension.

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Fred Tellier
http://www.fetellierguitars.com
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