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...not a great deal here, just cleaning up and making space for a new router table and run of ducting.

I did however add one major upgrade.


Oh and I got some new zoot, some gorgeous bubinga billets I hope to get four sets out of:


And some pretty cool ziricote:

Whats new and exciting in your shop???

Been working in a poorly lit unfinished basement. Just got done installing three $10 shop florescent light bulb fixtures, what a difference! I can actually see my mistakes now.....maybe that isn't a good thing

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John Thiessen
http://www.iszacguitars.com

Yeah... Doncha just hate it when you get those mistakes under fluorescent light?
I blew a power supply on one of my fluorescent fixtures last week & my work is looking much better.

www.buildingmyfirstguitar.blogspot.com

Just today I got the holes for the pickups routed out. Yesterday finished carving out the inside of my top and made some pickup mounting rings out of that piece of bocote. Going to have a matching fretboard, finger-rest, truss rod, pickup mounting rings, and tailpiece from the same piece of bocote. Putting together the box on monday and cutting out the soundholes.

I am working on my Jeff Beck signature model

This is my second build, first neck. My first build took 51 weeks of R&D, hiding in fear from it lol and completion. This build is all scratch, I made the 00 form July 5th. I have sat down 2 times to watch a neck build DVD. I keep falling asleep!

I rescued the Sycamore from a burn pile a few years ago, Adi wide grain top, 3 piece Maple neck. Maple binding I picked up at the Blues Creek gathering

The butterfly sticks in the sound hole with mini Magnets, the ripples are hand sanded. The finish is going to be?

Hopefully I will get the courage up to finish the neck, or make progress this week. Strong coffee and some DVD's this weekend!

Adding on to my shop for a compressor, paint booth, and lumber storage.

There used to be a window where the new door is.



Outside a 7' x 15' pad with a 7' x 4' porch to the right.



There will be a door where the pick insulation is soon.

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"Try to be the person your dog thinks you are."

http://sites.google.com/site/bertsguitarshop/

Grumble - entertainment center in the works - thing is keeping me from the guitars.



Ed - I hope that shop improvement isn't attached to the router table or table saw

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Jim Kirby
kirby@udel.edu

bent sides, made headstock, cut rosette, cut kerfed linings, installed tail block and headstock, cut headstock veneer, installed kerfed linings, sold a camera.
not bad for 10 hours!
i think i'm on fire.

oh, i also joined the top, and had it thicknessed at my friends shop with a widebelt.

Guess it was about time to clean the shop. After re-sawing the sapele, I didn't have room for it, so I had to re-stack the guitar shelf.



That lead to a relative disaster in the shop, so it's been a 3 day cleanup. I hate cleaning.





Now, where was I?

Interesting stuff going on all around- as usual!

Jim- not the router table or tablesaw, the gobar deck... hopefully I dont earn the nickname one eyed Ed.

Haans- I feel your pain, I have been cleaning like mad. Its not fun when your shop doubles as storage.

YJ John- Thats quite the rosette! Post pics when your finished please.

Goregantuan- Nice picks!

Got the mandolin rim assembly all clamped up (not glued) and it all fits so wonderfully I could cry! Next step will be making the linings I s'pose.

Not to self: Use second building for wood storage

Just finishing up a briar inlay on a ziricote fingerboard....this one will go on a curly walnut body with a nice bearclaw top. (the rosette has the briar pattern inlaid as well). I've also got a koa/bearclaw guitar going...as well as a makore/bearclaw guitar...and 3 ukes. Lots of juggling






Trev

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The Explorer sits in the same state, waiting for a bridge and finish...

That's what's in the shop. In the Fed-Ex truck however is all the fixins' for a mahogany and Sitka 12 string. Haven't decided on the body shape yet, but can't wait to get started!

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Rob

Got my solid form for my side bender made.

Thanks for the tutorial Todd Stock.

Anybody that plans on making one, might consider taking your router outside if possible, you would not believe the amount of saw dust created by the time you are done. I couldn't because I have mine built into my table saw, let me tell you my shop is a MESS!

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Tim

Trevor, that's pretty sharp. I love how the rosette ties in with the FB inlay. Way cool!

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Tim

Now , where did I put that pencil?

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Tim

Some various thingies....

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John Mayes
http://www.mayesluthier.com

John that's freakin' SICK! I love that pink ivory....even showed it to my wife! I wanna build guitars like you someday.

Tell me...who wouldn't wanna go pokin' around in Haans' shop? Don't leave that place unattended Haans. It's awesome.

I made a few bridge blanks.

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There is no difference between the man that thinks he can....and the man that thinks he cannot.

I'm pretty sure I just wet myself looking at those bridge blanks.....

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John Mayes
http://www.mayesluthier.com

I'd show u pics, but OLF does not allow iPhones to upload pics... And since all my pics are on my iPhone....argh!!

I rebuilt my bending machine. Made it stronger and heavier to handle the harp guitar molds. Built a new bending mold for the harp guitar. Of note, I bought a 18 g nail gun for assembly (shapes held apart using wood slats). Cut sides out of bubinga and bent one side using my first heat blanket from blues creek. Wow! That is WAY better than light bulbs!

Re: pneumatic nail gun. Dam! Why did I wait so long to get one??

Chris, come on over anytime...bring a broom! And pencils!

I just took these shots on Friday before I left the shop ... have been emailing in-progress-photos to my customer so that he can see how his instrument is coming along. The guitar is a Sitka/Brazilian with side port and checkered marquetry. I'm looking forward to getting the neck done next week and starting the French Polishing!



Cheers!

David Wren http://www.wrenguitarworks.com

I am working on a new rosette. The mosaic is from a Santos Hernandez design. I've been thinning veneers to 0.50 mm and cutting strips for buiding the mosaic, rope edge treatment and line work. I routed a channel in a workboard to arrange and trim the mosaic tiles.

This time I'm going to install the rosette elements directly into the guitar top. Hopefully, the mosaic tiles will expand to fill in spaces when I glue them into the rosette channel.

Here are a couple of pix:





Thanks for looking.

Max

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Max Bishop
Brighton, Michigan