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Before work this morning, I was putting the second coat of Ace Varnish on my new build (#4). I use a 2-foot piece of scrap wood, attached to the neck joint, that I put in my bike stand to hold the body while I wipe the varnish on. Well, the neck joint attachment broke. but I was able to catch the guitar body, by the soundhole no less, as it plummeted toward the concrete garage floor. That'll wake you up in the morning. Good thing I had my coffee!

This was one of those jigs that I kept looking at, saying to myself that I need to make a better one. Need to listen to those voices in my head. No, not those, the other ones...

Seems there is always time to do a job the right way, the second time.

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

Only goes to show that, in guitar building, can you grab a hole, and not have it get away from you!

Alex

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"Indecision is the key to flexibility" .... Bumper sticker

That was the one thing I made well the first time around! Actually, I made two for when I had to finish, well...two guitars at once!
I used oak boards from HD and it took me all of 15 minutes to drill for the insert, shave the board down to the right size, and get it almost completed.
One thing I need to do is to soften the corners so it is more comfortable when I hold it. But since I mostly use it clamped to my bench, it doesn't bother me that much.

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PMoMC

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From Nacogdoches...the oldest town in Texas.

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The way I heard this about 60 years ago from my father was;
"There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over..."
pvg

"There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over..."

Ain't that the truth. Made a proper tool for the job at lunch today.

This quotation, from an MIMF post by Mark S. Wybierala, hangs in my shop:

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Tim Allen
"Never hurry, never rest."