Re: What's on your workbench right now?
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2019 9:30 pm
Talk about the Fender Jazzmaster, Jaguar, and any other offset waist guitars with us!
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Isn't it a bitch to be a tool junkie? I like mine so much I've been tempted to get a second one. My wife used to cringe when I'd mention Snap-On casually in a sentence.Shadoweclipse13 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 9:07 pmInteresting. That's almost exactly how I use my combination squares, and what I use them for mostly. Still, I do love tools, so I'll likely grab oneRgand wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2019 8:49 pmOne example is laying out a row of holes a given distance from an edge. Set the distance from the edge with one side, mark that distance in and flip it over to mark the centerline with the long side. There are many uses once you get used to thinking of picking it up. I find myself gravitating to it for most 'square' needs.
I put images I want to post on Imgur. That works great. They even give you the proper code to insert into the post.Insomnicide wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 1:34 pmhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/183246420 ... /lightbox/
Been working on a ric 4000 copy. Here's a mock-up with a ibanez humbucker for now. I'm waiting for retrovibe to come back from holidays so I can order some pickups.
I've also been struggling to share pictures from Flickr. I couldn't find a URL that the forum liked for inserting images. Can someone who uses that site please show me how to do it? Thanks
Took me a while to find that pesky little button too. Click on your image to open it on Flickr and you'll see three little icons at the bottom right corner of the view. The middle one is a little arrow. Click on that, go to 'BB Code' in the little window that opens. Select a size and copy the URL and you're doneInsomnicide wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 1:34 pmhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/183246420 ... /lightbox/
Been working on a ric 4000 copy. Here's a mock-up with a ibanez humbucker for now. I'm waiting for retrovibe to come back from holidays so I can order some pickups.
I've also been struggling to share pictures from Flickr. I couldn't find a URL that the forum liked for inserting images. Can someone who uses that site please show me how to do it? Thanks
It can be, definitely. In the last few months, I've bought a few tools that I don't really need (not yet anyway) because I want a mostly complete set of things that I think I will use at some point. I'm trying to make my cleat walls and not have to rebuild things that often, just because I bought something new that I needed. At the moment, I'm looking for socket sets of the funky sockets (Torx-bit sockets, Allen-wrench sockets, 8-point square drive sockets) before starting to make my socket organizers for the wall. I totally get the flinching from Snap-On being mentioned. They make great stuff, but that stuff isn't cheap by any means.
Cool.epizootics wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 8:57 pmBy the way, I've had some bizarre stuff on my bench recently - non-guitar stuff!
That's the kind of stuff that you can only get away with when you don't live there I guess Doing the same thing with the outline of France would feel wrong, wrong, wrong. My wife is a Dallas Cowboys fan though - I'm more of a Packers person but the state of Wisconsin is far less recognizable once laid out onto woodShadoweclipse13 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 9:27 pmI've never had the desire to accentuate my home with images or silhouettes of the state I live in, but from a woodworking point of view, that's pretty cool Epizootics!!
I could almost see it for a restaurant, but I agree.epizootics wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 9:39 pmThat's the kind of stuff that you can only get away with when you don't live there I guess
Wisconsin isn't too bad, once you see the Door peninsula on the northeast side. Wisconsin is almost offset, and would make a more comfortable guitar than Texasepizootics wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 9:39 pmDoing the same thing with the outline of France would feel wrong, wrong, wrong. My wife is a Dallas Cowboys fan though - I'm more of a Packers person but the state of Wisconsin is far less recognizable once laid out onto wood
Thanks!epizootics wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 8:28 pm
Took me a while to find that pesky little button too. Click on your image to open it on Flickr and you'll see three little icons at the bottom right corner of the view. The middle one is a little arrow. Click on that, go to 'BB Code' in the little window that opens. Select a size and copy the URL and you're done
It looks pretty good! What's the body wood?
I envy y'all from Down Under, there seem to be a nice array of Australian hardwoods you can chose from for your builds...Insomnicide wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2019 10:23 pmThanks!
It's Tasmanian Myrtlewood. I thought it was Jarrah at first, but pop identified it for me.
My pop has got a large collection of timber that's been drying under the house for a few decades. I'm hoping to slowly take a chunk out of it.
IMG20190802134736 by Rosie Brennan, on Flickr
epizootics wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:07 pm
I envy y'all from Down Under, there seem to be a nice array of Australian hardwoods you can chose from for your builds...
I've been doing the same with my dad's wood stash, there's something nice about using wood that's been selected & cut by family members. I think my dad's relieved to know that all the leftovers from his cabinet making days is not going to go to waste, too.
Keep it going!