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I’m in a flat. If it was just me here I’d just whack a workbench in the living room, but Mrs Sparky already puts up with all my bikes.
It’s an expensive course now so I want to finish in less than three years. Nine semesters would cost lots more than a new Martin now...
Between this and finding Paul Sellers on YouTube I’m itching to do some projects at home.
Sparky-
It’s an expensive course now so I want to finish in less than three years. Nine semesters would cost lots more than a new Martin now...
Yes - I think London Met got into a bit of financial problems around the time I left and they ramped the cost up a lot.
Have you started on the neck yet? If not you can ask David Dyke to throw it through a planer / thicknesser for a couple of quid which will save a lot of time. He's done electric body blanks for me, so might be able to do the same on similarly sized top and sides. You'll miss a bit by not planing those flat, but maybe you could just do one of them yourself.
I'm sure you're aware of all this and know what you want to do already - apologies if I'm talking at you.I'm long term trying to persuade Mrs Spaceman on a move outside London eventually, with space for a proper sized workshop being a major factor in it.
christianSpaceman
Yes, I paid by the semester for a few years. The 'beginner/intermediate/advanced' classification didn't really mean much - we just had Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday groups.
However, it was a cheaper course at the time. If I were doing it now I'd use their thickness sander to thickness the top, back and sides rather than spend weeks planing them!
I'd also be tempted to get a fretboard pre radiused - that'll save at least a week and it's an extremely unrewarding task. Let me know if you find anywhere in the UK that sells them, otherwise check out stewmac.
You can make electrics in a surprisingly small space once you know how - I build in a 4x4 shed in my garden. It's too small, but having built my acoustic without power tools you get used to those methods compared to every YouTube builder who uses planers, table saws and the rest.