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• #102
^ Thanks t.o. Those things I've documented really are exceptions to the rule. The majority of what I do only has a photo of the finished product.
The cat carving was documented only once, to help explain how it was done. The shed stuff was done for my own benefit, I never intended it to be shared. Organising it & posting it up here was primarily a means to working out the process in my own mind. The fact that people appeared to enjoy that was an unexpected bonus.
If you're anything like me, you get far too caught up in what you're doing to remember taking any photos of ongoing progress :-)
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• #103
Exactly. I particularly liked the Cherry wood sculpture (although if I'm honest the shed makes me most jealous!)
^ Thanks t.o. Those things I've documented really are exceptions to the rule. The majority of what I do only has a photo of the finished product.
The cat carving was documented only once, to help explain how it was done. The shed stuff was done for my own benefit, I never intended to be shared. Organising it & posting it up here was primarily a means to working out the process out in my own mind. The fact that people appeared to enjoy that was an unexpected bonus.
If you're anything like me, you get far too caught up in what you're doing to remember taking any photos of ongoing progress :-)
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• #104
^ Cherry is lovely stuff to carve. It can be a bit fussy which direction it's cut from though.
While I think of it, does anyone else have their own small mark to sign their work? I've been using this on the back, or underneath of the carvings. It's a mixture of the P from my name, combined with the image of tree that a small child might draw.
It's the last thing that's done before the finish is applied & I'm always a bit nervous of screwing it up.
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• #105
I grew up in a somerset vilage called martock which hosts this amazing place
I used to spend hours wandering around the wood stores contemplating guitars. I managed to make two before I left home and no longer had either a workshop or masses of wood porn on my doorstep.
http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/luthiers-corner/129825-barnabys-lp-scratch-build-hand-tools-only.html
This epic thread has convinced me that I don't actually need a workshop to make a guitar. It is quite read and a good deal of the posters are complete idiots, but it's amazing to see some one build a really nice guitar with no power tools. -
• #106
^ I keep looking for a decent timber supplier in my area. They all seem to be geared towards construction rather than craft :-(
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• #108
router and jigsaw
^ Main 2 power tools that I use. Sometimes a sander ( belt/random orbital ) to fast forward through any mind numbingly slow parts.
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• #109
^^ Moss & Co bookmarked :-)
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• #110
Yeah. I've actually added a couple of sanders recently for the same reason. First thing that's going into my workshop when it's done though: bandsaw.
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• #111
^ I can see where that would come in useful for your work. Not so much for mine.
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• #112
No, I guess not. Fucking godsend for guitars.
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• #113
Yeah, new power tools ( like new bikes ) are fun. Really have to think of the real benefits of them before throwing cash around though.
I tend to go with cheapish power tools, but expensive as I can afford hand tools.
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• #114
I might fit one of these in the workshop when I can afford it.
While I have some nice Japanese waterstones & a strop that I get great results from, some of the deeply curved & v tools can be a bugger to get right when you're tired, or short of time.
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• #115
I tend to go with cheapish power tools, but expensive as I can afford hand tools.
This is wisdom IMHO. I feel positively sexual about my Veritas No. 4.
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• #116
^ Tool porn :-)
I have a mixture of new & old now. New chisels with old planes & a mixture of both with the handsaws. The steel is better on the new ones, but the older ones are more comfortable to use.
I hope to make my own custom saw handles for the best of both worlds eventually.
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• #117
Good plan. I've not had much luck finding good, second-hand tools. You actually need surprisingly few tools for luthiery. Of course, there's lots of 'nice-to-haves' though.
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• #118
Workshop photos please. Including full frontal of the tools please. Ta. :)
Over the past year I've been slowly acquiring tools and hiding them in a box under me bed. Only just started a short carpentry/joinery course a few weeks ago and I'm itching to use them now. Veritas and Pax this, Ashley Iles and Narex that. I looked at it all last night and felt a bit giddy.
This is wisdom IMHO. I feel positively sexual about my Veritas No. 4.
I might fit one of these in the workshop when I can afford it.
While I have some nice Japanese waterstones & a strop that I get great results from, some of the deeply curved & v tools can be a bugger to get right when you're tired, or short of time.
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• #119
Good plan. I've not had much luck finding good, second-hand tools. You actually need surprisingly few tools for luthiery. Of course, there's lots of 'nice-to-haves' though.
Yes but one of the few tools tools is LOADSOFCLAMPS. You know you've got into luthiery when you get clamp envy.
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• #120
Workshop photos please. Including full frontal of the tools please. Ta. :)
Over the past year I've been slowly acquiring tools and hiding them in a box under me bed. Only just started a short carpentry/joinery course a few weeks ago and I'm itching to use them now. Veritas and Pax this, Ashley Iles and Narex that. I looked at it all last night and felt a bit giddy.
Current workshop is just a table in the backyard so not very exciting. Will take pics of the proper one when it's built.
Yes but one of the few tools tools is LOADSOFCLAMPS. You know you've got into luthiery when you get clamp envy.
Oh, god yes. Reminds me, I really need some proper sash cramps. My current ones are shit.
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• #121
I built this
Which some of you may recognise as the CUE building at the Horniman Museum it was the high point of my building career after it the mundane little private jobs I had to go back to made me loose heart about being a craftsman so much so that I began to not be bothered about the quality of my work and only care about the money. Time to get out so at 35 I went and got eduacted and got myself a Civil Engineering degree. It changed my life but I still hanker for life on site and working with my hands. -
• #122
Wow, I am mightily impressed. I often marvel at that building, it is most beautiful, as is all of the Horniman.
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• #123
Yeah I love it too was the work of Arhitype http://www.architype.co.uk/ architect Jonathan Hines who in my book is the most inspirational living British architect. Originally when we built it there was a water garden where the barrier is now. Jonathan concieved the CUE building as an entrance to the museum and link with the Gardens which previously had no link. Unfortunately the museum govorners did not share Jonathans foresite or vision and comissioned the grand but rather poor front entrance which now exists. The CUE building has been sidelined and is now only used for storage so much for the precepts of evironmental building
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• #124
Yes but one of the few tools tools is LOADSOFCLAMPS.
Agreed. Never enough clamps.
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• #125
I'm very close to getting the Dewalt tracksaw to kick start my woodworking tool collection.
I also acquired a 5 grand vacuum pump today (for free) for vac forming ply and vac casting resin. The only thing I need now is more time to do all the stuff I want to do.
BN - not only are you excellent at making stuff you also document it very thoroughly. I'd be flattering myself if I said the documentation process is my only downfall, but whenever I make / restore something I ALWAYS forget to take before photos, let alone regular during photos. Next up is a tilley lamp but that will require lots of external input and might need some rechroming which I can't do.