Category: DIY
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Bike hoist
Lifting my bike up on the overhead hook is getting more difficult. Possibly the junk on the floor, likely I’m developing arthritis in my left elbow. This was a good practice making my next block and tackle.
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Next Scrap
This beautiful piece of wood was passed on from an instrument builder, it looks like a perfect species for a fretboard. It’s 1-1/4″ thick. I desire 7/8″ for dice to slide, and 13/16″ is narrow enough to make them wedge. I have some narrow gauge saw blades but not nearly so thin as a band…
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Bass of Spades assembled!
Jesse worked hard on the Bass from morning to night, with some long interruptions to build fencing around the chicken run. We started off the morning by soldering the knobs and and the pickups. It took filing a rough spot on the bridge and flux to get the ground wire soldered to the bridge. Then…
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Silvering the Bass of Spades
Jesse carefully masked the body of the bass and we primed and sprayed two coats of silver paint on it. And I created a way to stop the body from spinning in the breeze
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Building a bass, 1
Jesse is building an electric bass guitar from a kit we bought from Reverb. We need to sand and finish the neck and body. Then we solder the electronics together. The results will be gratifying. To focus on using supplies we have, we decided to use a darker teak stain for the body and headstock.…
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Projector Screen
This took quite a bit of time to complete. The BUF IT committee had to discuss, research and get various agreements. We had to create a floor plan and learn how to compute distance ratios to see which model of projector would work well. Getting electricians took forever. And then we needed to change the…
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Window for soldering station
Linseed. 25deg bevel on top edge. Wash the window and attach piano hinge in the morning. #carpentry #diy
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