Tag: carpentry
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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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Maple dice box
I came across a 2×6 scrap of what I’ve been told is maple. I sawed it up into a few dice boxes that I’m using my router to hollow. Each is going to be finished with linseed oil, but constructed in slightly different manners. This one is the first time I’ve used brass threaded inserts,…
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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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Standing Workstation
This has been the most intricate thing I’ve built. I learned quite a bit about carpentry in the process.
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Table Saw Maintenance
These wheels will save my back. Made out of a 2×6 and 6in wheels with 6in iron rods as axles. Making the wooden brackets was fun. They could be more secure, but I didn’t have time to snip up some nail plate and dig up small sheet metal screws. The more frustrating part of this…
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Troll dice
Made these out of a reclaimed piece of 4×10. Threw out quite a bit of eaten wood and threw out the ones that started to issue termites. Next time, I will use forstner bits or drill ahead of time and trim them down on the table saw to correct the chip out.
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