What's on your work bench?

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GrantB wrote:
Lostininverness wrote:
robnobcorncob wrote:
I do, yes. I have used a vice in the past, along with a long neck rest etc. but for me I like having the guitar secured in the jig where it can't move around.
So with your original set up was the concern that there was flex in the neck while levelling which the jig will take out? Leveling necks wothout a trussrod that are bowed would be a challenge!
I think this is where the jog can be useful. I have in the past leveled a fingerboard (thick slab) to take out the permanent bow from non-trussed neck. This jig would be able to help do that - I just used clamps and tied the body down, like jvpp.

I think I'll end up getting the jig...once I've finished buying more gear I don't actually need.
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Terexgeek wrote:
GrantB wrote:
Lostininverness wrote: So with your original set up was the concern that there was flex in the neck while levelling which the jig will take out? Leveling necks wothout a trussrod that are bowed would be a challenge!
I think this is where the jog can be useful. I have in the past leveled a fingerboard (thick slab) to take out the permanent bow from non-trussed neck. This jig would be able to help do that - I just used clamps and tied the body down, like jvpp.

I think I'll end up getting the jig...once I've finished buying more gear I don't actually need.
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chur wrote: I thought the Peavey Triumph was good to go, all recapped, horrid looms removed and with mostly balanced power tubes. It all works ultimately, but the crunch/ultra channels are quite a bit lower in volume output compared to the clean. Can't for the life of me figure out why.
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GrantB wrote:I think I'll end up getting the jig...once I've finished buying more gear I don't actually need.
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Oh well I play guitar in this room. On the work bench, new chimney - check, re-brick the firebox this weekend. Temperatures are falling...

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That room is an auditorium
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Reverb tank :)
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calling card wrote:Oh well I play guitar in this room. On the work bench, new chimney - check, re-brick the firebox this weekend. Temperatures are falling...

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Chimney? ..... looks like a strippers pole to me!!! :-)
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GrantB wrote:
Terexgeek wrote:
GrantB wrote:
I think this is where the jog can be useful. I have in the past leveled a fingerboard (thick slab) to take out the permanent bow from non-trussed neck. This jig would be able to help do that - I just used clamps and tied the body down, like jvpp.

I think I'll end up getting the jig...once I've finished buying more gear I don't actually need.
Sometimes I struggle to understand what you post.
Me too.
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Woodburner rebuild at weekend #5, good to go. Just got to reassemble all the ceramic tiles on the outside. Looks too good to pile in wood and burn, oh well the cold will force that move shortly. Other pic is above the firebox baffle, rock wool blanket under stainless cladding, added a soot deflector piece. Manky old copper tube heats the hot water, funny every winter I think I should replace that, all greased up with lanocote & see how it goes.

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Made a caliper for my Yamaha SA30.

I think it is Stainless Steel 316 as it was blimmin hard to work with. Needed fat gloves for the polishing and a can of water handy to cool things down.

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DSL100. With major bias drift. Odered a small pcb from UK to install. Gone through some of the solder joints which were a bit rough, especially on the Mains input pcb.
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1960 Gibson ES-175 single PAF pickup. Finding the Floyd is hard to mount on the thin top...
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