What's on your work bench?

[Jay]

Progress stalled on the father son build as the previous order of truss rods has been stuck in customs since December 8th
The replacements arrived this week so we can crack on


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That faithful router again. I think everyone on the forum has one

[Cdog]

Progress stalled on the father son build as the previous order of truss rods has been stuck in customs since December 8th
The replacements arrived this week so we can crack on


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That faithful router again. I think everyone on the forum has one

Snap!

[jeremyb]

Progress stalled on the father son build as the previous order of truss rods has been stuck in customs since December 8th
The replacements arrived this week so we can crack on


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That faithful router again. I think everyone on the forum has one

Snap!

Ditto

[Bg]

one of the 5 I own

It does annoy me when I have to search for the depth stop because its fallen out somewhere as I don't use it often... and the rubber gaiters are split now. Other than that, a good purchase

This is the second.

[ChAoZ]

Caught up with our forum buddy Griffalo today and scored these swamp Totara chunks, there are more

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Surfaced a piece to see what the grain is like, very nice - darkens very nicely with a bit of oil

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Gonna make some wonderful Strat bodies

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[griff]

I'm excited for this

[ChAoZ]

I'm excited for this

Yeah, get hard boi
amazing with a bit of oil

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[griff]

I've been walking around with a boner ever since I saw it

[GrantB]

Caught up with our forum buddy Griffalo today and scored these swamp Totara chunks, there are more
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Surfaced a piece to see what the grain is like, very nice - darkens very nicely with a bit of oil
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Gonna make some wonderful Strat bodies
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That’s some seriously nice wood! How is it weight wise? Like a red alder ish density?

[ChAoZ]

That’s some seriously nice wood! How is it weight wise? Like a red alder ish density?

It's very light, swamp Ash territory,
I got all the pieces machined ready to make into body blanks

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[Jay]

Totara is a lovely wood to work with. Maori use it extensively for carving.

My 1st telecaster I built from a large, sixty year old or so totara fence post. Sadly enough I didn't realise that the grey streaks were water/fungus damage and the body split a few years later. My slab was also relatively heavy resulting in a 2392 gram body weight. Which is 2 pounds heavier than the tele body I am making atm.

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[ChAoZ]

Yeah I've used it a few times too, great timber

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[Cdog]

Totara is a lovely wood to work with. Maori use it extensively for carving.

My 1st telecaster I built from a large, sixty year old or so totara fence post. Sadly enough I didn't realise that the grey streaks were water/fungus damage and the body split a few years later. My slab was also relatively heavy resulting in a 2392 gram body weight. Which is 2 pounds heavier than the tele body I am making atm.


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Lovely grain. Are you tempted to run it down the table saw and re-glue minus the streaks?

[Jay]

Totara is a lovely wood to work with. Maori use it extensively for carving.

My 1st telecaster I built from a large, sixty year old or so totara fence post. Sadly enough I didn't realise that the grey streaks were water/fungus damage and the body split a few years later. My slab was also relatively heavy resulting in a 2392 gram body weight. Which is 2 pounds heavier than the tele body I am making atm.


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Lovely grain. Are you tempted to run it down the table saw and re-glue minus the streaks?

Yes, I was gutted when that happened. The break tension is huge, so a clamp and glue won't work. Cutting it out and then glue destroy the telecaster dimensions. I have given it away to my neighbour who is going to put it up on the wall in his music room.

[StrummersOfThunder]

That’s some seriously nice wood! How is it weight wise? Like a red alder ish density?

It's very light, swamp Ash territory,
I got all the pieces machined ready to make into body blanks

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Offsets !