What's on your work bench?

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Re: What's on your work bench?

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jeremyb wrote: Fri Sep 03, 2021 7:53 pm Made this archery target tonight out of foam mats, threaded rod, and some pine board!

How many pieces?

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Pastasauce wrote: Sat Sep 04, 2021 9:33 am
jeremyb wrote: Fri Sep 03, 2021 7:53 pm Made this archery target tonight out of foam mats, threaded rod, and some pine board!

How many pieces?
I used 6 packs of the 4 floor mats from bunnings, trimmed off the edges then cut them in half, so theres 48 pieces stacked up there :)
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Re: What's on your work bench?

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Pastasauce wrote: Sat Sep 04, 2021 9:33 am
jeremyb wrote: Fri Sep 03, 2021 7:53 pm Made this archery target tonight out of foam mats, threaded rod, and some pine board!

How many pieces?
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Re: What's on your work bench?

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Not very exciting but I made a rack for my dumbells out of scrap bits of timber I had lying around.

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A bit rough but it will stop me tripping over them when I head to my desk to work.

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Along with a massive move about in the garage I got the bikes mounted on the wall!
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Crikey that's alot of bikes.
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MikeC wrote: Sat Sep 04, 2021 5:32 pm Crikey that's alot of bikes.
Way less than there used to be :rofl: bikes are like guitars that you need different ones for different things, but it gets even worse when your whole family rides!
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making a P style bass body,
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ChAoZ wrote: Tue Sep 21, 2021 5:54 pm making a P style bass body,
Looking good man. What material did you use for the inlays?

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I'm only making the body, neck was supplied
Body is 2 piece Ash, pickups reversed ala Lee Strickland, rear mounted controls

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MikeC wrote: Sat Sep 04, 2021 5:32 pm Crikey that's alot of bikes.
I'm proud I managed to keep to 1. I've always had the need for 4. The Boy had 3 in regular use.
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Re: What's on your work bench?

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Missed photo op, I had my 'vintage' junior on the bench. Heat gunned the finish off the back, looks mint on the untouched front side still. Sanded the stripped side back to satin 220 grit finish. Explored the intricacies of the Wilkinson bridge to figure out how to lower the action. Has these cheese grade little locker allen screws above the poles preventing rotational adjustment of the main pole screws. Those allens were tight, damn near tearing open with key.
Seems more characterful and a touch more aggressive - probably due to strings getting a tad closer to pickups maybe.

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Re: What's on your work bench?

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You could by Stewmac's Teflon Fret Dam or you can make one yourself in one minute for free...

https://www.stewmac.com/luthier-tools-a ... -fret-dam/

I present to you the Yoplait Fret Dam with a perfect fit for a 0.6mm fret slot width:

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Cut to 7.25" radius and make sure you rub the super thin plastic film off, of the printed side so that the superglue doesn't stick:

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I am working on a 1966 super thin and very brittle rosewood fretboard. Lots of little chips when removing the frets and while widening the fret slots from 0.42 to about 0.6. Most will be too small to notice but there are about 10 slots that need 'chip work'...

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Before - sections to be filled marked with pencil:

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After -

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Nice one! Still got a bit of sanding there to get rid of those divots on the board........

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I tend to leave divots in there if using new style taller frets if it means removing wood in any material amount.
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