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A thread for me - so that I remember what I have done and what I need to be doing next


Beautiful blue sky day. Nothing better than to work outside and let the wind suck the dust away.

"Nobody told me there'd be days like these.
Strange days indeed"


A few years ago the Mrs' beautiful Mahogany drawer cabinet was taken apart for its wood. Here one of the drawer front panels is being prepared so it can become the backside of a guitar.

The holes are from the drawer handles and they shall be filled with a mahogany dowel.

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And here three panels done. Just need to 'thickness' them now to its final thickness


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Nice simple router jig. Must make one of those.
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I think I have the exact same router, has served me well for a couple of decades at least!
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Miza wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2024 8:27 am Nice simple router jig. Must make one of those.
If you do make one, use stronger aluminum U brackets than the ones I chose. My span is limited as anything wider and the router weight will make the jig sag in the middle. Doesn't make for even thicknessing. Other than that, leveling and thicknessing is a breeze

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jeremyb wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2024 8:50 am I think I have the exact same router, has served me well for a couple of decades at least!
Everyone on the forum has this router :D

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Jay wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2024 9:17 am
Miza wrote: Fri Jul 05, 2024 8:27 am Nice simple router jig. Must make one of those.
If you do make one, use stronger aluminum U brackets than the ones I chose. My span is limited as anything wider and the router weight will make the jig sag in the middle. Doesn't make for even thicknessing. Other than that, leveling and thicknessing is a breeze
Interesting. I was actually going to use a 90deg angle bracket, not a U. Didn't think about it flexing. My span is even wider than that!

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Another stunning day today for working outside. Below some 5000 words.


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Semi-hollow Tele time?
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robthemac wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 8:00 pm Semi-hollow Tele time?
I am dreaming about another Duovette (big red in your terminology), one flat and one with an arched top. One semi-hollow Tele and one solid with a pancake body. It's going to take me forever to accomplish that :lol:

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Jay wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 8:07 pm
robthemac wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 8:00 pm Semi-hollow Tele time?
I am dreaming about another Duovette (big red in your terminology), one flat and one with an arched top. One semi-hollow Tele and one solid with a pancake body. It's going to take me forever to accomplish that :lol:
Sounds like forever will be a good time.
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I thought you were making a really tiny guitar until I realised that was a tape measure on it :rofl:
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Jay wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 8:07 pm
robthemac wrote: Fri Jul 12, 2024 8:00 pm Semi-hollow Tele time?
I am dreaming about another Duovette (big red in your terminology), one flat and one with an arched top. One semi-hollow Tele and one solid with a pancake body. It's going to take me forever to accomplish that :lol:
I have such a soft spot for that guitar.
Jops wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:46 am Spring is the comic sans of reverbs anyway.

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Bit more sled routing today followed by some sanding

Telecaster top or bottom. First photo is wood dry and second one slightly wetted to bring out the grain.

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The top below is going to be a Big Blue or a Big Green or a Big Burst or whatever. This time grain flowing out, might be more appropriate.

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Ah, it might be my twisted mind, but one of those options is less genitalia oriented than the other.
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