I live in rural NC and I suggest not to be afraid to go into the new type Tobacco shops sprouting up all over & ask them what they do with their empty cigar boxes? I am trying this approach and will report back in a week as to how it is going. I have
Read more…Here’s an old one that you might have forgotten about? Wood Stain from a few Pantry items:
Inwas trying to start a new group but couldnt work out how or if i even can. So a discussion thread is what weve got for now. Flea market / thrift store etc finds Post pics of the funkiest, coolest and most useful fimds and bargins youve picked up
Read more…I seem to remember seeing a post somewhere (maybe facebook) about someone using fine nails as fret wire. Any thoughts or has anyone tried it with success?
Read more…It's just not a lolly stick-I see side fret markers. Some of these new lollipop s have a very strong stick . These will make some great fret markers !
Read more…Sometimes we measure twice, cut once and we (meaning I ) screw up the cut out on the box for the neck on a really nice box. Well, your worries are over my friends. Carefully fix the opening-I use glue mixed with sawdust to fill in small errors and th
Read more…Simple string height gauge I made from those wood inserts from the inside of a cigat box. I cut them into a long triangular shape. Then I slide the tapered end under the string until I like the height, mark it, and make a bridge that height- simple a
Read more…I recently got into building & playing CBG's as a boatbuilder i am always looking for good timber & never pass a skip without having a good look!
Been having a clear out in my workshop today & found my old JVC MF33 music center, i got it out of a ski
Read more…Apologies as I already posted this in Baritone, before realising it probably belonged in here.
My question is, I have a pile of 2x4 pieces from a recent project, I got a jigsaw, a tablesaw and a flat sander (not orbital). I want to join a bunch of 2x
Read more…Was going to throw this container away and noticed It had a nice radius to the sides. I'm thinking of Filling it with plaster, covering with sandpaper and make a radius sander .
Read more…I was ready to toss my foil coffee bag when it Occurred to me- this could make some great foil for grounding One of my builds. I may have to scrape a away some of the plastic coating to make proper contact. So drink up! Nothing smells better than a c
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I use a hole punch and some veneer scraps. I also use the inside spike of pop rivets(after using those for string openings) for nice side dot markers.
I was also paging through an old grizzly catalogue with all these nice photos of rare woods -I be
Read more…As many of you may already know. Piezos can be made into a simple and effective contact pickup. Did you also know many can be found cheaply or even free? Here are a few places I found piezo elements free because they were going for the trash:
Cards
Read more…I'd like to discuss a bona fide tone wood source here.
and the logistics involved in gathering it for recycling into newly built instruments.
I gathered a couple pallets, just the other day, that had some mahogany and boxwood... but darn it! there's
Read more…For the life of me, I couldn't find a way to limk attachments to the Comments section, so I guess i'll Thread it. Two tennis rackets, one cookie tin lid and some thin Maple scrap.... Introducing the Wilson, the only three string travel guitar 'offic
Read more…Is there something common that could be employed for a drum skin or banjo face?
My near empty dogfood bag was noisy the other day when I moved it... I'll try it when I can figger an ez method to tension it over a hoop.
I suppose tyvek would be too
Read more…I was ready to throw out an old hack saw blade but then I took a closer look at it. The blade was worn out in the middle, not the last few inches on each end near the saw frame. So , I took the blade, snapped the blade in half in my vice ( just a fe
Read more…I'm nearly done with my first build. It's a ukulele. I know that the better the strings, the better the sound, but right now I don't have strings on hand, and it's driving me crazy that I can't just string it up and get to strummin'!
I'll buy the rea
Read more…Ok, now here's the thing, this is where some mathematics comes in. I like using a bolt as a nut and eye-bolt as saddles and bridges on some of my CBG's. And sometimes I get some fancy people who want something a little more, well, they call it, "Upsc
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