Michael Winston Dales Guitars: Älgen

A Week in and out the Shop

19 Sep 2022 - 3d printing, älgen, delfinen, ferrules, fusion 360, jigs, laser-cutting, patching, templates

A week of having more questions than answers as try to push the Delfin build forward.

A Week in the Shop

12 Sep 2022 - älgen, delfinen, drilling, filling, sanding, templates

The Delfin guitar becomes one, as the body and neck are joined, and Älgen gets close to being ready for finishing.

A Week in the Shop

3 Sep 2022 - älgen, michael abrash, sanding

A lot of sanding, shaping, and tweaking as I knuckle down to the second 90% of that Älgen build.

A Unit of Time in the Shop

25 Aug 2022 - älgen, delfinen, scale length, strings, website

I finally get to the bottom of what's been causing issues with stringing up my Älgen guitar build, and Delfin gets marked up ready for the next stage of work.

My älgen guitar sitting on the workbench, weith strings on, and 3D-printed sides mounted. It is still missing electronics.

A Week in the Shop

8 Aug 2022 - älgen, delfinen, ef1, inlays, setup and repair

A mixed set of activities in the workshop this week, as I worked on three guitars: trying to move one through the last stages of a build, getting another through the early stages, and a final one that's in for some setup TLC.

A Week in the Shop

1 Aug 2022 - 3d printing, älgen, bridge, headless, strings, website

This week was all about getting to that all important milestone on our new guitar design: getting the strings on and finding out if we have an instrument or not.