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A Week in the Shop
17 Jun 2023 - älgen, carving, hásten, laser-cutting, neck, spraying, verkstaden
The race is on to get Älgen ready for Liverpool Makefest, I dodge a knot as I carve Hästens neck, and I say who needs scissors if you have a laser-cutter?
A Week in the Shop
27 May 2023 - andy powers, grain filler, hästen, joe cocker, mistakes, neck, verkstaden
A long write-up this week, as I make progress, make a significant mistake, make a recovery from my mistake, and make more progress.
A Week in the Shop
5 May 2023 - delfinen, emily hopkins, harp, hästen, jigs, routing, templates, verkstaden
A quick review of all the in-progress guitar builds, a bunch of progress on the offset build, putting an excessively complicated jig to use, and finally some fun facts about harps.
A Week in the Shop
9 Apr 2023 - älgen, harley benton, staining, verkstaden
A trip to Wales, where I get to play guitars in some amazing scenery, more practicing with wood stains, and some frustrating string breakages.
A Week in the Shop
2 Apr 2023 - 3D-printing, amp, colour, form 3, formlabs, fusion 360, stain, verkstaden
A grab bag of bits this week: 3D printing a custom control for one guitar, testing out staining options for another, fitting a new transformer to my practice amp, and doing a little bit of electronics on my pickup winder.
A Week Out the Shop
26 Feb 2023 - archtop, bhm, cad, delfin, fusion 360, rendering, templates, verkstaden
A week spent paying off some CAD debt to fuel the workshop time, and a look at another builder of some amazing archtop guitars.
A Week in the Shop
22 Jan 2023 - delfin, fretting, kerf, laser cutting, neck, palm router, verkstaden
Getting back into the swing of things with making dust in the workshop: a neck gets prepped and fretted, and I try out my new ferrule block technique to learn that it needs improving.
A brief week in the shop
14 Sep 2020 - laser cutting, neck, verkstaden
I make progress on the new guitar model as I work out what I can and can't do in my new workshop home, and I spend some time laser-cutting pick-guards for another builder.