| The Shop > Wood & Stuff |
| Banjo Build |
| << < (51/69) > >> |
| S. Heslop:
Wasn't a whole lot I could do today. Redid the truss rod since the part where the screw bulged out just meant id have to route more material out the neck, right at the part where I feel i'm cutting it close on how much i've already routed out. Also thicknessed the fingerboard to 6mm. For planing the back of the headstock I was at first gonna use a router with some rails to ride it on, but that'd require sticking the thing to the table... but I ran out of carpet tape. So plan B was to try using the drum sander. I needed something smooth to slide the neck on, and the ideal thing I thought would be a bit of glass. I had a bit that was just ever so slightly too wide. Not a big deal to trim a bit off. Except it was reinforced glass. I should've figured, considering where it came from. What I thought was neat was that it kept crackling after it'd initially shattered, with new cracks appearing. Like a bowl of rice crispies. Anyways a bit of MDF worked fine. I'm not too keen on this idea though, it worked out okay but when removing the part it had a tendency to catch and get thrown out faster than expected. I wont't do it again if I can avoid it. Smooth enough. I'm not too worried about it looking ugly. What i'm waiting on is a bearing to match a router bit i've got, to try make one of those bottom bearing follow routers. Almost all the rest of the tasks before carving require use of one of those. |
| S. Heslop:
The stuff arrived today. Got fretwire and bearings. Transmuted bottom bearing to top bearing, but squashed the top of it by mistake so it's irreversible. Also made a template for the peghead but I figured it'd probably be better to route that after getting the fingerboard stuck on. And there's a few things to do with that before then. For cutting the fret slots I'm using a hacksaw blade. It's set in a wooden block to give it more of a handle and to make it easier to keep it on target. I've got a whole thing planned but i'm finding it awkward to explain, so I guess i'll wait till i've got photos. Anyways, not a whole lot done today. Spent most of it outside, and the first thing I did when I got back was epoxy that hacksaw blade. But I got the slow setting kind of epoxy (to make the brass tube stuff later easier, hopefully) and it'll probably be an overnight thing. |
| S. Heslop:
It exploded. I'm lucky the lid didn't hit me in the face because I was right over it, i'm lucky that the charcoal powder inside hadn't gotten hot enough to burn me, and i'm lucky I had my goggles on. But despite all that i'm still disappointed I wasn't recording it. |
| NormanV:
Simon, you are very honest with your posts, even if they make you look silly. That's a great portrait of you, worth keeping. I have kept my silliness to myself but in order to redress the balance I will divulge some of my own stupidity. (Not that I am trying to imply that you are stupid.) After pouring an aluminium casting I had poured the surplus into a loaf tin to make an ingot. In tidying up I picked up a firebrick to put it in a safe place and managed to drop it onto the edge of the loaf tin, molten aluminium flew in all directions, a large dollop falling on my shoe. Fortunately it was leather and didn't melt or burst into flames, I was able to flick it off and no harm was done, not even to the shoe. But this is where my stupidity comes in, I was wearing shorts, I was so lucky. I will wear proper protective clothing in future. |
| AdeV:
Are you sure you're not the Batman? Seriously - I'm with Norman on this one - thanks for sharing, it's a timely reminder that some of the stuff we do is quite dangerous... Speaking of which, what actually were you doing? I must have missed the post where you were making a charcoal bomb? |
| Navigation |
| Message Index |
| Next page |
| Previous page |