Layout

Doesn't look like much, but that was a tricky hardware layout...

Hardware layout

Custom hardware layout for am acrylic kit.

Tester Tele

Tester body for custom pickups. Sanded and ready for finish.

Cab fronts

Morgan hill walnut for the cabinet front.

Pantry

Building up the refer cab and pantry.

Tyler

Learning woodworking through sandpaper.

CBG

Two cigar box guitars in production.

Mounting

Rails made from AL and bent to the wall shape. These will secure the closet to the wall.

Closet

Closet all cleaned and ready for veneering. Temporary back panels added for stability while veneering.

Veneer

Cut and joined the veneer pieces for the exterior.

Closet

All glued up.

Finishing

Test

Test fit.

Closet

Closet

Closet corner construction.

Practice pads

Painted and padded.

Pads

Power Wrist Builders practice pads.

Pads

Repair

You can see it, but you can't feel it. It's stronger than ever now and all ready for playing again.

Clamped

Glued and clamped. Clean up remaining.

Repair

Head stock was broken at the neck. Amazing how improper the grain direction is utilized in such a refined guitar... Clean break though.

New kalimba

A new kalimba for Mickey.

Gun stock

Drum hoops

Segmented bass drum hoops getting stain and finish.

Gun stock

Gun

Looking good.

Gun stock

Gun stock

Trying again.

Bed frame

Bed

Sub frame installed.

Hatches

Bed frame

Lower bed structure platform. With hatches to reveal the toe kick's storage space.

Paint stripping

Little by little...

Bed

Paint

Exterior

Vat wood

Damn. Most of it's going into the burn pile.

Stock

Rough cut. Those cracks in this wood, go pretty deep. Looks like this one is not gonna make it to a finished piece.

Gun stock

Raw cut bubinga from the vat wood.

Vat wood

Cleaned it and put it inside to stabilize. First thing up, is the gun stock.

Vat Wood

Picked up some og the wood from the tanning vats.

Hoops

Finish cut

Cut

Roughed