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

Gun Stock

Starting a full sample of the fun stock.

Sanding block

Sanding block

This is a radiused sanding block for shaping guitar necks. Made from maple.

T-nuts

Home made t nuts to fit the tracking on the CNC.

Surfacing

Surfacing a wide table top with the CNC.

Trigger rout

Routed another spot on some segmented hoops for a trigger mount.

New CNC

Getting the new router ready for part making.

Frames

VG Fir frames for Brian's care show posters.

Placed

Uncrated and moved into place. Machine came with lots of little issues, and I'm waiting for the Manufacturer to get a technician in to address and fix them all... Was also sold on the wrong software for running it. Hopefully in the next week or so, I'll have it all up and running.

New CNC

The New CNC was delivered today.

Sanded and ready for finish.

Inlay

Shaped

Shells

Staves

Snare

Cutting walnut for a few new drums.

Vat wood

Bubinga and Movingui

Vat wood

Here's what it looks like after a lite planning.

Vats

It even comes with a serial number.

Vats

This is all Bubinga. A little worse off, but still lots of useable wood...

Vats

This is all really heavy old growth african red mahogany. It has some holes, but has been heavily saturated with oils over the decades of use as a tanning vat. It's in remarkably good shape.

Vats

Turns out they are all made from Movingui, and Bubinga.

Vats

Went to Santa Cruz to look at some old leather tanning vats.

Paint, round two