Before

Here's another rescue project. I'll be restoring this to a much nicer condition. This is the exact condition I've recieved it in. That's home sprayed yellow laquer all over it.

Nut

made a nice brass nut for the top of the neck, leveled the frets, re-crowned and polished them, then sealed the rosewood fingerboard.

Veneering

pick gaurds are veneered and getting finish.

Veneer

putting a nice walnut burl veneer on my pick gaurds.

Finishing

Table top with several coats of finish.

Texture

I'm adding a hand hewn surface to the table top using hand planes and scrapers.

Dry fit

One more trim on the top and the legs will get finish buffed and wait for the final assembly.

Table

Both ends ready for legs.

Top

End of table cut to receive leg structure.

Legs

Polished

Dry assembly

Test fit with piece all cut to final shape.

Legs

Joinery cut on leg tops.

Polish

Sample polish on legs. 6063 AL.

Metal

Aluminum for the legs of the dining table came today. Now to polish...

Trimmed Bowties

Glued an flushed the bowties. Now for metal Fab.

Inlaid

6 bowties carved and inlaid into the top.

Bowtie

The table top is made of California black walnut, and the bowties are Brazillian walnut.

Bowties

Surfaced the table top this morning, and then made bowties as decoratvie and functional inlay.

Shells

While waiting on other jobs... I through together two new shells for the bop kit, an 8" and a 12".

Table top

New table top made frrom 4 slabs of T inch thick walnut.

Dash

Glove box side removed. There were a lot more screws than you could see. After a lot of delicate elimination, I finally found the elusive last screw and it came sliding right out of the car.

Trio

Brand

Branding iron carve by hand from brass.

Dash

Looks like a walnut burl with some really flaky finish. This is what I'll be working on. New finish onto what looks like some nice walnut veneer, in good shape still.

Austin Healey

My latest project. 1966 Austin Healey.

Finishing

Finishing a butcher block top for a friend's project, with homemade food grade wood finish.

Butcher Blocks

Butcher Blocks made from the old shuffleboard out of the Morgan Hill Tavern.

Pickup

1/4 inch mono jack, and volume control.

Kalimbas

Kalimbas

Two new Kalimbas, tuned and ready for sale.

Cutting boards

becoming a popular item. Here are more cutting boards, i'm also selling food grade finish for seasoning you new board or butcherblock.

New Kalimbas

Two new kalimbas for the first friday show downtown.

Fingerboard

I've finished all the staining, Frank pinstriped, and now I'm glueing the fingerboard back down to the neck. A little more touch up to the finish around the neck, and it'll be ready for re-assembly.

SJ Jazz Fest

Erik and Pat playing on two of my kits with Jazz Mofia's- Brass, Bows, and Beats at the San Jose Jazz Fest's Repertory Theater.

Pinstriping

Just got some awesome samples back from my buddy Frank. Can't wait to see what this Bass will look like finished...

Finishing

Dieing and finishing the bass, this is only the second coat on the back so far.

Finishing

first coat applied.

Bridge

now completed, the side rails have been attached. Next will be a layer of finish.

Headstock

It had been dropped at one time and the spiral head peace broke off. Here, I've just carved down the jagged piece and made a new spiral.

Bare Naked Bass

I've stripped off all the old finish and sanded away all the dents and scratches. Now it's ready for some new finish.

Sanding

Here, I've sanded most of the finish off.

Neck

I straightened/ leveled the neck.

Bass

fingerboard

Bass

Finger Board removed.

Bass Repair

My friend Clint brought his Bass by for repair.

Bridge

Bridge supports

These are the supports for the bridge. They're sitting upside down right now. I cut an arch into them and then rounded over the edges. Now they'll get coated with copper green.

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Bridge

I notched the beams that will support the deck and set them into the railroad ties that flank the drainage canal.

Desk

Here's the final desk piece ready for install into the existing structure.

Desk Glue up

This is the front and top of a reception desk. It's been prefinished and is now glued and clamped.