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the weather meant I found some time to progress the #guitar project... side-bending is always a little stressful - but satisfying if nothing goes horribly wrong. #amateurluthier #summerproject

a messy workbench with some bent wood that will ultimately become the sides of a guitar - there's a single near-90 degree bend in two thin slats of wood.

a messy workbench with some bent wood that will ultimately become the sides of a guitar. The wood is sitting on a bending iron - a heated tube of metal.

a messy workbench with some bent wood that will ultimately become the sides of a guitar - the side piece is close to the final shape.

Child12a declared that they want to learn Python. “Will you teach me Dad?” — “Uncle @ehmatthes will teach you, I’ll help”. #SummerProject #Python

The image features the cover of the book "Python Crash Course" by Eric Matthes, which is identified as the third edition. The cover includes a stylized illustration of a snake and highlights that over 1,500,000 copies have been sold

@trey welcome aboard! Every day there are more of us 🤗

Time for me to progress Phase 2 I guess #SummerProject #Neapolitan

I think I've written the same thing enough times now.

$ workon neapolitan
$ git switch -c htmx-components
$ bbedit components.py

#SummerProject #Neapolitan 🦄

#AmateurLuthier Saturday... my #SummerProject (steel string acoustic) progresses slowly. Doing the top bracing which has a lot of influence on the final sound of the guitar. But I'm not really 100% on exactly how. I suspect I know too much about frequency analysis and not enough about guitars as most explanations generate more questions in my mind.

view of what will be the inside of top-panel of an acoustic guitar showing all the little bits of wooden bracing - this view is from above so a sort of plan view. It is lit from the side to emphasize the bracing and hide some of the defects.

view of what will be the inside of top-panel of an acoustic guitar showing all the little bits of wooden bracing - this view is from low down at the bottom end so on a very shallow angle. It is lit from the opposite side also at a shallow angle - this emphasizes the bracing but also some of the defects.

Last summer's #SummerProject finished enough to play. Its a baritone so tuned down about 5 semitones. It is very difficult to resist the temptation to get stuck into Jesus and Mary Chain/Sunn O))) territory but it does sound very nice with a cleaner sound. I've not done a whammy bar before - that is also difficult to resist 😃

Once I've played it in a bit I may post some sounds. 🎸

#AmateurLuthier #Guitar #BaritoneGuitar #DIY

a home made electric guitar on a stand in a very green garden. The guitar is very red and has a fancy strap with a 60s psychedelic pattern as well as a slashed sound-hole, a goofy headstock and a big whammy bar.

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At this rate last summer's #SummerProject will get to double as next summer's #SummerProject - none of the bits n bobs are actually attached (including neck) - don't want to rush things... obviously 😃 It's a baritone riff on a Gretsch Astro-Jet and so the strange shaped upper bout and headstock are some of the more accurate aspects (the #Sputnik inlay is perhaps less true to the original). #AmateurLuthier

a home made electric guitar lying on a post in a leafy-green backyard. The guitar is not yet finished so there are no strings or tuning machines. The guitar has a very large whammy bar and a Sputnik inlaid.

@pamelafox @charliermarsh gives me something to blog about at least 😜 #SummerProject

Sneaking in some time to catchup on #SummerProject despite it being autumn (not that you’d know today with the actually glorious #WellyOnAGoodDay conditions). It’s the headstock for what will be a baritone electric… based on a goofy 50s design - Astro-Jet…

Headstock for a guitar under construction with some amateur inlay that is eye shaped and has paua and redwood for the eye. The shape is quite asymmetric and 50s Jetson-inspired

Teamwork makes the dream work. In this case, the studio project kicks into a new gear with labour nicely split between me cutting and installing weatherboards while my wife primes and fills holes. It all goes up pretty fast with the help of cladmate clamps and jolt screws.

#DIY #SummerProject #SelfBuild #ElectronicsLab

A jolt head screw. 90mm nails are way too hard to drive in for this amateur. My old employer to the rescue with the latest in building solutions.

Cladmate clamps holding the next run of weatherboards. Very easy!

My lovely wife filling screw holes. We'll do this every few courses to break the monotony of doing in one go.

It’s a wrap! Or at least wrapping has commenced. Frustrating that seemingly esoteric products such as this Masons Uni is unobtainium and can delay a simple build by 2 weeks.

Architect: you can buy Masons everywhere.

Everywhere: never heard of it.

#SummerProject #DIY

Studio build is being wrapped with a special building wrap to suit extra high wind zone.

Instead of installing the window and door today, I’m altering the prefab frames by adding an additional 15 studs to bring up to code. All missed by the architect and kit set supplier for reasons…

Big painful job but the best time for rework is now! It’s no wonder building projects go off the rail in NZ if building product specifics are missed by the experts.

One upside is the roof means I don’t need to slather on sunscreen (hate the stuff)

#SummerProject #DIY

My studio office project with required additional stud timber laying in the foreground.

Roof shout!! Called the experts in for this to ensure no leaky repeats like its predecessor #SummerProject

The build continues but for some reason despite hours of effort, seemingly very slowly. We have finally completed all the structural tie-downs to ensure the soon to be installed roof doesn’t get blown away in the westerly ;) it’s fair to say we have Tylok’d the hell out of it!

#DIY #SummerProject

Building framing showing Tylok nail plates recessed which takes an extraordinary amount of time.

Finally after a year long delay we have something resembling a building.

#DIY #SummerProject

The framing is being erected atop the concrete slab foundations.

Aaaannd thanks to a team of amazing friends, we have a floor. Not the best finish but it’s level and will be finished with epoxy to suit the crafty nature of the goings on inside #DIY #Studio #SummerProject

Concrete day and the calm before the storm. Just waiting for our wonderful friends then game on!

#DIY #Studio #SummerProject

Concrete mixers set-up. Concrete staged. Ready to make concrete and pour the floor.

More progress on the studio slab today and another task that “will only take two hours” but took seven. Reinforcing and insulation in.

Fufu valves well and truely broken!

#SummerProject #DIY

Home build studio concrete foundations with insulation and reinforcing steel tied and ready for concrete.

Body nudging back into shape with the help of a dose of steroids. Work subsequently able to continue on the studio foundations on this spectacular Wellington day.

My wife dug and barrowed the remaining clay out to the street while I faffed with poly and levels. She drew the short straw for sure! <3

Hard fill in tomorrow and hopefully compacting that on Wednesday.

#Studio #SummerProject

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