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A Week in the Shop
A Week in the Shop
6 Mar 2023 - 3D-printing, älgen, birthday, laser-cutting, telecaster, templates
Rushed weeknotes for a rushed week: I make some progress on älgen, meet the real version of what it's named after, and spend far too long nursing a laser-cutter.
A Week in the Shop
19 Feb 2023 - 3d printing, älgen, bhm, delfin, fretwork, memphis minnie
A shorter weeknotes this week, as I've been heads down on slow tasks: fretwork and 3D print iterations. I also learned about the person who wrote one of my favourite Led Zepplin songs back in 1929.
A Week in the Shop
12 Feb 2023 - 3D printing, älgen, bhm, blues deluxe, delfin, grant green, neck, orca, sanding
A bit of everything this week: more neck carving, inspirational jazz performers, 3D-printing with carbon-fibre, finding odd imperial sized screws, and having fun with obtuse seeming digital music tools.
A Week in the Shop
Getting back to the Shop
16 Jan 2023 - älgen, delfin, jigs, laser cutting
Getting back into the workshop after a brief hiatus, and starting out with finding a great new way to radius my fretboards.
A Week in the Shop
1 Oct 2022 - 3d printing, älgen, delfin, sanding, templates
Lots of sanding and tidying on my Älgen guitar build as it gets ready for finishing, some last minute template redesigns, and I learn how to use a new 3D printed.
A Week in the Shop
3 Sep 2022 - älgen, michael abrash, sanding
A lot of sanding, shaping, and tweaking as I knuckle down to the second 90% of that Älgen build.
A Unit of Time in the Shop
25 Aug 2022 - älgen, delfin, scale length, strings, website
I finally get to the bottom of what's been causing issues with stringing up my Älgen guitar build, and Delfin gets marked up ready for the next stage of work.