Thread: Whatcha doing THIS weekend?

What am I doing this weekend??? Still ***&&&&&y french polishing!!

The latest Bass is looking good there Matthew.

Where did you get the instrument maker's plane? is it a homemade job?

Cheers Martin

That looks like a lot of work.

I bought an ugly short slab of Zebrano to make a cajon for Afro.

It has cracks and shakes so it might end up being used for making cabinet knobs.

If will rip it into narrower boards and reglue it to try to control the cracking.
I'll resaw it so I can get the black and white stripes to run all around the drum.

If you hear a loud bang and a lot of swearing you will know what happened.

yes the plane is my own. A great design, blade from hacksaw or possibly from a bit of tool steel malibu sent me ages ago. i have to make another though cos the sole is wearing flat already.

Any suggestions about filling the voids?

That's coming along very nicely ,Matthew.

Who would have thought all that pushing matchbox cars around as a kid
would become the vital training tool required in the finer points of
carving with an instrument maker's plane.
It's all in the grip.

cheers, Stu

I started the neck on my Archtop and glued up the top (redwood) and tried out my new Veritas squirrel tailed palm plane, very nice much more comfortable than my small Ibex finger plane. I think it will be a real wood hog.

Oh and dressed some frets...

Originally Posted by Scally

Any suggestions about filling the voids?

No suggestions. If youre thinking of bending that stuff then all I can say is good luck mate!