Thread: Silky oak guitar stand

Have just completed an acoustic guitar stand for my 14 yr old granddaughter who has just finished her Gr 5 AMEB examination - i.e., a serious guitar player.

The base is made of three pieces of quartersawn northern silky oak, and the upright is made of flat sawn NSO.

The joint between the base and the upright is a 12mm wide, 100mm long mortice and tenon joint, 15mm deep in a 25mm thick base. The joint is glued and re-inforced with 65mm screws.

I recessed some steel plates 260 x 50 x 10 for extra stability of the base. These are flush fitting.

The guitar hanger at the top was eventually found at a local music shop, after a search far and wide for the most suitable one, even in the USA. I was particularly looking for the ones where the little paddles on the front become horizontal when the weight of the guitar bears down on the hanger, locking the guitar in position.

The finish was Livos Kunos #244 clear satin finish, with the usual problems of glitter points and bleeding of the oil in the open pores of the NSO, requiring constant rubbing every 1/2 hour or so for the first 8 hours of the first coat.

You will notice a small piece of tan coloured soft leather glued to the upright to prevent any damage as a result of any accidental contact between the bottom of the guitar and the upright.

Now working on a more upright version for her heavy electric guitar, which will be lower and more steel in the circular base. Surprising just how heavy these electric guitars are.

Be a while before I finish that after losing the tip of my middle finger on the router table. The phrase "blood , sweat and tears" comes to mind when I look at the half finished stand. I was shaping the upright for the electric guitar using a template taped on top of the workpiece when somehow the pattern bit grabbed the workpiece and pulled my hand into the cutter. Still can't work out exactly what happened, as the pattern bit has the bearing on top, but have made a jig to hold the workpiece in future, held down on the jig by a few toggle clamps. My hands will then be 100 -200mm from the cutter.

First ever accident in the workshop, touch wood. Could have been much worse. Spent 4 hours in Townsville Hospital ER waiting room, holding the hand high and giving everyone the finger, albeit a bright red bandage soaked finger

PS Apologies for the first two photos being horizontal - don't know how to avoid that, as the photo was taken with the stand upright