bench refinish

heres a bench that we've found a while ago... i had to disassemble it before sanding but i forgot about taking pictures..three bars were broken so i had to make new ones...here paint has been removed and grain filler added...

newbars...there are 3 on this pic but i had to make another later...

had to make new feet too...

mmmm

hiding screw holes..

fix done now time to paint..

what a mess...

paint booth

dye/sealer

lacquer

thats about it...

painting

hi!!in the process of painting guitars!!the paint booth works great though ill have to add another fan someday!!im using water based products so theres no evil smells anymore!!i love it!!heres a few pic and ill add more later!!!!!

chair late

i just found some pics of a chair repair ive done and realised ive forgotten to put them on here so here it is!!

latest news and work to come

alright so now that ive posted pics of all that happened so far this winter heres a few lines about whats coming in the next weeks...i got a 12 strings lefty guitar to convert into a righty which implies changing the bridge for a new one and re fitting the neck cuz its not straight due to a bad attempt at repairing it after another BAD attempt at converting it ouch!! ,a classical 000 broken soundboard to change,painting my old yamaha guitar in white(already started,only based coats are done)and making this lil coffee table im dreaming about and making kitchen shelves a yaya....more will follow...

router table

 we sometimes need a few beers while in the shop

 ready for jointing

making of a sanding station for the drill press and guitar neck removal jig

i got this design idea from stew mac!i couldnt afford buying one so i thought i would make it..it will be useful for sanding bridges and nuts and any little parts for any project..i also added 2 pics of a neck removal jig i built recently...

 it looks damn good...ill add some carpet under it to protect the guitar finishes...

more updates

we got an old drill press that needed to be fixed cuz its been left alone without care for years.it needed new pulleys cuz there was none actually.

 the motor was so dirty i coudltn believe it

 ok now for the fun part(uh)i got my hands on a 3/4 pulley for the shaft but the problem i encountered was that the sleeve that fits over the shaft wouldnt fit the 3/4 hole of the pulley!instead of waiting and ordering a new one i decided to try to fix that myself!!i clamped the motor on the bench and fitted the sleeve on the motor shaft and fixed it with some duck tape(any way)and turn machined it with a standard grinding wheel...damn it was long!it took me a few passes to get the right size cuz i had to let it stand every now and then cuz friction got the metal really hot....after i would say a dozen times i got a nice fit!!

 i cleaned everything with acetone and put new grease

 clean motor

 the new look

will stay to make a guard for safety purposes

shop isolation

hi there!ive finally taken the time to post some pictures of the recent updates weve brought to the basement shop and let me tell ya ; it feels real good working now!!it used to be so cold before i cant figure how i could work in such a place now that its done..you can tell it had to be done..

as you can see part of the wall was still uncovered concrete

aspenite is the way to go

starts to warm up already

second wall

and another

dads bench looks cooler than ever...and now that we dont freeze our asses anymore its time to go back to work..