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My squeal of delight at finding this stunning piece of burl oak was rather embarrasing!
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I also could not resist this figured and lightly spalted sycamour..
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Who ever thought alder could be so pretty!?
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Chainsaw anyone! I'm in heaven here!!
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Road trip.. Never been here before but only got lost twice!.. Much much timber to be had!!
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After all the bookmatching recently I need to fit a new blade on the bandsaw..
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What is life without lists and blackboards.. Here I'm trying to figure out what woods I'm short of!
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...the drum sander..and bitter disappointment, it is not after all a particularly pretty piece of wood... :(
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I've dug this chunk of sycamour out.. I'm thinking it may quite special under the dirt..
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My timber store is, still, chaoticly disorganised and I have to start some customers guitars.. Time to organise!!
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Not at all what I had planned for this working day but the Dissident, with control layout drilled, looks damn good!
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The pickup cavities are routed out.. I really really hate the taste of rosewood dust! Really!!
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A small carrol drum sander in my hand drill is used to finalise the cutaways..
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The excess rosewood is sanded away with the bobbin sander..
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The clamps are removed from the rosewood topped Dissident..
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Finally every top I jointed a few weeks back has gone through the drum sander.. Dusty boredom..
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I know I'm not supposed to have food or drink in the shop but it does sometimes give an interesting picture!
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The excess top wood on Roberts new hollow is bandsawed away..
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The drop top is carefully clamped to the body and left to cure..
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The Dissident's shape is roughed out on the bandsaw..
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A break in the sanding.. The rosewood top is destined for this chestnut bodied Dissidient..
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After much preperation, as ever, the drum sander is fired up and the drop top sanding process begins..
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I do love contact adhesive.. The sandpaper helps stop slippage..
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Atttaaaaaaack! I must have this fine fine fur! Mwhahahaha!
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Spooge!!
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I'm tidying the shop up in preperation for some real work and found this californian buckeye burl top.. Pretty!
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Each piece of inlay is polished with wet and dry paper and they are finally ready to meet the fretboards!
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While reloading all the software I need I continue with the cross inlays.. The excess silver is filed flush..
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After nearly two weeks without a work computer my new laptop is back from repairs.. I've only had it for 5 weeks!!
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Now, enough hard labour, I have six more cross inlays in need of a silver lining..
